diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2b112f624e2c816921c49699a8bbdeb5add6d807..a5021c60e36ae085d1ef96c1fed9d88c2f65dd53 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-README.rst
-LICENSE
\ No newline at end of file
+include README.rst
+include LICENSE
diff --git a/diaspora_auth_provider.py b/diaspora_auth_provider.py
index cc3dd043ab4e6eb2a623c10d3adf74ee5c9e14ee..5d012e12e673a417afa79b756fd4b736a09aad64 100644
--- a/diaspora_auth_provider.py
+++ b/diaspora_auth_provider.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class DiasporaAuthProvider:
                     # user exists, check if the password is correct.
                     encrypted_password = user[1]
                     peppered_pass = "{}{}".format(password, self.config.pepper)
-                    if not (bcrypt.hashpw(peppered_pass.encode('utf8'), encrypted_password.encode('utf8')) == encrypted_password.encode('utf8')):
+                    if not (bcrypt.hashpw(peppered_pass.encode('utf8'), encrypted_password.encode('utf8')) \
+                            == encrypted_password.encode('utf8')):
                         logger.info("Password given for {} is wrong. Rejecting auth request.".format(local_part))
                         defer.returnValue(False)
                     # Ok, user's password is correct. check if the user exists in the homeserver db.