diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 586c4c8a..07a3f84f 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ lint
 env
 /static
 django
+lamson
 django/*
 nbproject
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 72c4fd65..cce28976 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ recursive-exclude .git
 prune dist
 prune tmp
 prune build
+prune static
+prune django
+prune lamson
 exclude db
 exclude lint
 exclude settings.py
diff --git a/askbot/__init__.py b/askbot/__init__.py
index 0962acd8..5a8afcaa 100644
--- a/askbot/__init__.py
+++ b/askbot/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import smtplib
 import sys
 import logging
 
-VERSION = (0, 7, 39)
+VERSION = (0, 7, 40)
 
 #keys are module names used by python imports,
 #values - the package qualifier to use for pip