diff --git a/.github/scripts/release.sh b/.github/scripts/release.sh
index af1df447c..f54c586e3 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ tar -czf libretime-${suffix}.tar.gz \
         --exclude .zfproject.xml \
         --exclude .gitignore \
         --exclude .gitattributes \
+        --exclude .travis.yml \
+        --exclude travis \
         --exclude dev_tools \
+        --exclude vendor/phing \
+        --exclude vendor/simplepie/simplepie/tests \
     libretime
 echo " Done"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-release.yml b/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
index 86e5e05d3..7289dcc82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-release.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
-          asset_path: ./libretime-${{ github.ref }}.tar.gz
+          asset_path: ../libretime-${{ github.ref }}.tar.gz
           asset_name: libretime-${{ github.ref }}.tar.gz
           asset_content_type: application/tgz