diff --git a/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py b/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
index dc1bcec9..10d30569 100755
--- a/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
+++ b/bin/aws-lambda/build_and_publish_lambda_layer.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 print("===> Manually copying in local dev code")
 shutil.rmtree(build_directory + "/instana")
-shutil.copytree(os.getcwd() + '/instana', build_directory + "/instana")
+shutil.copytree(os.getcwd() + "/src/instana", build_directory + "/instana")
 
 print("===> Creating Lambda ZIP file")
 timestamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S")