diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 49c2760..a4e7aed 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include *.txt
+include *.rst
 
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include persistent *
@@ -7,3 +8,9 @@ global-exclude *.dll
 global-exclude *.pyc
 global-exclude *.pyo
 global-exclude *.so
+
+include .coveragerc
+include .travis.yml
+include buildout.cfg
+include tox.ini
+include *.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f0be72..38f4e45 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
+
 def _read_file(filename):
-    try:
-        with open(os.path.join(here, filename)) as f:
-            return f.read()
-    except IOError:  # Travis???
-        return ''
+    with open(os.path.join(here, filename)) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
 
 README = (_read_file('README.rst') + '\n\n' + _read_file('CHANGES.rst'))