diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5fad46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+include config.yaml.example
diff --git a/email_processor/__version__.py b/email_processor/__version__.py
index 3948ae9..6566c88 100644
--- a/email_processor/__version__.py
+++ b/email_processor/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for email_processor package."""
 
-__version__ = "8.0.4"
+__version__ = "8.0.5"
diff --git a/email_processor/cli/commands/config.py b/email_processor/cli/commands/config.py
index bf46e32..9403387 100644
--- a/email_processor/cli/commands/config.py
+++ b/email_processor/cli/commands/config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE = "config.yaml.example"
 
 
+def _find_config_example() -> Path:
+    """Find config.yaml.example file, checking current directory.
+
+    Returns:
+        Path to config.yaml.example file
+    """
+    # Check current directory (for development and installed package)
+    # Files from MANIFEST.in are in .dist-info directory
+    # TODO: Add support for finding config.yaml.example in package when included as package data
+    return Path(CONFIG_EXAMPLE)
+
+
 def create_default_config(config_path: str, ui: CLIUI) -> int:
     """Create default configuration file from config.yaml.example.
 
@@ -20,7 +32,7 @@ def create_default_config(config_path: str, ui: CLIUI) -> int:
     Returns:
         int: 0 on success, 1 on error
     """
-    example_path = Path(CONFIG_EXAMPLE)
+    example_path = _find_config_example()
     target_path = Path(config_path)
 
     if not example_path.exists():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee7774d..6bdb0ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ packages = {find = {}}
 
 [project]
 name = "email-processor"
-version = "8.0.4"
+version = "8.0.5"
 description = "Email attachment processor with IMAP and SMTP support"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"