diff --git a/install/create_tar.sh b/install/create_tar.sh
index 367bcf1a..d7a3973b 100644
--- a/install/create_tar.sh
+++ b/install/create_tar.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 cd ../..
-tar cvf pialert/install/pialert_2.50.tar --exclude="pialert/install" pialert
+rm pialert_2.50.tar
+tar cvf pialert/install/pialert_2.50.tar --exclude="pialert/install" --exclude="pialert/.git" pialert
 
diff --git a/install/pialert_2.50.tar b/install/pialert_2.50.tar
index a0708790..df489252 100644
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diff --git a/install/pialert_latest.tar b/install/pialert_latest.tar
index a0708790..df489252 100644
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