diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2f59bcc7a..adbcd2e30 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ include LICENSE
 include README.md
 recursive-include freqtrade *.py
 recursive-include freqtrade/templates/ *.j2 *.ipynb
+include freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/fallback_file.html
+include freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/favicon.ico
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/.gitkeep b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/favicon.ico b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78c7e43b1
Binary files /dev/null and b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ui/favicon.ico differ