diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c04e6f2..fefc7a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["fastapi_traffic"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+exclude = [
+    ".venv",
+    ".cache",
+    ".pytest_cache",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".qodo",
+    ".vscode",
+    "*.db",
+]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py310"
 line-length = 88