diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj b/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
index d1bbe5b0c..3d5a1a3a7 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/FilterLists.Api.csproj
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Update="appsettings.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj b/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
index b1e8b45ff..f426e7cb7 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
+++ b/src/FilterLists.DataLoad/FilterLists.DataLoad.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="appsettings.json">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>