diff --git a/core/server/lib/fs/zip-folder.js b/core/server/lib/fs/zip-folder.js
index 96ed1377d5..b797a0eba9 100644
--- a/core/server/lib/fs/zip-folder.js
+++ b/core/server/lib/fs/zip-folder.js
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ module.exports = function zipFolder(folderToZip, destination, callback) {
     archive.on('error', function (err) {
         callback(err, null);
     });
-
-    archive.directory(folderToZip, '/');
+    archive.glob(`**/*`, {
+        cwd: folderToZip,
+        ignore: ['node_modules/**']
+    });
     archive.pipe(output);
     archive.finalize();
 };