diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8b7aeb1..633075c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README LICENSE requirements.txt
+include README.rst requirements.txt bwscanner/data/config.ini
diff --git a/bwscanner/configutil.py b/bwscanner/configutil.py
index a78d99b..aef3500 100644
--- a/bwscanner/configutil.py
+++ b/bwscanner/configutil.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os.path
-from shutil import copyfile
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
 from bwscanner.logger import log
 
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ def config_exists(cfg_path):
 
 
 def copy_config(cfg_path, cfg_default_path=None):
+    # FIXME: obtain the path instead of the content
     if cfg_default_path is None:
-        cfg_default_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(
-                os.path.abspath(__file__))), 'data', 'config.ini')
+        content = resource_string(__name__, 'data/config.ini')
+    else:
+        with open(cfg_default_path) as fp:
+            content = cfg_default_path.read()
     log.debug("cfg_default_path %s" % cfg_default_path)
-    copyfile(cfg_default_path, cfg_path)
+    with open(cfg_path, 'w') as fp:
+        fp.write(content)
diff --git a/bwscanner/data/config.ini b/bwscanner/data/config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f01da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bwscanner/data/config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[default]
+
+data_dir = ~/.config/bwscanner
+measurement_dir = ~/.config/bwscanner/measurements
+tor_dir = ~/.config/bwscanner/tordata
+loglevel = info
+logfile = bwscanner.log
+baseurl = https://siv.sunet.se/bwauth/
+launch_tor = True
+circuit_build_timeout = 20
+partitions = 1
+current_partition = 1
+timeout = 120
+request_limit = 10
+int_keys = partitions current_partition timeout request_limit
+bool_keys = launch_tor
+
+[bw_files]
+
+64M = 6258de4f4d602be75a3458117b29d2c580c4bcb7ba5b9d2c4135c7603109f554
+32M = 5a5d66d7865f09498d776f20c9e9791b055a4fff357185f84fb4ecfca7da93f0
+16M = 6258de4f4d602be75a3458117b29d2c580c4bcb7ba5b9d2c4135c7603109f554
+8M = 738c5604295b9377f7636ce0c2c116f093bb50372f589a6c2332a3bb6bba096a
+4M = 4daaa42377d3c87577797d44a8fa569038e7a9d6a5d417a09d8ba41a69456164
+2M = 3e39b0bb92912cf1ad6c01fb7c9d592e814a691c61de1f649416f6bba2d15082
diff --git a/data/config.ini b/data/config.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b5d73..0000000
--- a/data/config.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-[default]
-data_dir = $HOME/.config/bwscanner
-measurement_dir = $HOME/.config/bwscanner/measurements
-tor_dir = $HOME/.config/bwscanner/tordata
-loglevel = debug
-logfile = bwscanner.log
-baseurl = https://siv.sunet.se/bwauth/
-bw_files = {
-    64 * 1024: ("64M", "6258de4f4d602be75a3458117b29d2c580c4bcb7ba5b9d2c4135c7603109f554"),
-    32 * 1024: ("32M", "5a5d66d7865f09498d776f20c9e9791b055a4fff357185f84fb4ecfca7da93f0"),
-    16 * 1024: ("16M", "6258de4f4d602be75a3458117b29d2c580c4bcb7ba5b9d2c4135c7603109f554"),
-    8 * 1024: ("8M", "738c5604295b9377f7636ce0c2c116f093bb50372f589a6c2332a3bb6bba096a"),
-    4 * 1024: ("4M", "4daaa42377d3c87577797d44a8fa569038e7a9d6a5d417a09d8ba41a69456164"),
-    2 * 1024: ("2M", "3e39b0bb92912cf1ad6c01fb7c9d592e814a691c61de1f649416f6bba2d15082"),
-
-    # TODO: check whether files smaller than 2M should be provided
-    # TODO: are k size files key correct?
-    # 1024: ("1M", "daf6da82bc4a20567dcd5eb7e583f3137800c31eb31f5fed79f27a4278903780"),
-    # 512: ("512k", "20e1e9b44c3cb445a59138df8a03767356637ec751beee1f9233ca881121adc6"),
-    # 256: ("256k", "f3655613066fd0db916b0b00bde1a3905516584ea2c4ee4cac3a8ffb08f2f31c"),
-    # 128: ("128k", "072b052df2fba25a9578b69d49986024747ad9e43472db345a03ca6e22027ba6"),
-    # 64: ("64k", "73bee20c527362b18d4adb7e638a6513504954367379e7c61f7f45bdc71c5ddb"),
-    # 32: ("32k", "2ec95ff2c8beca72996161e2bd7831008baf2e012d12b6c84d51e9264fc50fdc"),
-    # 16: ("16k", "924bddcc93f8f76effd495c47b0d39451e34d8204029fe2b7f85905522255e7b"),
-}
-
-launch_tor = True
-circuit_build_timeout = 20
-
-partitions = 1
-current_partition = 1
-timeout = 120
-request_limit = 10
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 727fb08..a37d5a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
       url=__url__,
       license=__license__,
       packages=find_packages(),
-      # data_files = [('path', ['filename'])]
-      data_files=[],
+      include_package_data=True,
       entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             'bwscan = bwscanner.scanner:cli',