diff --git a/tools/generateSourceTarball b/tools/generateSourceTarball
index f53d05b38..eb4688037 100755
--- a/tools/generateSourceTarball
+++ b/tools/generateSourceTarball
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ if [[ ! "$1" ]]; then
   exit
 fi
 
+hg update "$1"
 tools/generateReleaseInfo
 mkdir rawtherapee-"$1"
 mv ReleaseInfo.cmake rawtherapee-"$1"
-hg archive -r "$1" -X ".hg*" -X "rtgui/config.h" -X "rtgui/version.h" -X "rtdata/rawtherapee.desktop" rawtherapee-"$1".tar
+hg archive -X ".hg*" -X "rtgui/config.h" -X "rtgui/version.h" -X "rtdata/rawtherapee.desktop" rawtherapee-"$1".tar
 tar -rf rawtherapee-"$1".tar rawtherapee-"$1"/ReleaseInfo.cmake
 xz -z -9e rawtherapee-"$1".tar
 rm -r rawtherapee-"$1"
+hg update