diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/aws.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/aws.js
index 5c788a9dcc..626a768964 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/aws.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/aws.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const { budibaseAppsDir } = require("../../../utilities/budibaseDir")
 const PouchDB = require("../../../db")
 const env = require("../../../environment")
 
+const EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES = ["css"]
+
 /**
  * Finalises the deployment, updating the quota for the user API key
  * The verification process returns the levels to update to.
@@ -140,10 +142,17 @@ exports.uploadAppAssets = async function({ appId, bucket, accountId }) {
 
   // Upload HTML, CSS and JS of the web app
   walkDir(appAssetsPath, function(filePath) {
+    const filePathParts = filePath.split("/")
+    const publicIndex = filePathParts.indexOf("public")
+    const directory = filePathParts[publicIndex + 1]
+    // don't include these top level directories
+    if (EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES.indexOf(directory) !== -1) {
+      return
+    }
     const appAssetUpload = prepareUploadForS3({
       file: {
         path: filePath,
-        name: [...filePath.split("/")].pop(),
+        name: filePathParts.pop(),
       },
       s3Key: filePath.replace(appAssetsPath, `assets/${appId}`),
       s3,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
index c5bd80098a..50b1253e92 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/static/index.js
@@ -190,15 +190,7 @@ exports.serveAttachment = async function(ctx) {
 
 exports.serveAppAsset = async function(ctx) {
   // default to homedir
-  const mainOrAuth =
-    ctx.auth.authenticated === AuthTypes.APP ? "main" : "unauthenticated"
-
-  const appPath = resolve(
-    budibaseAppsDir(),
-    ctx.user.appId,
-    "public",
-    mainOrAuth
-  )
+  const appPath = resolve(budibaseAppsDir(), ctx.user.appId, "public")
 
   await send(ctx, ctx.file, { root: ctx.devPath || appPath })
 }