diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bef5072..f7fa832 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ GEM_SPEC = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'twitter4r', '>= 0.3.0'
 
   s.files = Dir.glob("{bin,lib,test}/**/*").delete_if { |item| item.include?('__workdir') }
-  s.files += %w(License.txt Readme.txt Changelog.txt Rakefile)
+  s.files += %w(License.txt Readme.markdown Changelog.txt Rakefile)
   s.files += Dir.glob("doc/*").delete_if { |item| item.include?('__workdir') }
 
   s.bindir = "bin"
diff --git a/lib/cerberus/manager.rb b/lib/cerberus/manager.rb
index 534a2a6..284331e 100644
--- a/lib/cerberus/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/cerberus/manager.rb
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ def run
     end
     
     private
+
     def extract_project_name(path)
       path = File.expand_path(path) if test(?d, path)
-      File.basename(path).strip
+      File.basename(path).strip.gsub( /\.git$/, '' )
     end
     
     def create_example_config