diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cedffaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+recursive-exclude tests *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d3f039..907e8bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='yandextank',
-    version='1.7.1',
+    version='1.7.2',
     description='a performance measurement tool',
     longer_description='''
 Yandex.Tank is a performance measurement and load testing automatization tool.
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ analytic tools for the results they produce.
     maintainer='Alexey Lavrenuke (load testing)',
     maintainer_email='direvius@yandex-team.ru',
     url='http://yandex.github.io/yandex-tank/',
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
+    include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         'psutil',
         'ipaddr',
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ analytic tools for the results they produce.
         ],
     },
     package_data={
+        'yandextank.core': ['config/*'],
         'yandextank.plugins.GraphiteUploader': ['config/*'],
         'yandextank.plugins.JMeter': ['config/*'],
         'yandextank.plugins.Monitoring': ['config/*'],
@@ -54,9 +56,6 @@ analytic tools for the results they produce.
     },
     # TODO: move them all to resources maybe
     data_files=[
-        ('/etc/yandex-tank', [
-            'config/00-base.ini',
-        ]),
         ('/etc/bash_completion.d', [
             'data/yandex-tank.completion'
         ]),
diff --git a/config/00-base.ini b/yandextank/core/config/00-base.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from config/00-base.ini
rename to yandextank/core/config/00-base.ini
diff --git a/yandextank/core/consoleworker.py b/yandextank/core/consoleworker.py
index ad5b20b..5ede54b 100644
--- a/yandextank/core/consoleworker.py
+++ b/yandextank/core/consoleworker.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 import signal
 from optparse import OptionParser
-
+from pkg_resources import resource_file
 from tankcore import TankCore
 
 
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ class ConsoleTank:
 
     def get_default_configs(self):
         """ returns default configs list, from /etc and home dir """
-        configs = []
+        # initialize basic defaults
+        configs = [resource_file(__name__, '00-base.ini')]
         try:
             conf_files = os.listdir(self.baseconfigs_location)
             conf_files.sort()