diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 4edcecc0..e2cfbde8 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.pyc
+global-exclude *.pyo
+
 recursive-include rest_framework_swagger/static *
 recursive-include rest_framework_swagger/templates *
diff --git a/rest_framework_swagger/renderers.py b/rest_framework_swagger/renderers.py
index 09007454..2fd4104e 100644
--- a/rest_framework_swagger/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework_swagger/renderers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from coreapi.compat import force_bytes
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
-from django.template import loader, RequestContext
+from django.shortcuts import render, resolve_url
 from openapi_codec import OpenAPICodec
 from rest_framework.renderers import BaseRenderer
 import simplejson as json
@@ -31,18 +30,18 @@ class SwaggerUIRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     charset = 'utf-8'
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
-        context = self.get_context(renderer_context)
-        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
-
-        return template.render(context)
-
-    def get_context(self, renderer_context):
+        self.set_context(renderer_context)
+        return render(
+            renderer_context['request'],
+            self.template,
+            renderer_context
+        )
+
+    def set_context(self, renderer_context):
         renderer_context['USE_SESSION_AUTH'] = \
             swagger_settings.USE_SESSION_AUTH
         self.set_session_auth_urls(renderer_context)
 
-        return RequestContext(renderer_context['request'], renderer_context)
-
     def set_session_auth_urls(self, renderer_context):
         path = renderer_context['request'].path
         urls = {