diff --git a/.github/workflows/lmql-release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lmql-release-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4864519a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lmql-release-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Test Release to test.pypi.org
+
+on: 
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to publish'
+        required: true
+
+
+jobs:
+    release-test-wheel:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+          - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          - name: Setup Fresh Virtual Environment
+            run: |
+              pip install --upgrade pip
+              python3.10 -m venv env
+              export PATH=$PATH:/home/docker/.local/bin
+              source env/bin/activate
+              echo "VIRTUAL ENV:" $VIRTUAL_ENV  
+          - name: Install Packaging Dependencies
+            run: pip install build twine
+          - name: Package
+            env:
+              VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+            run: bash scripts/wheel.sh $(echo $VERSION | sed 's/^refs\/tags\/v//')
+          - name: Publish
+            env:
+              TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+              TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_TOKEN }}
+              VERSION: ${{ github.ref }}
+            run: bash scripts/pypi-release.sh lmql-$(echo $VERSION | sed 's/^refs\/tags\/v//') --production
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diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c5d7ed4b..4aec9055 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 include src/lmql/ui/*
 recursive-include src/lmql/ui/playground/ *
+recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/playground/build/ *
+recursive-include src/lmql/lib/chat/assets/ *
 recursive-include src/lmql/ui/live/ *
 recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/live/node_modules/ *
+recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/live/ *.tokens
 recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/playground/node_modules/ *
-recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/vscode/ *
+recursive-exclude src/lmql/ui/vscode/ *
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