diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..857bdcf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include requirements/*
+include README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index c3310025..63f7df30 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format. 
 
+## [0.0.3] - 2020-01-30
+### Added
+- Option to exclude the validation case from error messages in both Python API and CLI app with `exclude_case` and `-e`/`--exclude-case`, respectively.
+- include requirements in the source distribution
+
 ## [0.0.2] - 2020-01-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/eido/_version.py b/eido/_version.py
index 3b93d0be..27fdca49 100644
--- a/eido/_version.py
+++ b/eido/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.2"
+__version__ = "0.0.3"
diff --git a/eido/eido.py b/eido/eido.py
index b1006f6b..49411012 100644
--- a/eido/eido.py
+++ b/eido/eido.py
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ def build_argparser():
             "-s", "--schema", required=True,
             help="PEP schema file in yaml format.")
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+            "-e", "--exclude-case", default=False, action="store_true",
+            help="Whether to exclude the validation case from an error. "
+                 "Only the human readable message explaining the error will be raised. "
+                 "Useful when validating large PEPs.")
     return parser
 
 
@@ -68,13 +73,14 @@ def _load_yaml(filepath):
     return data
 
 
-def validate_project(project, schema):
+def validate_project(project, schema, exclude_case=False):
     """
     Validate a project object against a schema
 
     :param peppy.Project project: a project object to validate
     :param str | dict schema: schema dict to validate against or a path to one
-    :return:
+    :param bool exclude_case: whether to exclude validated objects from the error.
+        Useful when used ith large projects
     """
     if isinstance(schema, str) and os.path.isfile(schema):
         schema_dict = _load_yaml(schema)
@@ -83,7 +89,12 @@ def validate_project(project, schema):
     else:
         raise TypeError("schema has to be either a dict or a path to an existing file")
     project_dict = project.to_dict()
-    jsonschema.validate(project_dict, _preprocess_schema(schema_dict))
+    try:
+        jsonschema.validate(project_dict, _preprocess_schema(schema_dict))
+    except jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError as e:
+        if not exclude_case:
+            raise e
+        raise jsonschema.exceptions.ValidationError(e.message)
 
 
 def main():
@@ -98,5 +109,4 @@ def main():
     _LOGGER.debug("Creating a Project object from: {}".format(args.pep))
     p = Project(args.pep)
     _LOGGER.debug("Comparing the Project ('{}') against a schema: {}.".format(args.pep, args.schema))
-    validate_project(p, args.schema)
-    _LOGGER.info("Validation successful")
+    validate_project(p, args.schema, args.exclude_case)