diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0771547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+graft templates
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3d81dc..ca0c8eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ markers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["thoth*"]
+include = ["thoth*", "templates*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+templates = ["**/*"]
diff --git a/templates/__init__.py b/templates/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/templates/dashboard/__init__.py b/templates/dashboard/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/thoth/init/migration.py b/thoth/init/migration.py
index f2c677a..7a9951a 100644
--- a/thoth/init/migration.py
+++ b/thoth/init/migration.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 LEGACY_REMOVE_PATHS = [LEGACY_CONFIG_FILE, ".agent-os/research-tasks", "tests/test_validate.py", "tests/test_check_consistency.py", "tests/test_sync_todo.py", "tests/test_verify_completion.py"]
 DISCOVERY_CODE_SUFFIXES = {".py", ".js", ".ts", ".tsx", ".vue", ".sh", ".rs", ".go", ".java", ".c", ".cc", ".cpp", ".h", ".hpp"}
 THOTH_CLAUDE_BASH_ALLOW_PATTERN = "Bash(*thoth-claude-command.sh*)"
-BACKUP_SKIP_DIRS = {"__pycache__", ".pytest_cache", "node_modules", "dist"}
+BACKUP_SKIP_NAMES = {"__pycache__", ".pytest_cache", "node_modules", "dist", "__init__.py"}
 
 
 def _backup_ignore(_directory: str, names: list[str]) -> set[str]:
-    return {name for name in names if name in BACKUP_SKIP_DIRS}
+    return {name for name in names if name in BACKUP_SKIP_NAMES}
 
 def _backup_existing_path(project_dir: Path, migration_dir: Path, relpath: str) -> None:
     source = project_dir / relpath