diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
index 70dbdc7aca..3a2e85abd8 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ class FileProvider {
   /**
    * copy the folder recursively (internal use)
    * @param {string} path is the folder to be copied over
-   * @param {string} destination is the  destination folder
+   * @param {Function} visitFile is a function called for each visited files
    */
-   _copyFolderToJsonInternal (path) {
+   _copyFolderToJsonInternal (path, visitFile) {
+    visitFile = visitFile || (() => {})
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const json = {}
       path = this.removePrefix(path)
@@ -212,9 +213,10 @@ class FileProvider {
               const file = {}
               const curPath = `${path}${path.endsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}${item}`
               if (window.remixFileSystem.statSync(curPath).isDirectory()) {
-                file.children = await this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(curPath)
+                file.children = await this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(curPath, visitFile)
               } else {
                 file.content = window.remixFileSystem.readFileSync(curPath, 'utf8')
+                visitFile({ path: curPath, content: file.content })
               }
               json[curPath] = file
             })
@@ -231,10 +233,11 @@ class FileProvider {
   /**
    * copy the folder recursively
    * @param {string} path is the folder to be copied over
-   * @param {string} destination is the  destination folder
+   * @param {Function} visitFile is a function called for each visited files
    */
-  copyFolderToJson (path) {
-    return this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(path)
+  copyFolderToJson (path, visitFile) {
+    visitFile = visitFile || (() => {})
+    return this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(path, visitFile)
   }
 
   removeFile (path) {
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
index 91f3227fbd..cc7368e0e2 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ class WorkspaceFileProvider extends FileProvider {
     })
   }
 
-  async copyFolderToJson (directory) {
-    let json = await super._copyFolderToJsonInternal(directory)
+  async copyFolderToJson (directory, visitFile) {
+    visitFile = visitFile || (() => {})
     const regex = new RegExp(`.workspaces/${this.workspace}/`, 'g');
+    let json = await super._copyFolderToJsonInternal(directory, ({ path, content }) => {
+      visitFile({ path: path.replace(regex, ''), content })
+    })    
     json = JSON.stringify(json).replace(regex, '')
     return JSON.parse(json)
   }
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/file-explorer/src/lib/file-explorer.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/file-explorer/src/lib/file-explorer.tsx
index bb2f513d10..729da26097 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/file-explorer/src/lib/file-explorer.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/file-explorer/src/lib/file-explorer.tsx
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ export const FileExplorer = (props: FileExplorerProps) => {
   }
 
   const publishToGist = () => {
-    modal('Create a public gist', `Are you sure you want to anonymously publish all your files in the ${name} workspace as a public gist on github.com? This also add an entry named 'project.json' which include all the folders and files.`, {
+    modal('Create a public gist', `Are you sure you want to anonymously publish all your files in the ${name} workspace as a public gist on github.com?`, {
       label: 'OK',
       fn: toGist
     }, {
@@ -1059,35 +1059,20 @@ export const FileExplorer = (props: FileExplorerProps) => {
 
 export default FileExplorer
 
-function packageFiles (filesProvider, directory, callback) {
+async function packageFiles (filesProvider, directory, callback) {
   const ret = {}
-  filesProvider.resolveDirectory(directory, (error, files) => {
-    if (error) callback(error)
-    else {
-      async.eachSeries(Object.keys(files), (path, cb) => {
-        if (filesProvider.isDirectory(path)) {
-          cb()
-        } else {
-          filesProvider.get(path, (error, content) => {
-            if (error) return cb(error)
-            if (/^\s+$/.test(content) || !content.length) {
-              content = '// this line is added to create a gist. Empty file is not allowed.'
-            }
-            ret[path] = { content }
-            cb()
-          })
-        }
-      }, async (error) => {
-        try {
-          const json = await filesProvider.copyFolderToJson(directory)
-          ret['project.json'] = { content: JSON.stringify(json, null, '\t') }
-        } catch (e) {
-          console.log(e)
-        }
-        callback(error, ret)
-      })
-    }
-  })
+  try {
+    await filesProvider.copyFolderToJson(directory, ({ path, content }) => {
+      if (/^\s+$/.test(content) || !content.length) {
+        content = '// this line is added to create a gist. Empty file is not allowed.'
+      }
+      path = path.replace(/\//g, '...')
+      ret[path] = { content }
+    })
+    callback(null, ret)
+  } catch (e) {
+    return callback(e)
+  }
 }
 
 function joinPath (...paths) {