diff --git a/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/MANIFEST.in b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..113b7ecdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include *.txt
+include *.md
+include LICENSE
+recursive-include rips *.py
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/rips/Instance.py b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/rips/Instance.py
index 9ae3db2850..d8b626c5a2 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/rips/Instance.py
+++ b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/rips/Instance.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Instance:
             connectionOk, versionOk = self.__checkVersion()
 
         if not connectionOk:
-            if launched:
+            if self.launched:
                 raise Exception('Error: Could not connect to resinsight at ', location, ' after trying 10 times with 1 second apart')
             else:
                 raise Exception('Error: Could not connect to resinsight at ', location)
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/setup.py.cmake b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/setup.py.cmake
index e067cd1567..17dbffd5fc 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/setup.py.cmake
+++ b/ApplicationCode/GrpcInterface/Python/setup.py.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open('README.md') as f:
 with open('LICENSE') as f:
 	license = f.read()
 
-RIPS_DIST_VERSION = '3'
+RIPS_DIST_VERSION = '8'
 	
 setup(
     name='rips',
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ setup(
     author_email='info@ceetronsolutions.com',
     url='http://www.resinsight.org',
     license=license,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=('docs', '__pycache__'))
+	include_package_data=True,
+    packages=['rips', 'rips.generated', 'rips.examples', 'rips.tests']
 )
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