Stop a Project from moving files around?

So I've got a hefty project file, and within the 'patchers' folder I'm keeping another folder called 'waves,' which includes some audio files that fill out a [umenu]. I need to keep that folder right next to the main patcher, so that when I build the project as an application, it searches in the right place (a 'waves' folder in the same directory as the application, so that the end-user can add new sounds).

However, every time I open the project file, it moves the files within 'waves' from within 'patchers/waves' to 'other.' Is there any way to mark a folder or file so that the project system doesn't attempt to move things for me?