diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index 10023468..dc4f4b6c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Authors
 =======
 
 Sean Gillies <sean@mapbox.com>
-@brendan-ward https://github.com/brendan-ward
+Brendan Ward https://github.com/brendan-ward
 Asger Skovbo Petersen https://github.com/AsgerPetersen
 James Seppi https://github.com/jseppi
 Chrisophe Gohlke https://github.com/cgohlke
diff --git a/scripts/rio_cp b/scripts/rio_cp
index 2e2f92f3..1dd4fed1 100644
--- a/scripts/rio_cp
+++ b/scripts/rio_cp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def main(source, destination, opts, template=None, log=None):
             with rasterio.open(source) as src:
 
                 # First, copy the opts to the destination's kwargs.
-                kwargs = src.meta.copy()
+                kwargs = src.meta
                 kwargs.update(opts)
 
                 # If there's a template file, overlay its georeferencing.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def main(source, destination, opts, template=None, log=None):
                 # Write to the destination.
                 # TODO: use shortcut to source buffer.
                 with rasterio.open(destination, 'w', **kwargs) as dst:
-                    for i in src.indexes:
+                    for i in dst.indexes:
                         dst.write_band(i, src.read_band(i))
 
         except:
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def main(source, destination, opts, template=None, log=None):
 
     return 0
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     import argparse
@@ -58,26 +59,55 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         metavar='FILE',
         help="Use a georeferenced file as a template")
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-z',
+        '-z', '--lzw',
         action='store_true',
         help="Compress destination using LZW")
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-v',
+        '--interleave-band',
         action='store_true',
-        help="Verbose logging")
+        help="Band rather than pixel interleaved")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-t', '--tiled',
+        action='store_true',
+        help="Tiled rather than striped TIFFs")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--block-height',
+        metavar='HEIGHT',
+        help="Tile or strip height")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--block-width',
+        metavar='WIDTH',
+        help="Tile width")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-v', '--verbose',
+        action='count',
+        default=0,
+        help="Increase verbosity")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-q', '--quiet',
+        action='count',
+        default=0,
+        help="Decrease verbosity")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    if args.v:
-        logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=logging.DEBUG)
-    else:
-        logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=logging.INFO)
+    verbosity = args.verbose - args.quiet
+    log_level = max(10, 30 - 10*verbosity)
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=log_level)
     logger = logging.getLogger('rio_cp')
 
     # TODO: quick check of filenames before we call main().
 
     options = {}
-    if args.z:
+    if args.interleave_band:
+        options['interleave'] = 'band'
+    if args.lzw:
         options['compress'] = 'LZW'
+    if args.tiled:
+        options['tiled'] = True
+    if args.block_height:
+        options['blockysize'] = args.block_height
+    if args.block_width:
+        options['blockxsize'] = args.block_width
 
     # TODO: support other formats.
     options['driver'] = 'GTiff'