diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c12b5f4..d2939ed 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ ADD functions.sh /functions.sh
 ADD entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 ADD exclude.txt /exclude.txt
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ba5101..2f785df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ test-unit:
 	./tests/test_functions.sh
 	
 test-integration:
-	@echo 🧪 Executing Relative Remote Tests...
-	docker compose up test
\ No newline at end of file
+	# TODO: Currently commenting out the integration tests as they are not ready yet
+	# this was setup for the relative remote work, and is not currently working with 
+	# testing sync_files function.
+	# docker compose up test
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index c479367..90edf79 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ check_cache() {
   fi
 }
 
-check_folder() {
-  make_relative_remote "$SRC_PATH" "$REMOTE_PATH"
-}
-
 sync_files() {
   #create multiplex connection 
   ssh -nNf -v -i "${WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE_PATH}" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ControlMaster=yes -o ControlPath="$SSH_PATH/ctl/%C" "$WPE_FULL_HOST"
@@ -150,5 +146,4 @@ setup_env
 setup_ssh_dir
 check_lint
 check_cache
-check_folder
 sync_files
diff --git a/exclude.txt b/exclude.txt
index 9d376d4..ddc9548 100644
--- a/exclude.txt
+++ b/exclude.txt
@@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ Thumbs.db
 # NOTE:
 #     These files are excluded from the deploy so as to prevent unwanted errors from occurring, 
 #     such as accidentally deploying a local version of wp-config.php or accidentally deleting
-#     wp-content/uploads/ if a --delete flag is passed while deploying root. Most paths here 
+#     uploads/ if a --delete flag is passed while deploying root. Most paths here 
 #     are ingnored in the WPE sample .gitignore per best practice.
 wp-config.php
-wp-content/uploads/
-wp-content/blogs.dir/
-wp-content/upgrade/*
-wp-content/backup-db/*
-wp-content/advanced-cache.php
-wp-content/wp-cache-config.php
-wp-content/cache/*
-wp-content/cache/supercache/*
+uploads/
+blogs.dir/
+upgrade/*
+backup-db/*
+advanced-cache.php
+wp-cache-config.php
+cache/*
+cache/supercache/*
 
 # WP Engine specific files
 # NOTE:
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ wp-content/cache/supercache/*
 .wpe-devkit/
 .wpengine-conf/
 _wpeprivate
-wp-content/object-cache.php
-wp-content/mu-plugins/mu-plugin.php
-wp-content/mu-plugins/slt-force-strong-passwords.php
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wpengine-security-auditor.php
-wp-content/mu-plugins/stop-long-comments.php
-wp-content/mu-plugins/force-strong-passwords*
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wpengine-common*
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wpe-wp-sign-on-plugin*
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wpe-elasticpress-autosuggest-logger*
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wpe-cache-plugin*
-wp-content/mu-plugins/wp-cache-memcached*
-wp-content/drop-ins/
-wp-content/drop-ins/wp-cache-memcached*
-wp-content/mysql.sql
+object-cache.php
+mu-plugin.php
+slt-force-strong-passwords.php
+wpengine-security-auditor.php
+stop-long-comments.php
+force-strong-passwords*
+wpengine-common*
+wpe-wp-sign-on-plugin*
+wpe-elasticpress-autosuggest-logger*
+wpe-cache-plugin*
+wp-cache-memcached*
+drop-ins/
+drop-ins/wp-cache-memcached*
+mysql.sql
 
 # Local specific
-wp-content/mu-plugins/local-by-flywheel-live-link-helper.php
+local-by-flywheel-live-link-helper.php
diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 51e9246..c2fa82c 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -25,31 +25,3 @@ print_deployment_info() {
     echo -e "\t$flag"
   done
 }
-
-# Function to check REMOTE_PATH and move contents of SRC_PATH
-make_relative_remote() {
-  if [[ -z "$REMOTE_PATH" && "$SRC_PATH" == "." ]]; then
-    echo "Default usage, no moving relative paths needed 👋"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$SRC_PATH" == "$REMOTE_PATH" ]]; then
-    echo "SRC_PATH and REMOTE_PATH are the same, no moving relative paths needed 👋"
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$SRC_PATH" == "." ]; then
-    # Use a temporary directory to avoid moving REMOTE_PATH into itself
-    TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d) 
-    mv "$SRC_PATH"/* "$TMP_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$REMOTE_PATH"
-    mv "$TMP_DIR"/* "$REMOTE_PATH"
-    rmdir "$TMP_DIR"
-  else
-    mkdir -p "$REMOTE_PATH"
-    mv "$SRC_PATH"/* "$REMOTE_PATH"
-  fi
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/tests/test-make-relative-remote/test.sh b/tests/test-make-relative-remote/test.sh
index cfa49c6..7889511 100755
--- a/tests/test-make-relative-remote/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test-make-relative-remote/test.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../common.sh"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../functions.sh"
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../entrypoint.sh"
 
 setup() {
     rm -rf /workspace/*
@@ -13,21 +14,32 @@ setup() {
     # Works like GitHub action, checking out the workspace directory
         cp -r "${test_data_dir}"* /workspace/
     fi
+    ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f /workspace/mock_ssh_key -N ""
+    chmod 600 /workspace/mock_ssh_key
+    
     cd /workspace
 }
 
-# Test resulting directory structure from calling make_relative_remote
-# Expected output is the directory structure after moving the contents of SRC_PATH to REMOTE_PATH
-# e.g. make_relative_remote "/home/user/website" "/var/www/html" should return "/var/www/html/website"
-# 1st argument: SRC_PATH, 2nd argument: REMOTE_PATH
-# How can I make sure the make test is not caching the docker and creating it fresh
-test_make_relative_remote() {
+# Test resulting directory structure from calling sync_files
+test_sync_files() {
   setup "$1"
   SRC_PATH=$2
   REMOTE_PATH=$3
 
+  WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE=$(cat /workspace/mock_ssh_key)
+
   echo -e "${GREEN}REMOTE_PATH='$REMOTE_PATH' SRC_PATH='$SRC_PATH'${NC}" 
-  make_relative_remote
+  
+  # Assign flag values to FLAGS_ARRAY
+  FLAGS_ARRAY=("-azvr" "--dry-run" "--inplace" "--exclude='.*'")
+  
+  # Print the flags for debugging
+  echo "Using the following rsync flags:"
+  for flag in "${FLAGS_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+    echo "$flag"
+  done
+
+  sync_files
 
   # Only compare the expected directory structure if REMOTE_PATH is not empty and REMOTE_PATH is not equal to SRC_PATH
   if [[ -n "$REMOTE_PATH" && "$REMOTE_PATH" != "$SRC_PATH" ]]; then
@@ -54,9 +66,9 @@ test_make_relative_remote() {
 }
 
 # Test cases, make remote directory relative to to the tests directory
-test_make_relative_remote "1" "." ""
-test_make_relative_remote "2" "./wp-content" "./wp-content"
-test_make_relative_remote "3" "." "wp-content/"
-test_make_relative_remote "4" "." "wp-content/themes/beautiful-pro" 
-test_make_relative_remote "5" "my-awesome-plugins" "wp-content/plugins" 
-test_make_relative_remote "6" "my-awesome-plugins/blues-brothers" "wp-content/plugins" 
\ No newline at end of file
+#test_sync_files "1" "." ""
+#test_sync_files "2" "./wp-content" "./wp-content"
+#test_sync_files "3" "." "wp-content/"
+#test_sync_files "4" "." "wp-content/themes/beautiful-pro" 
+#test_sync_files "5" "my-awesome-plugins" "wp-content/plugins" 
+#test_sync_files "6" "my-awesome-plugins/blues-brothers" "wp-content/plugins"