diff --git a/examples/memex/.gitignore b/examples/memex/.gitignore
index bda059d..8487091 100644
--- a/examples/memex/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/memex/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ __pycache__/
 data/
 uv.lock
 ov.conf
+.memex_history
+memex_data/
diff --git a/examples/memex/pyproject.toml b/examples/memex/pyproject.toml
index ff18dcb..0fc2bf0 100644
--- a/examples/memex/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/memex/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "openai>=1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["."]
+
 [project.scripts]
 memex = "cli:main"