diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 815b2ab3..bde8885c 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cargoLorri.override {
     lorri = attrs: {
       name = "lorri";
 
-      inherit src;
+      src = pkgs.nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource  [ ".git" "target" "/*.nix" ] ./.;
 
       # add man and doc outputs to put our documentation into
       outputs = cargoLorri.outputs ++ [ "man" "doc" ];
diff --git a/nix/nixpkgs-stable.json b/nix/nixpkgs-stable.json
index 454c65aa..67b5d488 100644
--- a/nix/nixpkgs-stable.json
+++ b/nix/nixpkgs-stable.json
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   "date": "So 20. Jun 08:44:56 UTC 2021",
   "url": "https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/archive/bad3ccd099ebe9a8aa017bda8500ab02787d90aa.tar.gz",
   "sha256": "07ik6rcfpcvj2zch3mzkxwxjs817iysbvsydkm85f14kn7gnyzp5"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}