diff --git a/incus-copy.sh b/incus-copy.sh
index d88769a..a238ae1 100755
--- a/incus-copy.sh
+++ b/incus-copy.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ INSTANCES=$($INCUS list ${SRC:+"${SRC}:"} -c n -f csv) || {
 RC=0
 for CT in $INSTANCES; do
     echo "[$(date '+%F %T')] copy ${SRC:+$SRC:}$CT -> ${DEST:+$DEST:}$CT${PROJECT:+ (project $PROJECT)}"
-    # --mode only applies to remote transfers
-    if $INCUS copy "${SRC:+$SRC:}$CT" "${DEST:+$DEST:}$CT" \
+    # --mode only applies to remote transfers; --quiet suppresses the
+    # \r-progress meter that turns log files into mangled one-liners
+    if $INCUS copy --quiet "${SRC:+$SRC:}$CT" "${DEST:+$DEST:}$CT" \
         --refresh --refresh-exclude-older \
         ${SRC:+--mode "$MODE"} ${DEST:+--mode "$MODE"} \
         ${POOL:+--storage "$POOL"} \