diff --git a/server-extension/MANIFEST.in b/server-extension/MANIFEST.in
index dbff3582..7ff9b4a7 100644
--- a/server-extension/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/server-extension/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ include LICENSE
 include README.md
 include pyproject.toml
 
-include jupyter-config/jlab_ext_example.json
+recursive-include jupyter-config *.json
 
 include package.json
 include ts*.json
-include jlab_ext_example/labextension/*.tgz
 graft jlab_ext_example/labextension
+graft jlab_ext_example/public
 
 # Javascript files
 graft src