diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..215fa9a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include requirements.txt
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+recursive-include axolotl *.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 99dc646d3..9e90f3c27 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ setup(
     description="LLM Trainer",
     long_description="Axolotl is a tool designed to streamline the fine-tuning of various AI models, offering support for multiple configurations and architectures.",
     package_dir={"": "src"},
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages("src"),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     dependency_links=dependency_links,
     extras_require={