diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 90b206fc..a24694ff 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 include versioneer.py
-include fitlins/data/*.json
-include fitlins/data/*.tpl
diff --git a/fitlins/data/nipype.cfg b/fitlins/data/nipype.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1616f9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fitlins/data/nipype.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[execution]
+crashfile_format = pklz
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f2fb134d..b0e63621 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ description-file = README.rst
 
 [options]
 packages = find:
-include_package_data = True
 python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
     nibabel>=2.0
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ console_scripts =
 fitlins =
     data/*.json
     data/*.tpl
+    data/nipype.cfg
 
 [options.exclude_package_data]
 * =