diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 8f1357f..8fa3de4 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ git push origin v0.X.Y
 Use a fresh clone and venv to avoid leaking deps:
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/apaolillo/pythainer.git
+git clone git@github.com:apaolillo/pythainer.git
 cd pythainer/
 python3 -m venv .venv-release
 . .venv-release/bin/activate
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea480cb..295c107 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ dev = [
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+[tool.hatch.build]
+exclude = [
+  "/.venv*",
+  "/venv*",
+  "/env*",
+  "/__pycache__",
+  "*.pyc",
+  "/.git",
+  "/.github",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+  "/.venv*",
+  "/venv*",
+  "/env*",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+exclude = [
+  "/.venv*",
+  "/venv*",
+  "/env*",
+]
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
 target-version = ['py310']