diff --git a/ghost/core/.npmignore b/ghost/core/.npmignore
index 0782c872e7..5138c4ce85 100644
--- a/ghost/core/.npmignore
+++ b/ghost/core/.npmignore
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ content/themes/**
 content/themes/casper/yarn.lock
 node_modules/**
 core/server/lib/members/static/auth/node_modules/**
-**/*.db*
-*.db*
+**/*.db
+**/*.db-journal
+*.db
+*.db-journal
 .af*
 .git*
 .groc*