diff --git a/.genignore b/.genignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b916fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.genignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.cargo-ok
+/.github/
diff --git a/cargo-generate.toml b/cargo-generate.toml
index 1f36dc5..2c7f0a6 100644
--- a/cargo-generate.toml
+++ b/cargo-generate.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [template]
-exclude = [".github/workflows/ci.yml", ".cargo/config", "dep-tests.toml", "tools/**/*"]
+# for now
+#include = ["Cargo.toml"]
+include = []