diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 004a66fca..74840163c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ jobs:
           mkdir dist/paperless-ng
           mkdir dist/paperless-ng/docker
           mkdir dist/paperless-ng/scripts
-          cp .dockerignore .env docker-compose.* Dockerfile paperless.conf.example Pipfile Pipfile.lock LICENSE README.md requirements.txt dist/paperless-ng/
+          cp .dockerignore .env docker-compose.* Dockerfile Pipfile Pipfile.lock LICENSE README.md requirements.txt dist/paperless-ng/
+          cp paperless.conf.example dist/paperless-ng/paperless.conf
           cp docker/*.* dist/paperless-ng/docker/
           cp scripts/*.service scripts/*.sh dist/paperless-ng/scripts/
           cp src/ dist/paperless-ng/src -r