diff --git a/publish_to_gitea.sh b/publish_to_gitea.sh
index 4513f57..3ba0348 100755
--- a/publish_to_gitea.sh
+++ b/publish_to_gitea.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ fi
 
 # Create a ZIP file from the project directory
 ZIP_NAME="package-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).zip"
-zip -r $ZIP_NAME $PROJECT_DIR
+#zip -r "$ZIP_NAME" "$PROJECT_DIR" -x "*vendor/*" || { echo "Failed to create ZIP file"; exit 1; }
+# Change to the project directory
+cd "$PROJECT_DIR" || { echo "Failed to enter project directory $PROJECT_DIR"; exit 1; }
+
+# Use git archive to respect .gitignore and exclude .git
+git archive --format=zip -o "../$ZIP_NAME" HEAD
+
+cd ..
 
 # Check if version is provided
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then