diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 83054086..ec20ef26 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
-VERSION = (2, 0, "0.dev5")
+VERSION = (2, 0, "0.dev6")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/commands/ci.py b/platformio/commands/ci.py
index 43e56ac7..2218eb76 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/ci.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/ci.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from glob import glob
 from os import environ, makedirs, remove
-from os.path import basename, isdir, isfile, join
+from os.path import abspath, basename, isdir, isfile, join
 from shutil import copyfile, copytree, rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def _copy_contents(dst_dir, contents):
     }
 
     for path in contents:
+        path = abspath(path)
         if isdir(path):
             items['dirs'].add(path)
         elif isfile(path):
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ def _exclude_contents(dst_dir, patterns):
     for p in patterns:
         contents += glob(join(dst_dir, p))
     for path in contents:
+        path = abspath(path)
         if isdir(path):
             rmtree(path)
         elif isfile(path):