diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index eca1005cf8..0df6e70918 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 /config/*
 !/config/formats.ts
+!/config/config-example.js
 /logs/*
 /test/modlogs
 /node_modules