diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index f7e87f8..f43b7ca 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | grep -v '\.tar$' | sort > "$git"
 
-tar taf dist/squad-client-${v}.tar.gz | cut -d / -f 2- | grep -v '\(/$\|^$\|PKG-INFO\|egg-info\|\.pyc\)' | sort > "$tar"
+tar taf dist/squad-client-${v}.tar.gz | cut -d / -f 2- | grep -v '\(/$\|^$\|PKG-INFO\|egg-info\|\.pyc\|\.sqlite3\)' | sort > "$tar"
 diff -u "$tar" "$git"
 
 if [ "${UPLOAD:-yes}" = 'no' ]; then