diff --git a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceConfig.cs b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceConfig.cs
index ea06d3853775935111bc88b86c53dafc5b933262..2fd864a723e9e01b85ac09e3a841292d2b4fe81a 100644
--- a/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceConfig.cs
+++ b/ATxCommon/Serializables/ServiceConfig.cs
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ namespace ATxCommon.Serializables
         /// See the RoboCopy documentation for more details.
         public int InterPacketGap { get; set; } = 0;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Setting for the RoboCopy /COPY parameter, valid flags are D=Data, A=Attributes,
+        /// T=Timestamps, S=Security(ACLs), O=Owner info, U=aUditing info. Default: "DT".
+        /// </summary>
+        public string CopyFlags { get; set; } = "DT";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Setting for the RoboCopy /DCOPY parameter, valid flags depend on the version of
+        /// RoboCopy used and should only be changed with greatest care! Default: "T".
+        /// </summary>
+        public string DirectoryCopyFlags { get; set; } = "T";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A list of process names causing transfers to be suspended if running.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs b/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
index 36dd9d6513d740ba0c81af2d84275e47f3c4382b..113e1006e746b84e657b432d908ac10227c01fef 100644
--- a/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
+++ b/ATxService/RoboCommand.cs
@@ -68,14 +68,10 @@ namespace ATxService
                 // copyflags :
                 //     D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps
                 //     S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info
+                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.CopyFlags = _config.CopyFlags;
 
-                // /SEC :: copy files with security (equivalent to /COPY:DATS)
-                // _roboCommand.CopyOptions.CopyFilesWithSecurity = true;
-                // /COPYALL :: copy all file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU)
-                // _roboCommand.CopyOptions.CopyAll = true;
-                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.CopyFlags = "DT";
-
-                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.DirectoryCopyFlags = "T";
+                // /DCOPY :: directory copy settings (T=Timestamps)
+                _roboCommand.CopyOptions.DirectoryCopyFlags = _config.DirectoryCopyFlags;
 
                 // select options
                 _roboCommand.SelectionOptions.ExcludeOlder = true;