diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 594ca03bd9adc6a0e5e4310b47185851ca157b77..6760d12c5096f66407e29c1948f0a393de76380a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ build-book:
       # Essential web content
       - book/_build/html/**/*.{html,css,js}
       - book/_build/html/_images/**
-      - book/_build/html/_static/**
+      - book/_build/html/_static/
       - book/_build/html/_custom_downloads/**
       - book/_build/html/genindex.html
       - book/_build/html/search.html
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ build-book:
       - stdout.log
       - stderr.log
 
-    exclude:
+    # exclude:
       # Development/build files
-      - "**/*.js.map"
-      - "**/_sources/**"
-      - "**/__pycache__/**"
-      - "**/*.pyc"
-      - "**/*.pickle"
-      - book/_build/.doctrees/**
-      - book/_build/jupyter_cache/**
+      # - "**/*.js.map"
+      # - "**/_sources/**"
+      # - "**/__pycache__/**"
+      # - "**/*.pyc"
+      # - "**/*.pickle"
+      # - book/_build/.doctrees/**
+      # - book/_build/jupyter_cache/**
       # Keep notebooks for interactive features
       # - "**/*.ipynb"