diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1347eb2..8b733a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config.h.in
 config.h
 depcomp
 include/config.h.in
+include/config.h.in~
 include/stamp-h1
 install-sh
 libtool
diff --git a/tools/prepare_python.sh b/tools/prepare_python.sh
index b700af4..4808d15 100755
--- a/tools/prepare_python.sh
+++ b/tools/prepare_python.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ mkdir -p ${PYDIR}/src
 mkdir -p ${PYTREXIODIR}
 
 # Copy all the source code and header files in the corresponding python directory
-mv ${SRC}/pytrexio.py ${PYTREXIODIR}/pytrexio.py
-mv ${SRC}/trexio.py ${PYDIR}/trexio.py
+cp ${SRC}/pytrexio.py ${PYTREXIODIR}/pytrexio.py
+cp ${SRC}/trexio.py ${PYDIR}/trexio.py
 cp ${SRC}/*.c ${PYDIR}/src
 cp ${SRC}/*.h ${PYDIR}/src
 cp ${INCLUDIR}/trexio.h ${PYDIR}/src