diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 76fdfc03..db0ba6f7 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ Lambda.prototype._zipfileTmpPath = function (program) {
 };
 
 Lambda.prototype._rsync = function (program, codeDirectory, callback) {
-  var excludes = ['.git*', '*.swp', '.editorconfig', 'deploy.env', '*.log', 'node_modules'],
-      excludeArgs = '';
+  var excludes = ['.git*', '*.swp', '.editorconfig', 'deploy.env', '*.log', 'build/'],
+      excludeGlobs = [];
   if (program.excludeGlobs) {
-    var excludeGlobs = program.excludeGlobs.split(' ');
-    excludeArgs = excludeGlobs.concat(excludes).map(function(exclude) {
-      return '--exclude=' + exclude;
-    }).join(' ');
+    excludeGlobs = program.excludeGlobs.split(' ');
   }
+  var excludeArgs = excludeGlobs.concat(excludes).map(function(exclude) {
+    return '--exclude=' + exclude;
+  }).join(' ');
 
   exec('mkdir -p ' + codeDirectory, function(err) {
     if (err) {
@@ -335,12 +335,12 @@ Lambda.prototype._archive = function (program, archive_callback) {
   var _this = this;
   var codeDirectory = _this._codeDirectory(program);
 
-  console.log('=> Moving files to temporary directory');
-  // Move all files to tmp folder (except .git, .log, event.json and node_modules)
   _this._cleanDirectory(codeDirectory, function(err) {
     if (err) {
       return archive_callback(err);
     }
+    console.log('=> Moving files to temporary directory');
+    // Move files to tmp folder
     _this._rsync(program, codeDirectory, function (err) {
       if (err) {
         return archive_callback(err);