diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 39c307c614fc4d167f2f812f162ebe7447f8daff..459cafde5e86db7d5ba44e075eb124c97a86d298 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ setup:
   script:
     - ./utilities.sh # Running the script to setup directories and copy files
     - mkdir -p files-from-repos
-    - cd frontend/docker/nginx-deployment/
-    - zip -r ../../../files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip .
-    - cd ../../../
+    - rm -f files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip
+    - pushd frontend/docker/
+    - zip -r ../../files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip nginx-deployment/ -x nginx-deployment/compose-from-monorepo.yml
+    - popd
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - docs/tech