diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00d99dc59485bb2f23e1023ee93290f49757ce87..417292498406278fd29dbf965b4bdba93c4620be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ upload_to_registry:
     - echo $LATEST_TAG
     - rm -rf ./.git/ .git* ./docs
     - mkdir -p  rlabkey-cli_$LATEST_TAG
-    - mv . ./rlabkey-cli_$LATEST_TAG/
+    - cp -r . ./rlabkey-cli_$LATEST_TAG/
     - tar -czvf $ARCHIVE_PATH ./rlabkey-cli_$LATEST_TAG/
     - |
         filename=$(basename "$ARCHIVE_PATH" .tar.gz);