diff --git a/.ci/env.sh b/.ci/env.sh
index 62bdee5..caceb43 100755
--- a/.ci/env.sh
+++ b/.ci/env.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ if [ -n "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" ] ; then
     tags="${CI_COMMIT_TAG#v}"
 fi
 if [ "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" = "${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}" ] ; then
+    ## TODO: think about "latest" tag: it should be error-prone for "backward tag push"
     tags="${tags} ${VERSION} latest"
     echo "RELMODE=1" >> .build_env
 fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5ed011..e1b6a61 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/plugin-sonatype-nexus
+/plugin-sonatype-nexus*
 /.auth.json
 /.build_env
 /dist/
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index d064bdf..538d4fa 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ func (p *Plugin) parseSettings() error {
 	var ur UploadRule
 
 	ur.Repository = p.Settings.Repository
-	ur.Paths = p.Settings.Paths.Value()
+	ur.Paths = make([]string, len(p.Settings.Paths.Value()))
+	copy(ur.Paths, p.Settings.Paths.Value())
 
 	if ur.Repository == "" {
 		return reportEmptySetting("nexus.repository")