diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0ba1fe..40e2bf6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ configure
 config.log
 config.status
 aclocal.m4
+ChangeLog
+INSTALL
 autom4te.cache/
 po/POTFILES
 po/stamp-it
+data/weather-settings.desktop
 staging/
 
 *~
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e474d23..fd03374 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_INIT([gnome-shell-extension-weather],[1.1],[https://github.com/Neroth/gnome-s
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 dist-xz])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 dist-xz foreign])
 
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.26)
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.22])
 
-GLIB_GSETTINGS
-
 AC_ARG_WITH(desktop-dir, [  --with-desktop-dir=PATH where to install desktop files (default=PREFIX/share)])
 
 if test "x$with_desktop_dir" != x; then
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 191d3c2..a8e374a 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ gschemas_in = org.gnome.shell.extensions.weather.gschema.xml.in
 
 @INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE@
 
-gsettings_SCHEMAS = $(gschemas_in:.xml.in=.xml)
-
-@GSETTINGS_RULES@
+gsettings_SCHEMAS = $(gschemas_in:.xml.in=.xml) @GSETTINGS_RULES@
 
 EXTRA_DIST += $(gschemas_in)
 CLEANFILES += $(gschemas_in:.xml.in=.valid) $(gsettings_SCHEMAS)