diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 40017be..9f74149 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ jobs:
         aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
         aws-region: us-east-1
 
+    - run: cp -R packages_thumbs_images public/Images/packages
+  
     # cache-control of 10 mins because we *need* to be able to update
     # this and have people see the results can be fixed well with a static site builder
     - run: |
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
           --exclude 'pour.sh' \
           --exclude 'tea.white-paper*.pdf' \
           --exclude '*.md' \
-          --exclude 'public/Images/packages/*' \
           --delete
 
     #TODO create a github-action that can be used to parse the