diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0683f04..16300ce4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ELECTRON_PACKAGER=./node_modules/.bin/electron-packager
+ELECTRON_IGNORE=$(shell cat package.ignore | tr "\\n" "|" | sed "s/.$$//")
 ELECTRON_VERSION=0.34.2
 
 release/Herostratus-darwin-x64: .
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@ release/Herostratus-darwin-x64: .
 		--platform=darwin \
 		--arch=x64 \
 		--version=$(ELECTRON_VERSION) \
+		--ignore="$(ELECTRON_IGNORE)" \
+		--overwrite \
 		--out=release/
 
 release/Herostratus-linux-ia32: .
@@ -13,6 +16,8 @@ release/Herostratus-linux-ia32: .
 		--platform=linux \
 		--arch=ia32 \
 		--version=$(ELECTRON_VERSION) \
+		--ignore="$(ELECTRON_IGNORE)" \
+		--overwrite \
 		--out=release/
 
 release/Herostratus-linux-x64: .
@@ -20,6 +25,8 @@ release/Herostratus-linux-x64: .
 		--platform=linux \
 		--arch=x64 \
 		--version=$(ELECTRON_VERSION) \
+		--ignore="$(ELECTRON_IGNORE)" \
+		--overwrite \
 		--out=release/
 
 release/Herostratus-win32-ia32: .
@@ -27,6 +34,8 @@ release/Herostratus-win32-ia32: .
 		--platform=win32 \
 		--arch=ia32 \
 		--version=$(ELECTRON_VERSION) \
+		--ignore="$(ELECTRON_IGNORE)" \
+		--overwrite \
 		--out=release/
 
 release/Herostratus-win32-x64: .
@@ -34,6 +43,8 @@ release/Herostratus-win32-x64: .
 		--platform=win32 \
 		--arch=x64 \
 		--version=$(ELECTRON_VERSION) \
+		--ignore="$(ELECTRON_IGNORE)" \
+		--overwrite \
 		--out=release/
 
 package-osx: release/Herostratus-darwin-x64
diff --git a/package.ignore b/package.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88f1569a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+LICENSE
+Makefile
+package.ignore
+(.*).md
+appveyor.yml
+bower.json
+gulpfile.js
+installers.json
+screenshot.png
+tests
+lib/scss
+lib/browser
+node_modules/electron-mocha
+node_modules/electron-builder
+node_modules/angular-mocks
+node_modules/browserify
+node_modules/gulp*
+node_modules/jshint-stylish
+node_modules/mochainon
+node_modules/vinyl-*