diff --git a/apple410/plot_to_cairo.py b/apple410/plot_to_cairo.py
index b6f1927..2f2edf1 100755
--- a/apple410/plot_to_cairo.py
+++ b/apple410/plot_to_cairo.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import sys
 import math
 import cairo
+import pkg_resources
+import pickle
 
 def coordlist(line,expected=-1):
     l = list(map(float,line.split(',')))
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ class CairoPlotter:
         self.text_theta = 0
         self.text_size = 1
         self.update_ctm()
+        # load plotter fonts
+        char_f = open(pkg_resources.resource_filename('apple410','data/a410_chars.pickle'),'rb')
+        self.char_map = pickle.load(char_f)
+
 
     # A quick review of coordinate systems:
     # Cairo native: origin at upper left, x+ to right, y+ down.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8387f81..a19cff7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ setup(
 
     # You can just specify the packages manually here if your project is
     # simple. Or you can use find_packages().
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
+    packages=['apple410'],
+    package_data={'apple410' : ['data/*.pickle']},
     install_requires=['pyserial'],
 
     python_requires='>=3',