diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa8db6888..27a2bd767 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
-*.int
-*.tmp
+*.7z
+*.dat
 *.err
 *.exe
+*.int
 *.log
+*.tmp
 *.zip
-*.dat
-*.7z
 **/.tmp.ssl
 
-# used to build dat files
-file.list
-
 translations/*/text
+translations/*.dat
 data/text/english/cuts_female
 
+release/data
 release/ddraw.dll
 release/ddraw.ini
 release/sfall-mods.ini
 release/translations/
-release/mods/
+
+release/mods/*
+!release/mods/f2_res.dat
+!release/mods/upu.ini
+!release/mods/mods_order.txt
 
 extra/bin/*
 !extra/bin/dat2.exe
-scripts_src/sfall
-translations/*.dat
 extra/inno/Output
 extra/inno/release
 extra/inno/translations
-
-.venv/
+scripts_src/sfall
+dat2.list
diff --git a/extra/inno/inno.iss b/extra/inno/inno.iss
index 845a3ac20..07b2edb8f 100644
--- a/extra/inno/inno.iss
+++ b/extra/inno/inno.iss
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ UsePreviousAppDir=no
 AlwaysShowDirOnReadyPage=yes
 
 [Files]
-Source: "release\*.*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Components: core; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs overwritereadonly
+Source: "release\*.*"; Excludes: "\mods\mods_order.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Components: core; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs overwritereadonly
+Source: "release\mods\mods_order.txt"; DestDir: "{#mods_dir}"; Components: core; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist
 #include "files_translations.iss"
 Source: "optional\walk_speed_fix_low_fps.dat"; DestDir: "{#mods_dir}"; Components: walk_speed\low_fps; Flags: ignoreversion overwritereadonly
 Source: "optional\goris_fast_derobing_low_fps.dat"; DestDir: "{#mods_dir}"; Components: goris\low_fps; Flags: ignoreversion overwritereadonly
diff --git a/release/mods/mods_order.txt b/release/mods/mods_order.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e22c5538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/mods/mods_order.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+upu.dat
+upu_czech.dat
+upu_french.dat
+upu_german.dat
+upu_hungarian.dat
+upu_italian.dat
+upu_polish.dat
+upu_portuguese.dat
+upu_russian.dat
+upu_spanish.dat
+walk_speed_fix_low_fps.dat
+goris_fast_derobing_low_fps.dat