diff --git a/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh b/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
index 0bb9d1fe68fbd0aaafa7c8db7d25fcc37252df25..9e135d15a4ea3ac7adb332512cdb551c9a12af6f 100755
--- a/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
+++ b/For_developers/mk_upload_tarball.sh
@@ -2,56 +2,12 @@
 #
 # @Author: Anne Philipp
 #
-# @Date: March, 1 2019
+# @Date: June, 21 2020
 #
-# @Description: Makes a tarball for uploading and distributing on flexpart.eu
-#
-# @Licence: 
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
-#
-#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
-#
-#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
-#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
-#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
-#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+# @Description: Makes a tarball for uploading on flexpart.eu
 #
 
 tarname='flex_extract_v7.1.2.tar.gz'
-tardir='flex_extract_v7.1.2'
 
-# go back to directory which is above flex_extract directory
-cd ../.. 
+tar -zcvf ${tarname} flex_extract --exclude=flex_extract/.git --exclude=flex_extract/.gitignore
 
-# create tar-ball
-tar -zcvf $tarname $tardir\
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/*.o' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/*.mod' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Fortran/calc_etadot' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Python/*.pyc' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/*.pyc' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/__pycache__' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Source/Pythontest/.pytest_cache' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/.git' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/.gitignore' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/ECMWF_ENV' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Workspace' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Run/Jobscripts/*sh' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/BASETIME' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/CERA' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/EA5' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/EI' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/ETAOD' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/GAUSSOD' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.0.4/PUREFC' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/BASETIME' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/CERA' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/EA5' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/EI' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/ETAOD' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/GAUSSOD' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/Testing/Regression/Compare_gribfiles/7.1/PUREFC' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/setup_local.sh' \
-    --exclude=$tardir'/.empty' \
-    
-