diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Scripting/SHScriptEngine.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Scripting/SHScriptEngine.cpp
index 435cb6fb..8b836d2a 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Scripting/SHScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Scripting/SHScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>\n\
     <Platforms>x64</Platforms>\n\
     <Configurations>Release;Debug</Configurations>\n\
+	  <DefaultItemExcludes>$(DefaultItemExcludes);**/*.shmeta</DefaultItemExcludes>\n\
   </PropertyGroup>\n\
   <PropertyGroup Condition=\"'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'\">\n\
     <OutputPath>.\\bin\\Release</OutputPath>\n\
@@ -283,7 +284,6 @@ namespace SHADE
   <ItemGroup>\n\
     <None Remove=\".gitignore\" />\n\
     <None Remove=\".gitmodules\" />\n\
-    <None Remove=\"*.shmeta\" />\n\
   </ItemGroup>\n\
   <ItemGroup>\n\
     <Reference Include=\"SHADE_Managed\">\n";