diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3c771107..cf12c1e9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include requirements.txt
 include lightrag/api/requirements.txt
 recursive-include lightrag/api/webui *
+recursive-include lightrag/api/static *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d4a9ad7..eb4128e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ include-package-data = true
 version = {attr = "lightrag.__version__"}
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-lightrag = ["api/webui/**/*"]
+lightrag = ["api/webui/**/*", "api/static/**/*"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py310"