diff --git a/util/sync/filesystem.go b/util/sync/filesystem.go
index 3a4522b6..3ed94ef4 100644
--- a/util/sync/filesystem.go
+++ b/util/sync/filesystem.go
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@ func NewFilesystemTarget(cfg *FilesystemTargetConfig) *FilesystemTarget {
 }
 
 func (t *FilesystemTarget) Inventory() ([]*Object, error) {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(t.cfg.Root); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(t.cfg.Root)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if !fi.IsDir() {
+		return []*Object{{Path: t.cfg.Root, Size: fi.Size(), Modified: fi.ModTime()}}, nil
+	}
+
 	t.tree = nil
 	if err := fs.WalkDir(t.root, ".", t.recurse); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -37,6 +46,10 @@ func (t *FilesystemTarget) Inventory() ([]*Object, error) {
 	return t.tree, nil
 }
 
+func (t *FilesystemTarget) IsDir() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func (t *FilesystemTarget) recurse(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/util/sync/model.go b/util/sync/model.go
index 8fca5ca0..b1a6b043 100644
--- a/util/sync/model.go
+++ b/util/sync/model.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Object struct {
 
 type Target interface {
 	Inventory() ([]*Object, error)
+	IsDir() bool
 	ReadStream(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 	WriteStream(path string, stream io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) error
 	SetModificationTime(path string, mtime time.Time) error
diff --git a/util/sync/synchronizer.go b/util/sync/synchronizer.go
index 36ba78fc..082325fa 100644
--- a/util/sync/synchronizer.go
+++ b/util/sync/synchronizer.go
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ func Synchronize(src, dst Target) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, target := range copyList {
-		ss, err := src.ReadStream(target.Path)
+	for _, copyPath := range copyList {
+		ss, err := src.ReadStream(copyPath.Path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := dst.WriteStream(target.Path, ss, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		if err := dst.WriteStream(copyPath.Path, ss, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := dst.SetModificationTime(target.Path, target.Modified); err != nil {
+		if err := dst.SetModificationTime(copyPath.Path, copyPath.Modified); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		logrus.Infof("=> %v", target.Path)
+		logrus.Infof("=> %v", copyPath.Path)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/util/sync/webdav.go b/util/sync/webdav.go
index efc45879..61e07e47 100644
--- a/util/sync/webdav.go
+++ b/util/sync/webdav.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ type WebDAVTargetConfig struct {
 }
 
 type WebDAVTarget struct {
-	c *webdavClient.Client
+	cfg   *WebDAVTargetConfig
+	c     *webdavClient.Client
+	isDir bool
 }
 
 func NewWebDAVTarget(cfg *WebDAVTargetConfig) (*WebDAVTarget, error) {
@@ -31,10 +33,21 @@ func NewWebDAVTarget(cfg *WebDAVTargetConfig) (*WebDAVTarget, error) {
 	if err := c.Connect(); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error connecting to webdav target")
 	}
-	return &WebDAVTarget{c: c}, nil
+	return &WebDAVTarget{cfg: cfg, c: c}, nil
 }
 
 func (t *WebDAVTarget) Inventory() ([]*Object, error) {
+	fi, err := t.c.Stat("")
+	if !fi.IsDir() {
+		t.isDir = false
+		return []*Object{{
+			Path:     fi.Name(),
+			Size:     fi.Size(),
+			Modified: fi.ModTime(),
+		}}, nil
+	}
+
+	t.isDir = true
 	tree, err := t.recurse("", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -42,6 +55,10 @@ func (t *WebDAVTarget) Inventory() ([]*Object, error) {
 	return tree, nil
 }
 
+func (t *WebDAVTarget) IsDir() bool {
+	return t.isDir
+}
+
 func (t *WebDAVTarget) recurse(path string, tree []*Object) ([]*Object, error) {
 	files, err := t.c.ReadDir(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -69,7 +86,10 @@ func (t *WebDAVTarget) recurse(path string, tree []*Object) ([]*Object, error) {
 }
 
 func (t *WebDAVTarget) ReadStream(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return t.c.ReadStream(path)
+	if t.isDir {
+		return t.c.ReadStream(path)
+	}
+	return t.c.ReadStream("")
 }
 
 func (t *WebDAVTarget) WriteStream(path string, stream io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) error {