diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 36ae959a..4f848b1c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,43 @@
 # jekyll configuration for github pages
 
-# ignore stuff not part of the website
-# (especially ignore things that contain executables that generate a warning on every build)
-exclude: [ "vc", "src", "output", "pipelines", "m4", "gfceu", "getSDLKey", "fceux-server", "attic" ]
+# ignore stuff not part of the website, everything except:
+# - documentation/
+# - web/
+# - fceux.png
+# - index.html
+exclude:
+- attic
+- fceux-server
+- getSDLKey
+- gfceu
+- m4
+- output
+- pipelines
+- src
+- vc
+- .gitignore
+- COPYING
+- ChangeLog
+- INSTALL
+- Makefile.am
+- NEWS
+- NewPPUtests.txt
+- README
+- SConstruct
+- STYLE-GUIDELINES-SDL
+- TODO-SDL
+- _config.yml
+- appveyor.yml
+- autogen.sh
+- azure-pipelines.yml
+- changelog.txt
+- configure.ac
+- debian-crossbuild.sh
+- doxygen
+- fceux.desktop
+- readme.md
+- fceux-server/fceux-net-server.exe
+- vc/BizHawk.Build.Tool.exe
+- vc/pscp.exe
+- vc/upx.exe
+- vc/zip.exe