diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index caa568210295ed579bd6020cf32dc482a292b546..8047c8a3d05b85771e06cb232413f40d72c15f8b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ upload_to_registry:
     - echo "Starting upload & archiving of project files to the GitLab Package Registry..."
     - echo $LATEST_TAG
     - rm -rf ./.git/ .git* ./docs
-    - mkdir -p rlabkey-cli && mv ./* rlabkey-cli
+    - mkdir -p rlabkey-cli && cp -r ./* ./rlabkey-cli/
     - tar -czvf $ARCHIVE_PATH ./rlabkey-cli/
     - |
         filename=$(basename "$ARCHIVE_PATH" .tar.gz);