diff --git a/prm b/prm
index c7d66b6..e396cbb 100755
--- a/prm
+++ b/prm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ abs.get() {
 			svn_repo='packages';;
 	esac
 
-	svn checkout "svn://svn.archlinux.org/${svn_repo}/${1}/trunk" "${cfg_workdir}/${1}"
+	svn export "svn://svn.archlinux.org/${svn_repo}/${1}/trunk" "${cfg_workdir}/${1}"
 }
 
 set_argv() {