diff --git a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
index cfb3b5f49dacca4d2826ce4505fabe7e122c19f4..37ac10a7cf21361d091022aab8e953fe4fb0bc63 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/gridftpFileTransferPlugin.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from fileTransferPlugin import FileTransferPlugin
 
 class GridftpFileTransferPlugin(FileTransferPlugin):
 
-    COMMAND = 'globus-url-copy -c -cd -r -vb -tcp-bs 512K -p 1 -sync -sync-level 2'
+    COMMAND = 'globus-url-copy -c -cd -r -vb -tcp-bs 512K -p 1 -sync -sync-level 1'
 
     def __init__(self, src=None, dest=None, command=COMMAND):
         FileTransferPlugin.__init__(self, command, src, dest)