diff --git a/build_release.sh b/build_release.sh
index cb0c76b38dd2d68e8fe17c8e645d0de64d1daf92..a11c6d0400e7748ad22c8f960f643173941ad0bb 100644
--- a/build_release.sh
+++ b/build_release.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p "${BUILD_ROOT}"
 rsync -av --exclude='.git'          --exclude='.idea'       --exclude='_Deparsed_XSubs.pm' \
           --exclude='.gitignore'    --exclude='tmp' \       --exclude='*.zip' \
           --exclude="${BUILD_SCRIPT}" --exclude="${BUILD_DIR}/" \
-          --exclude="*.iml" ./ "${BUILD_ROOT}"
+          --exclude="*.iml" ./ "${BUILD_ROOT}" --exclude='build*'
 sed -i "/^#.*FILE:.*/a \
 #\n\
 #      VERSION: ${VERSION}\n\
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ if [[ -e "${BUILD_ZIP}" ]]; then
   echo "release archived in file '${BUILD_ZIP}' :)"
 else
   echo "something goes wrong :("
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi