diff --git a/.devtools/create_release_package.bat b/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
index c5c74fcd..e7211c80 100644
--- a/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
+++ b/.devtools/create_release_package.bat
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir "%releasePath%"
 
 del "%releasePath%\grocy.tar"
 del "%releasePath%\grocy.tar.gz"
-7za a -r "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" "%projectPath%\*" -xr!.* -xr!package.json -xr!publication_assets
+7za a -r "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" "%projectPath%\*" -xr!.* -xr!publication_assets
 7za a "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" "%projectPath%\public\.htaccess"
 7za rn "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" .htaccess public\.htaccess
 7za d "%releasePath%\grocy.tar" data\*.* data\storage data\viewcache\*