diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index d2ecbcf9d..26c2d8b65 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.7.3'
+version = '1.7.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.7.3'
+release = '1.7.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cad2c800f..0fc1a334d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 __version__=json.loads(open('synapseclient/synapsePythonClient').read())['latestVersion']
 
 #make sure not to overwrite existing .synapseConfig with our example one
-data_files = [(expanduser('~'), ['.synapseConfig'])] if not exists(expanduser('~/.synapseConfig')) else []
-
+data_files = [(expanduser('~'), ['synapseclient/.synapseConfig'])] if not exists(expanduser('~/.synapseConfig')) else []
 setup(name='synapseclient',
     version=__version__,
     description=description,
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@
         'console_scripts': ['synapse = synapseclient.__main__:main']
     },
     zip_safe=False,
-    package_data={'synapseclient': ['synapsePythonClient']},
+    package_data={'synapseclient': ['synapsePythonClient', '.synapseConfig']},
     data_files=data_files,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
diff --git a/.synapseConfig b/synapseclient/.synapseConfig
similarity index 100%
rename from .synapseConfig
rename to synapseclient/.synapseConfig