diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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--- a/MANIFEST.in
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include LICENSE
 include README.md
+recursive-include readux_ingest_ecds/templates
 prune test*
diff --git a/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/.gitkeep b/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/__init__.py b/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/__init__.py
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diff --git a/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/__init__.py b/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/__init__.py
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diff --git a/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/ingest/__init__.py b/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/ingest/__init__.py
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diff --git a/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/ingest/local/__init__.py b/readux_ingest_ecds/templates/admin/ingest/local/__init__.py
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