diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dcad1dbb..69798c62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ clean-bin:
 	find build -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -delete
 
 clean-deb:
+	rm -rf build/pkg-defs
 	rm -f build/*.deb
 
 clean-images: clean-bin-image clean-deb-image
diff --git a/build/docker/deb/build-deb.sh b/build/docker/deb/build-deb.sh
index 6dad89cb..e51f88f7 100755
--- a/build/docker/deb/build-deb.sh
+++ b/build/docker/deb/build-deb.sh
@@ -11,25 +11,26 @@ package=$1
 coin=$2
 shift 2
 
-cp -r /src/build/templates .
+mkdir build
+cp -r /src/build/templates build
 cp -r /src/configs .
-go run templates/generate.go $coin
+go run build/templates/generate.go $coin
 
 # backend
 if [ $package = "backend" ] || [ $package = "all" ]; then
-    (cd pkg-defs/backend && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $@)
+    (cd build/pkg-defs/backend && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $@)
 fi
 
 # blockbook
 if [ $package = "blockbook" ] || [ $package = "all" ]; then
-    export VERSION=$(cd pkg-defs/blockbook && dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -rne 's/^Version: ([0-9.]+)([-+~].+)?$/\1/p')
+    export VERSION=$(cd build/pkg-defs/blockbook && dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -rne 's/^Version: ([0-9.]+)([-+~].+)?$/\1/p')
 
-    cp Makefile ldb sst_dump pkg-defs/blockbook
-    cp -r /src/static pkg-defs/blockbook
-    mkdir pkg-defs/blockbook/cert && cp /src/server/testcert.* pkg-defs/blockbook/cert
-    (cd pkg-defs/blockbook && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $@)
+    cp Makefile ldb sst_dump build/pkg-defs/blockbook
+    cp -r /src/static build/pkg-defs/blockbook
+    mkdir build/pkg-defs/blockbook/cert && cp /src/server/testcert.* build/pkg-defs/blockbook/cert
+    (cd build/pkg-defs/blockbook && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc $@)
 fi
 
 # copy packages
-mv pkg-defs/*.deb /out
+mv build/pkg-defs/*.deb /out
 chown $PACKAGER /out/*.deb
diff --git a/build/templates/generate.go b/build/templates/generate.go
index aa4bc8e3..31615781 100644
--- a/build/templates/generate.go
+++ b/build/templates/generate.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	inputDir  = "templates"
-	outputDir = "pkg-defs"
+	inputDir  = "build/templates"
+	outputDir = "build/pkg-defs"
 )
 
 type Config struct {