diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile b/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
index 0e72b88..e12c035 100644
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       end
 
       if machine[:name] == 'operator'
-        config.vm.synced_folder ".", synced_folder_main, type: "rsync", rsync__exclude: "Vagrantfile"
+        config.vm.synced_folder ".", synced_folder_main, type: "rsync", rsync__exclude: ["Vagrantfile", "operator"]
         config.vm.synced_folder "./operator", "/home/#{vagrant_user}", type: "sshfs", reverse: true, sshfs_opts_append: "-o nonempty"
 
         config.vm.provision "setup_debconf", type: :shell, inline: $setup_debconf