diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83b28af1..43174571 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /logs/
-.public/
-.public/static
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
 node_modules
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 834c6b7e..9ab1189a 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
 cd $WORKSPACE && git clean -fxd
 
 #pull code
-cd $WORKDIR && git clean -fxd
+cd $WORKDIR && git clean -fxd -e ".public"
 git stash && git pull origin master
 
  #build