diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4eb4a23..b3e14ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,3 +166,6 @@ tags
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,python
 *.ankiaddon
 .DS_Store
+
+# Stores actual addon config if the src directory is symlinked into an anki installation during development
+src/meta.json
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 57313de..b36881b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ if [ -d src/__pycache__ ]; then
 fi
 
 cd src
-zip -r ../editor-preview.ankiaddon *
+zip -r ../editor-preview.ankiaddon --exclude meta.json -- *
 cd ..
 unzip -l  editor-preview.ankiaddon