diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4d5b0560..84d5dc700 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ objs
 src/game/generated
 SDL.dll
 freetype.dll
-autoexec.cfg
 
 crapnet*
 dilate*
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ Debug
 bam
 build server.bat
 buildlog.txt
-autoexec.cfg
 bam.exe
 *.bat
 .cproject
diff --git a/scripts/make_release.py b/scripts/make_release.py
index b4c6d7b39..25d577cbf 100644
--- a/scripts/make_release.py
+++ b/scripts/make_release.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ os.mkdir(package_dir)
 print("adding files")
 shutil.copy("license.txt", package_dir)
 shutil.copy("storage.cfg", package_dir)
-shutil.copy("autoexec.cfg", package_dir)
+shutil.copy("autoexec_server.cfg", package_dir)
 
 if include_data and not use_bundle:
 	os.mkdir(os.path.join(package_dir, "data"))