diff --git a/system/defines.php b/system/defines.php
index d4b1c72fd..480dbc8da 100644
--- a/system/defines.php
+++ b/system/defines.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Some standard defines
 define('GRAV', true);
-define('GRAV_VERSION', '1.6.0-rc.1');
+define('GRAV_VERSION', '1.6.0-rc.2');
 define('GRAV_TESTING', true);
 define('DS', '/');
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Installer/Install.php b/system/src/Grav/Installer/Install.php
index 58bc06198..5345ce3a0 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Installer/Install.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Installer/Install.php
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ class Install
     ];
 
     private $ignores = [
-        'assets',
         'backup',
         'cache',
         'images',
         'logs',
         'tmp',
-        'user'
+        'user',
+        '.htaccess',
+        'robots.txt'
     ];
 
     private $classMap = [