diff --git a/Admin/rtbPublishReferenceData.m b/Admin/rtbPublishReferenceData.m
index 13c847598c3f97f5d1440799d941a2f98189bf24..7b376d0eb731c219e5398a195769129225b6e50d 100644
--- a/Admin/rtbPublishReferenceData.m
+++ b/Admin/rtbPublishReferenceData.m
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ for ee = 1:nExamples
     % zip up the example
     archiveTemp = fullfile(tempRoot, [exampleName '.zip']);
     if ~dryRun
-        zip(archiveTemp, exampleDir);
+        zip(archiveTemp, '.', exampleDir);
     end
     
     % publish the zip