diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 0677fc3..a339849 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         "pinstride",
         "PLUMEDROOT",
         "pname",
+        "Polyelectrolyte",
         "POSRES",
         "PREC",
         "printfile",
diff --git a/scripts/maintenance/move_data_from_zeal_to_local.sh b/scripts/maintenance/move_data_from_zeal_to_local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..135ae47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/maintenance/move_data_from_zeal_to_local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Created by Alec Glisman (GitHub: @alec-glisman) on February 2nd, 2023
+#
+
+# built-in shell options
+set -o errexit # exit when a command fails. Add || true to commands allowed to fail
+set -o nounset # exit when script tries to use undeclared variables
+
+# data I/O directories
+remote_address='aglisman@zeal.caltech.edu'
+remote_dir='/nfs/zeal_nas/home_mount/aglisman/GitHub/Polyelectrolyte-Surface-Adsorption/data_archive/6_single_chain_binding/cleaned'
+local_dir='/Volumes/ExFat/single_chain_binding'
+pattern='*/2-concatenated/*'
+
+# ########################################################################## #
+# Move data to new directory with rsync                                      #
+# ########################################################################## #
+
+# prompt user to accept or reject moving files
+echo "INFO) Moving files to new directory"
+echo "DEBUG) Source directory: ${remote_address}:${remote_dir}"
+echo "DEBUG) Destination directory: ${local_dir}"
+read -p "Do you want to move files from the source to the destination directory? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+echo
+if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    echo "INFO) Not moving files"
+else
+    echo "INFO) Moving files"
+    rsync --archive --verbose --progress --human-readable --dry-run \
+    --include="${pattern}" --exclude="*" \
+    "${remote_address}:${remote_dir}/" "${local_dir}/"
+fi
+
+echo "INFO) Done"