diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41dd08d9..c5d22b51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ __pycache__
 .venv
 
 # django testing
-**/static/volume
-**/.env
+backend/static
+backend/.env
 
 # vscode custom conf
 .vscode
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index aa6817d2..10c8e0d1 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ function sync_test {
         --exclude "**/cache" \
         --exclude "**/__pycache__/" \
         --exclude "**/.pytest_cache/" \
-        --exclude "**/static/volume" \
+        --exclude "**/static/" \
+        --exclude "**/node_modules/" \
+        --exclude "**/.env" \
         --exclude ".venv" \
         --exclude "db.sqlite3" \
         --exclude ".mypy_cache" \