diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b312e7..4942488 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ missing
 
 # JX specific
 /bin
+manifest.txt
+/docs
+version
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8b15e9e..1fdd9cb 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ mkdir -p $BIN_FOLDER
 GIT_VERSION=`git describe --long --tags --always`
 echo "git version is: $GIT_VERSION"
 echo "$GIT_VERSION" > version
+cp manifest.template manifest.txt
 sed -i "s/Specification-Version: .*/Specification-Version: $GIT_VERSION/" manifest.txt
 
 ## Build Accelio
diff --git a/manifest.txt b/manifest.template
similarity index 100%
rename from manifest.txt
rename to manifest.template