diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/MakeRelease.bat b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/MakeRelease.bat
index ee11a3ea24..b08d441535 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/MakeRelease.bat
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/MakeRelease.bat
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ rem explicitly list the OK ones here as individual copies. until then....
 
 copy *.dll dll
 
-zip -X -9 -r BizHawk.zip BizHawk.MultiClient.exe DiscoHawk.exe dll gamedb NES\Palettes Lua Gameboy\Palettes Firmware/BIOS_Info.txt  -x *.pdb -x *.lib -x *.pgd -x *.exp
+zip -X -9 -r BizHawk.zip BizHawk.MultiClient.exe DiscoHawk.exe defctrl.json dll gamedb NES\Palettes Lua Gameboy\Palettes Firmware/BIOS_Info.txt  -x *.pdb -x *.lib -x *.pgd -x *.exp