diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc4e327418a65452eda5620f7667a8160c7ae502..c0d1015500c2d4600f85f5e93a1fc2fa82540038 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(name='tupak',
       version='0.1',
       packages=['tupak', 'tupak.core', 'tupak.gw'],
       package_dir={'tupak': 'tupak'},
-      package_data={'tupak.core': 'noise_curves/*.txt',
-                    'tupak.gw': 'prior_files/*.txt',
-                    'tupak': version_file}
+      package_data={'tupak.core': ['noise_curves/*.txt'],
+                    'tupak.gw': ['prior_files/*.txt'],
+                    'tupak': [version_file]}
       )