diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am_BLUEPRINT
similarity index 93%
rename from Makefile.am
rename to Makefile.am_BLUEPRINT
index b572d85d9e28b4964289c13838b6919708f8df95..43f37f2576a8aea783019725e35b206a9d82908a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am_BLUEPRINT
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = src doc
 EXTRA_DIST = src/bison.h	src/code.h	src/gdata.h	src/gdef.h	src/scan.h
 
-dist_doc_DATA = README.md
+dist_doc_DATA = README.md doc/kpp_UserManual.pdf
 dist_bin_SCRIPTS = scripts/list_BOXMOX_mechanisms \
 				   scripts/new_BOXMOX_experiment \
 				   scripts/new_BOXMOX_experiment_from_example \
@@ -51,5 +51,3 @@ all-local:
 	@echo "export PATH=\$$KPP_HOME/bin:\$$KPP_HOME/boxmox/bin:\$$PATH"
 	@echo " "
 
-nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = drv/boxmox_adjoint.f90 drv/boxmox.f90
-#drv examples case_studies int models util
diff --git a/build_dist.bash b/build_dist.bash
index f2849ba2145a111ea2ed05c868e06b891f2aa42a..759803c80421afa8c4a4fe5b87e76cdc491c8d24 100755
--- a/build_dist.bash
+++ b/build_dist.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 buildDir=$1
 
+# fancy shit: no wildcards in automake, add all files to be distributed with BOXMOX/KPP explicitly
+cp Makefile.am_BLUEPRINT Makefile.am
+
+# list all files in these subdirectories
+distFiles=$(find drv examples case_studies int models util -type file)
+
+#pretty print them                                        45 char wide    dd tab, backslash at end    remove backslash last line  remove tab first line
+printf 'nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = %s\n' "${distFiles[*]}" | fmt -w 45 | sed -e 's/\(.*\)$/\t\1 \\/g' | sed '$ s/\\//g' | sed '1 s/\t//g' >> Makefile.am
+
+# now standard:
 aclocal
 autoconf
 automake -a -c
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4c9dcfcd9a6d01f5aaaeccac6575b4f235e17328..7aa143d332f37a54fe1ade1438c3e2cd07f0779a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Finally run make to generate the project.
 
 AC_INIT([boxmox], [1.8], [christoph.knote@med.uni-augsburg.de])
 dnl we use the build type foreign here instead of gnu because I do not have a NEWS file and similar, yet.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign tar-ustar])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_LEX(noyywrap)
 AC_PROG_YACC
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index bfe48efd272913c0c827a048720d9c930e8c069b..98bf4e1f0aa3cbbe119115dfd387ea7e238b41f0 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-docfiles = kpp_UserManual.pdf
+docfiles = 
 
 if HAVE_PDFLATEX
 docfiles +=  boxmox_UserManual.pdf