diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a25efd9..9b32c14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Change Log
 
 This document records the main changes to the sdss_access code.
 
+3.0.4 (unreleased)
+------------------
+- Fix issue `52` - rsync failure when remote file is compressed compared to template
+
 3.0.3 (11-29-2023)
 ------------------
 - Add new ``tilegrp`` method for grouping LVM tile ids
diff --git a/python/sdss_access/sync/rsync.py b/python/sdss_access/sync/rsync.py
index 8cc2992..ddf0ad8 100644
--- a/python/sdss_access/sync/rsync.py
+++ b/python/sdss_access/sync/rsync.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class RsyncAccess(BaseAccess):
     remote_scheme = 'rsync'
     access_mode = 'rsync'
 
-    def __init__(self, label='sdss_rsync', stream_count=5, mirror=False, public=False, release=None, 
+    def __init__(self, label='sdss_rsync', stream_count=5, mirror=False, public=False, release=None,
                  verbose=False):
-        super(RsyncAccess, self).__init__(stream_count=stream_count, mirror=mirror, public=public, 
+        super(RsyncAccess, self).__init__(stream_count=stream_count, mirror=mirror, public=public,
                                           release=release, verbose=verbose)
         self.label = label
         self.auth = None
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
     def get_task_out(self, task=None):
         if task:
-            command = "rsync -R %(source)s" % task
+            command = "rsync -R %(source)s*" % task
             if self.verbose:
                 print(command)
             status, out, err = self.stream.cli.foreground_run(command)
diff --git a/tests/sync/test_rsync.py b/tests/sync/test_rsync.py
index 6bcc8d7..7b9e712 100644
--- a/tests/sync/test_rsync.py
+++ b/tests/sync/test_rsync.py
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ def test_release_from_module(self, monkeypatch, tree_ver, exp):
         assert rsync.release == tree_ver
         assert exp in loc
 
+    def test_remote_compression(self):
+        """ test we can find the correct file when the remote file is compressed """
+        rsync = RsyncAccess(release='ipl3')
+        rsync.remote()
+
+        # template path is not compressed
+        ff = rsync.templates["mwmAllStar"]
+        assert ff.endswith('summary/mwmAllStar-{v_astra}.fits')
+
+        # remote source is fully resolved path
+        rsync.add("mwmAllStar", v_astra="0.5.0")
+        rsync.set_stream()
+        source = rsync.stream.task[0]['source']
+        assert source.endswith('0.5.0/summary/mwmAllStar-0.5.0.fits.gz')
+
+
 
 class TestRsyncFails(object):