diff --git a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCUtils.java b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCUtils.java
index ef533348f071..0b8815f4aa58 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCUtils.java
+++ b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCUtils.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public class CCUtils {
 
         if (StudyUtils.isTaskDescriptionFile(name) || StudyUtils.isTestsFile(project, name)) return true;
 
-        if (name.contains(".iml") || (configurator != null && configurator.excludeFromArchive(name))) {
+        if (name.contains(".iml") || (configurator != null && configurator.excludeFromArchive(file.getPath()))) {
           return false;
         }
         final TaskFile taskFile = StudyUtils.getTaskFile(project, file);
diff --git a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCVirtualFileListener.java b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCVirtualFileListener.java
index 2136ccfba647..cfc2e0dd636b 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCVirtualFileListener.java
+++ b/python/educational-core/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/CCVirtualFileListener.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class CCVirtualFileListener implements VirtualFileListener {
     String taskRelativePath = StudyUtils.pathRelativeToTask(createdFile);
 
     EduPluginConfigurator configurator = EduPluginConfigurator.INSTANCE.forLanguage(course.getLanguageById());
-    if (configurator != null && configurator.excludeFromArchive(createdFile.getName())) {
+    if (configurator != null && configurator.excludeFromArchive(createdFile.getPath())) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/PyEduPluginConfigurator.java b/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/PyEduPluginConfigurator.java
index 28f1f9d8252d..cfd453a0e8cc 100644
--- a/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/PyEduPluginConfigurator.java
+++ b/python/educational-python/Edu-Python/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/PyEduPluginConfigurator.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ public class PyEduPluginConfigurator implements EduPluginConfigurator {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean excludeFromArchive(@NotNull String name) {
-    return name.contains("__pycache__") || name.endsWith(".pyc");
+  public boolean excludeFromArchive(@NotNull String path) {
+    return path.contains("__pycache__") || path.endsWith(".pyc");
   }
 
   @Override