diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/exampleservice-onboard.yaml b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/exampleservice-onboard.yaml
index b3d4600..82178f8 100644
--- a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/exampleservice-onboard.yaml
+++ b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/exampleservice-onboard.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
           # base_url is non-null.
           models: models.py
           admin: admin.py
-          synchronizer: synchronizer_manifest
+          synchronizer: synchronizer/manifest
           tosca_custom_types: exampleservice.yaml
diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/make_synchronizer_manifest.sh b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/make_synchronizer_manifest.sh
index bef59db..4058982 100644
--- a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/make_synchronizer_manifest.sh
+++ b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/make_synchronizer_manifest.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #! /bin/bash
-find synchronizer -type f > synchronizer_manifest
-
+find synchronizer -type f | cut -b 14- > synchronizer/manifest 
diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f27f458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+manifest
+steps/sync_exampletenant.py
+steps/roles/install_apache/tasks/main.yml
+steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2
+steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml
+steps/exampletenant_playbook.yaml
+exampleservice-synchronizer.py
+model-deps
+exampleservice_config
diff --git a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer_manifest b/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer_manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index f528b47..0000000
--- a/xos/onboard/exampleservice/synchronizer_manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-synchronizer/steps/sync_exampletenant.py
-synchronizer/steps/roles/install_apache/tasks/main.yml
-synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/templates/index.html.j2
-synchronizer/steps/roles/create_index/tasks/main.yml
-synchronizer/steps/exampletenant_playbook.yaml
-synchronizer/exampleservice-synchronizer.py
-synchronizer/model-deps
-synchronizer/exampleservice_config