diff --git a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
similarity index 100%
rename from ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
rename to .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 981698143f..afb60e12ee 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ exclude jenkins*.sh
 exclude jenkins*
 recursive-exclude jenkins *.sh
 
+prune .github
 prune demo/etc