diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab63661..c277b41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 charts/kube-prometheus-stack
+caas-cluster-monitoring-*.tgz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.helmignore b/.helmignore
index 52b41c4..7a1f4aa 100644
--- a/.helmignore
+++ b/.helmignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
-.github/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.github/*
+README.md*
+# needed else the whole git directory is packed in the chart
+.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea7563b..af67355 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-charts:
+chart:
 	helm dependency update
 	rm charts/hardenedKubelet-*.tgz
 	rm charts/rke*.tgz
+	helm package .
 
-.PHONY: charts
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: chart
\ No newline at end of file