diff --git a/_scripts/build.js b/_scripts/build.js
index 7d92b13b4..5bea792ba 100644
--- a/_scripts/build.js
+++ b/_scripts/build.js
@@ -53,7 +53,27 @@ const config = {
       ]
     }
   ],
-  files: ['_icons/iconColor.*', 'icon.svg', './dist/**/*', '!./dist/web/**/*'],
+  files: [
+    '_icons/iconColor.*',
+    'icon.svg',
+    './dist/**/*',
+    '!dist/web/*',
+    '!**/node_modules/**/.*',
+    '!**/{.github,Jenkinsfile}',
+    '!**/{CHANGES.md,CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md,CONTRIBUTING.md,CONTRIBUTION.md,DEVELOPMENT.md,docs,docs.md,docs.mli,examples,History.md,HISTORY.md,index.html,README.md,TODO.md,UPGRADE_GUIDE.md,UPGRADING.md}',
+    '!**/{commitlint.config.js,.editorconfig,.eslintignore,.eslintrc.{js,yml},.gitmodules,.huskyrc,.lintstagedrc,.nvmrc,.nycrc{,.json},.prettierrc{,.yaml},tslint.json}',
+    '!**/{.babelrc,bower.json,Gruntfile.js,Makefile,.npmrc.proregistry,rollup.config.js,.tm_properties,.tool-versions,tsconfig.json,webpack.config.js}',
+    '!**/*.{{,c,m}js,min,ts}.map',
+    '!**/*.d.ts',
+
+    // only exclude the src directory for specific packages
+    // as some of them have their dist code in there and we don't want to exclude those
+    '!**/node_modules/{@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome,agent-base,jquery,localforage,m3u8-parser,marked,mpd-parser,performance-now,video.js,vue,vue-i18n,vue-router}/src/*',
+    '!**/node_modules/**/{bin,man,scripts}/*',
+    '!**/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.slim*.js',
+    '!**/node_modules/video.js/dist/{alt/*,video.js}',
+    '!**/node_modules/@videojs/*/src'
+  ],
   dmg: {
     contents: [
       {
diff --git a/_scripts/webpack.main.config.js b/_scripts/webpack.main.config.js
index c87c3cbb7..d7316fd74 100644
--- a/_scripts/webpack.main.config.js
+++ b/_scripts/webpack.main.config.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const config = {
   module: {
     rules: [
       {
-        test: /\.(j|t)s$/,
+        test: /\.js$/,
         use: 'babel-loader',
         exclude: /node_modules/,
       },
@@ -76,21 +76,24 @@ if (isDevMode) {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../static'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/static'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*', 'pwabuilder-sw.js'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*', '**/pwabuilder-sw.js', '**/dashFiles/**', '**/storyboards/**'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../_icons'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/_icons'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../src/renderer/assets/img'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/images'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
         ]
diff --git a/_scripts/webpack.renderer.config.js b/_scripts/webpack.renderer.config.js
index e8da41795..4f73ce068 100644
--- a/_scripts/webpack.renderer.config.js
+++ b/_scripts/webpack.renderer.config.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const config = {
   module: {
     rules: [
       {
-        test: /\.(j|t)s$/,
+        test: /\.js$/,
         use: 'babel-loader',
         exclude: /node_modules/,
       },
@@ -165,28 +165,32 @@ if (isDevMode) {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../static'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/static'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*', 'pwabuilder-sw.js'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*', '**/pwabuilder-sw.js', '**/dashFiles/**', '**/storyboards/**'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../static'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/static'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*', 'pwabuilder-sw.js'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*', '**/pwabuilder-sw.js', '**/dashFiles/**', '**/storyboards/**'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../_icons'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/_icons'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../src/renderer/assets/img'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/images'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
         ]
diff --git a/_scripts/webpack.web.config.js b/_scripts/webpack.web.config.js
index a95913d5f..1b15f319f 100644
--- a/_scripts/webpack.web.config.js
+++ b/_scripts/webpack.web.config.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const config = {
   module: {
     rules: [
       {
-        test: /\.(j|t)s$/,
+        test: /\.js$/,
         use: 'babel-loader',
         exclude: /node_modules/,
       },
@@ -163,21 +163,24 @@ if (isDevMode) {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../static'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/static'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*', 'pwabuilder-sw.js'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*', '**/pwabuilder-sw.js', '**/dashFiles/**', '**/storyboards/**'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../_icons'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/_icons'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
           {
             from: path.join(__dirname, '../src/renderer/assets/img'),
             to: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/web/images'),
             globOptions: {
-              ignore: ['.*'],
+              dot: true,
+              ignore: ['**/.*'],
             },
           },
         ]
diff --git a/_scripts/webpack.workers.config.js b/_scripts/webpack.workers.config.js
index 7b6bb8421..7ca42754f 100644
--- a/_scripts/webpack.workers.config.js
+++ b/_scripts/webpack.workers.config.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const config = {
   module: {
     rules: [
       {
-        test: /\.(j|t)s$/,
+        test: /\.js$/,
         use: 'babel-loader',
         exclude: /node_modules/,
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63e793ade..daf4feacf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "build-release": "node _scripts/build.js",
     "build-release:arm64": "node _scripts/build.js arm64",
     "build-release:arm32": "node _scripts/build.js arm32",
-    "clean": "rimraf build/ dashFiles/ dist/ storyboards/",
+    "clean": "rimraf build/ static/dashFiles/ dist/ static/storyboards/",
     "debug": "run-s rebuild:electron debug-runner",
     "debug-runner": "node _scripts/dev-runner.js --remote-debug",
     "dev": "run-s rebuild:electron dev-runner",