diff --git a/make b/make
index 10511d9..0bf5ce2 100755
--- a/make
+++ b/make
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cd ..
 DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
 tar --exclude "elyxer/dist" --exclude "elyxer/.git" \
   --exclude "elyxer/samples" --exclude "src/*.pyc" \
-  --exclude "docs/cvs" -czf elyxer-$DATE.tar.gz elyxer
+  --exclude "docs/cvs" --exclude "build" -czf elyxer-$DATE.tar.gz elyxer
 mv elyxer-$DATE.tar.gz elyxer/dist
 zip -q elyxer-$DATE.zip elyxer/* -x *dist*
 zip -qr elyxer-$DATE.zip elyxer/src/*.py