diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 84d0ea7..3457134 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -197,20 +197,20 @@ end
 
 desc "Default deploy task"
 task :deploy do
-  [:copydot, "#{deploy_default}"].each { |t| Rake::Task[t].execute }
+  Rake::Task[:copydot].invoke(source_dir, public_dir)
+  Rake::Task["#{deploy_default}"].execute
 end
 
 desc "Generate website and deploy"
-task :gen_deploy do
-  [:integrate, :generate, :deploy].each { |t| Rake::Task[t].execute }
+task :gen_deploy => [:integrate, :generate, :deploy] do
 end
 
 desc "copy dot files for deployment"
-task :copydot do
+task :copydot, :source, :dest do |t, args|
   exclusions = [".", "..", ".DS_Store"]
-  Dir["#{source_dir}/**/.*"].each do |file|
+  Dir["#{args.source}/**/.*"].each do |file|
     if !File.directory?(file) && !exclusions.include?(File.basename(file))
-      cp(file, file.gsub(/#{source_dir}/, "#{public_dir}"));
+      cp(file, file.gsub(/#{args.source}/, "#{args.dest}"));
     end
   end
 end
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ desc "deploy public directory to github pages"
 multitask :push do
   puts "## Deploying branch to Github Pages "
   (Dir["#{deploy_dir}/*"]).each { |f| rm_rf(f) }
-  system "cp -R #{public_dir}/ #{deploy_dir}"
+  Rake::Task[:copydot].invoke(public_dir, deploy_dir)
   puts "\n## copying #{public_dir} to #{deploy_dir}"
   cd "#{deploy_dir}" do
     system "git add ."