diff --git a/_config_template.yml b/_config_template.yml
index aa37fbd073930a865553820541cd22a61f84aacd..3c9c17937468d5b2a4f20af07e7fa8f6176139a3 100644
--- a/_config_template.yml
+++ b/_config_template.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ defaults:
 # Files and directories that are not to be copied.
 exclude:
   - Makefile
+  - bin
 
 # Turn off built-in syntax highlighting.
 highlighter: false