diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4283459..710893b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
 *.egg-info/
 .idea
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
+build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2985d18..3159d92 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include *.txt
+include README.md
 recursive-include docs *.txt