diff --git a/Wabbajack.BuildServer/Wabbajack.BuildServer.csproj b/Wabbajack.BuildServer/Wabbajack.BuildServer.csproj
index f0e6bf9e..e2893772 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.BuildServer/Wabbajack.BuildServer.csproj
+++ b/Wabbajack.BuildServer/Wabbajack.BuildServer.csproj
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
       <None Update="public\metrics.html">
         <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       </None>
+      <None Update="public\files\placeholder">
+        <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      </None>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -87,10 +90,6 @@
       <Content Remove="swiftshader\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Folder Include="public\files" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
     <ItemGroup>
       <Reference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, Version=1.0.19269.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=23ec7fc2d6eaa4a5">
         <HintPath>..\Wabbajack.MassImport\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/Wabbajack.BuildServer/public/files/placeholder b/Wabbajack.BuildServer/public/files/placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62d8a1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wabbajack.BuildServer/public/files/placeholder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file exists to make sure this folder exists
\ No newline at end of file