diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 335ec95..0802dec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.tar.gz
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 96f60a0..4ed77ab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,9 +83,13 @@ package-mod:
     - apk add --no-cache tar
   script:
     - DATE=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
-    - tar zcf /tmp/test_harness_${DATE}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}.tar.gz --exclude .luacheckrc --exclude .gitlab-ci.yml --exclude .vscode --exclude .util --exclude client --exclude opengl --exclude \*.tar.gz --exclude .git\* --transform 's,^./,test_harness/,' . 
+    - mkdir -p dist
+    - TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+    - mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/test_harness"
+    - cp -r . "$TMPDIR/test_harness"
+    - tar zcf dist/test_harness_${DATE}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}.tar.gz -C "$TMPDIR" --exclude test_harness/.luacheckrc --exclude test_harness/.gitlab-ci.yml --exclude test_harness/.vscode --exclude test_harness/.util --exclude test_harness/client --exclude test_harness/opengl --exclude \*.tar.gz --exclude .git\*  test_harness
   artifacts:
     paths: 
-      - "/tmp/*.tar.gz"
+      - "dist/*.tar.gz"