diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dec4d83..910c1ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ bring down current git repository and run mockbuild\
 git-get-and-build.sh \<repository\> \<organisation\> \[\<local\>\]\
 \<local\> will build from local GITEA (in config) otherwise from remote GITEA
 
-* git-mirror-repo.sh\
-create mirror of src.koozali.org repository in a local GITEA instance\
-git-mirror-repo.sh \<repository\> \<organisation\> \[\<target organisation\>\]\
+* git-migrate-repo.sh\
+create mirror or copy of src.koozali.org repository in a local GITEA instance\
+git-mirror-repo.sh \<repository\> \<organisation\> \[\<copy|mirror\> \<target organisation\>\]\
+\<copy|mirror\> will create local repo as either a copy or a mirror of the remote repo (default = copy)
 \<target organisation\> within your local GITEA, otherwise local user
 
-* git-mirror-org.sh\
+* git-migrate-org.sh\
 create mirrors of all repos for an organisation in a local GITEA instance\
-git-mirror-org.sh \<organisation\> \[\<target organisation\>\]\
+git-mirror-org.sh \<organisation\> \[\<copy|mirror\> \<target organisation\>\]\
+\<copy|mirror\> will create local repos as either a copy or a mirror of the remote repos (default = copy)
 \<target organisation\> within your local GITEA, otherwise local user
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/git-mirror-org.sh b/git-migrate-org.sh
similarity index 82%
rename from git-mirror-org.sh
rename to git-migrate-org.sh
index 8ad05b5..5a21712 100755
--- a/git-mirror-org.sh
+++ b/git-migrate-org.sh
@@ -37,18 +37,32 @@ if [[ -z $1 ]] ; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 DEBUG=
-if [ ${smegit_DEBUG} == true ] ; then DEBUG=true ; fi
-if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "found ini file: $inifilename" ; fi
-
 curlsilent="-s"
-if [ $DEBUG ] ; then curlsilent= ; fi
+if [ ${smegit_DEBUG} == true ] ; then DEBUG=true ; fi
+if [ $DEBUG ] ; then 
+    echo "found ini file: $inifilename" 
+    curlsilent=
+fi
+MIRROR="copy"
+TARGETORG=
+#if [ $2 ] ; then TARGETORG=$2 ; fi
+for $param in {$2 $3} ; do
+    if [ $PARAM ] ; then
+	if [ $param == "copy" || $param == "mirror" ] ; then
+	    $MIRROR=$param
+	else
+	    $TARGETORG=$param
+	fi
+    else
+	break
+    fi
+done
+
 
 REMOTEACCESSTOKEN=${remote_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
 LOCALACCESSTOKEN=${local_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
 REMOTEGITEAHOST=${remote_GITEAHOST}
 LOCALGITEAHOST=${local_GITEAHOST}
-TARGETORG=
-if [ $2 ] ; then TARGETORG=$2 ; fi
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "TARGETORG=$TARGETORG" ; fi
 
 # check that the target organisation exists locally
@@ -75,8 +89,8 @@ for page in {1..10} ; do
 	  break
   else
     echo $RESPONSE | grep -oP '(?<="name":").+?(?=")' | while read repo; do
-      if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "git-mirror-repo.sh ${repo} $1 $TARGETORG" ; fi
-      git-mirror-repo.sh ${repo} $1 $TARGETORG
+      if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "git-migrate-repo.sh ${repo} $1 $TARGETORG $MIRROR" ; fi
+        git-migrate-repo.sh ${repo} $1 $TARGETORG $MIRROR
     done
   fi
 done
diff --git a/git-mirror-repo.sh b/git-migrate-repo.sh
similarity index 74%
rename from git-mirror-repo.sh
rename to git-migrate-repo.sh
index dcffa15..ba30149 100755
--- a/git-mirror-repo.sh
+++ b/git-migrate-repo.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ ${smegit_DEBUG} == true ] ; then DEBUG=true ; fi
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "found ini file: $inifilename" ; fi
 
 curlsilent="-s"
-if [ $DEBUG ] ; then curlsilent= ; fi
+if [ $DEBUG ] ; then curlsilent="-v" ; fi
 
 REMOTEACCESSTOKEN=${remote_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
 LOCALACCESSTOKEN=${local_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
@@ -49,7 +49,23 @@ REMOTEGITEAHOST=${remote_GITEAHOST}
 CLONEADDRESS=$REMOTEGITEAHOST/$2/$1.git
 LOCALGITEAHOST=${local_GITEAHOST}
 TARGETORG=${local_USER}
-if [ $3 ] ; then TARGETORG=$3 ; fi
+#if [ $3 ] ; then TARGETORG=$3 ; fi
+MIRROR="false"
+for param in $3 $4 ; do
+    if [ $param ] ; then
+	if [[ $param == "copy" || $param == "mirror" ]] ; then
+	    if [ $param == "mirror" ] ; then MIRROR="true" ; fi
+    	else
+    	    TARGETORG=$param
+    	fi
+    else
+	break
+    fi
+done
+if [ $DEBUG ] ; then
+    echo "MIRROR=$MIRROR"
+    echo "TARGETORG=$TARGETORG"
+fi
 
 # check that the TARGETORG exists
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "checking if $TARGETORG exists on $LOCALGITEAHOST" ; fi
@@ -69,30 +85,34 @@ if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ] ; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "Mirroring $2/$1 as $TARGETORG/$1 on $LOCALGITEAHOST" ; fi
+DATA=$(cat << EOT
+  "auth_token": "$REMOTEACCESSTOKEN",
+  "clone_addr": "$CLONEADDRESS",
+  "issues": true,
+  "labels": true,
+  "lfs": true,
+  "milestones": true,
+  "mirror": $MIRROR,
+  "private": false,
+  "pull_requests": true,
+  "releases": true,
+  "repo_name": "$1",
+  "repo_owner": "$TARGETORG",
+  "service": "git",
+  "uid": 0,
+  "wiki": true
+EOT
+)
+if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "JSON DATA=$DATA" ; fi
+
+if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "Migrating $2/$1 as $TARGETORG/$1 on $LOCALGITEAHOST MIRROR=$MIRROR" ; fi
 RESPONSE=$(curl $curlsilent -k -X 'POST' \
   "$LOCALGITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/migrate" \
   -H 'accept: application/json' \
   -H "Authorization: token $LOCALACCESSTOKEN" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -d '{
-  "auth_token": "'"$REMOTEACCESSTOKEN"'",
-  "clone_addr": "'"$CLONEADDRESS"'",
-  "issues": true,
-  "labels": true,
-  "lfs": true,
-  "milestones": true,
-  "mirror": true,
-  "private": false,
-  "pull_requests": true,
-  "releases": true,
-  "repo_name": "'"$1"'",
-  "repo_owner": "'"$TARGETORG"'",
-  "service": "git",
-  "uid": 0,
-  "wiki": true
-}')
-
+  -d "{ $DATA }"
+  )
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo $? $RESPONSE ; fi
 
 # And check if this repo is there
@@ -100,9 +120,15 @@ if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "checking that $TARGETORG/$1 exists" ; fi
 RESPONSE=$(curl $curlsilent -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" $LOCALGITEAHOST/$TARGETORG/$1)
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "RESPONSE=$RESPONSE" ; fi
 if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ] ; then
-	echo "Repository $TARGETORG/$1 has been created and mirrors $2/$1"
+    msg="Repository $TARGETORG/$1 has been created"
+    if [ $MIRROR == "true" ] ; then 
+	msg=$msg" and mirrors $2/$1"
+    else
+	msg=$msg" and is a copy of $2/$1"
+    fi
+    echo $msg
 else
-	echo "migrate-repo was unable to migrate $2/$1 sucessfully"
-	exit 1
+    echo "migrate-repo was unable to migrate $2/$1 sucessfully"
+    exit 1
 fi