diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 53c1b22055..e39ffbad55 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
-graft docs
+# Manifest syntax https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/sourcedist.html
+graft wheelhouse
 
-include COPYING
-include AUTHORS
+recursive-include birl *.py
+recursive-exclude __pycache__  *.py[cod] *.orig
 
-recursive-include src/einsteinpy/tests *.py *.html
+# Include the README
+include *.md
 
-prune docs/source/examples/.ipynb_checkpoints
-global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so *.dylib
+# Include the license file
+include LICENSE
+
+exclude *.sh
+exclude *.toml
+recursive-include examples *.py
+recursive-include pytorch_lightning *.py
+
+# exclude tests from package
+recursive-exclude tests *
+exclude tests
+
+# Exclude the documentation files
+recursive-exclude docs *
+exclude docs
+
+# Include the Requirements
+include requirements.txt
+
+# Exclude build configs
+exclude *.yml
+
+prune .git
+prune .github
+prune notebook*
+prune temp*
+prune test*
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