diff --git a/scripts/freespace-docker/freespace.sh b/scripts/freespace-docker/freespace.sh
index fd4d936..77b80ce 100644
--- a/scripts/freespace-docker/freespace.sh
+++ b/scripts/freespace-docker/freespace.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 reqSpace=250000000 # 250GB
-SPACE=$(df "/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}')
+SPACE=$(df -P "/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}')
 if [ "$SPACE" -le $reqSpace ]
 then
   echo "not enough space"
diff --git a/scripts/freespace-generic/freespace.sh b/scripts/freespace-generic/freespace.sh
index d0a4ffc..a27b63b 100644
--- a/scripts/freespace-generic/freespace.sh
+++ b/scripts/freespace-generic/freespace.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 reqSpace=100000000 # 100GB
-SPACE=`df "$HOME/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}'`
+SPACE=`df -P "$HOME/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}'`
 if [[ $SPACE -le reqSpace ]]
 then
   #echo "not enough space"