diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c978a52..16a2d94 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ exclude .gitignore
 exclude .gitreview
 
 global-exclude *.pyc
+
+graft stackviz/static/components
diff --git a/stackviz/export.py b/stackviz/export.py
index 5b11bc8..5e8933a 100644
--- a/stackviz/export.py
+++ b/stackviz/export.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ EXPORT_PATHS = [
 ]
 
 
+_base = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
 def fake_render_view(path):
     factory = RequestFactory()
     request = factory.get(path)
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if not args.ignore_bower:
-        if not os.listdir(os.path.join('stackviz', 'static', 'components')):
+        if not os.listdir(os.path.join(_base, 'static', 'components')):
             print("Bower components have not been installed, please run "
                   "`bower install`")
             return 1
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ def main():
     init_django(args)
 
     print("Copying static files ...")
-    shutil.copytree(os.path.join('stackviz', 'static'),
+    shutil.copytree(os.path.join(_base, 'static'),
                     os.path.join(args.path, 'static'))
 
     for path in EXPORT_PATHS: