diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4608212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include requirements.txt
+include README.md
+include senpy/context.jsonld
diff --git a/senpy/__init__.py b/senpy/__init__.py
index c788029..1283b48 100644
--- a/senpy/__init__.py
+++ b/senpy/__init__.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 Sentiment analysis server in Python
 """
 
-VERSION = "0.2.7"
-
 import extensions
 import blueprints
 import plugins
+
+__version__ = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eeca594..c50db5c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 from setuptools import setup
-import senpy
+from pip.req import parse_requirements
+
+# parse_requirements() returns generator of pip.req.InstallRequirement objects
+install_reqs = parse_requirements("requirements.txt")
+
+# reqs is a list of requirement
+# e.g. ['django==1.5.1', 'mezzanine==1.4.6']
+reqs = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs]
+
+VERSION = "0.2.8"
+
+print(reqs)
 
 setup(
     name='senpy',
     packages=['senpy'],  # this must be the same as the name above
-    version=senpy.VERSION,
+    version=VERSION,
     description='''
     A sentiment analysis server implementation. Designed to be \
 extendable, so new algorithms and sources can be used.
@@ -12,7 +23,9 @@ extendable, so new algorithms and sources can be used.
     author='J. Fernando Sanchez',
     author_email='balkian@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/balkian/senpy',  # use the URL to the github repo
-    download_url='https://github.com/balkian/senpy/archive/{}.tar.gz'.format(senpy.VERSION),
+    download_url='https://github.com/balkian/senpy/archive/{}.tar.gz'.format(VERSION),
     keywords=['eurosentiment', 'sentiment', 'emotions', 'nif'],  # arbitrary keywords
     classifiers=[],
+    install_requires=reqs,
+    include_package_data = True,
 )