diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e5add479f2..6fe59a0338 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,22 @@ jobs:
             virtualenv --clear venv
             source venv/bin/activate
             pip install -q -r requirements.txt
+      - run:
+          name: run validate manifest
+          command: |
+            source venv/bin/activate
             python bin/validate_manifests.py
+      - run:
+          name: run manifest to escu
+          command: |
+            source venv/bin/activate
+            python bin/manifest_to_escu.py
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: ~/repo/src/default/analyticstories.conf
+          destination: src/default/analyticstories.conf
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: ~/repo/src/default/analytic_stories.conf
+          destination: src/default/analytic_stories.conf
       - save_cache:
           key: deps1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "requirements.txt" }}
           paths:
diff --git a/bin/.manifest_to_escu.py.swp b/bin/.manifest_to_escu.py.swp
deleted file mode 100644
index c1074f82f6..0000000000
Binary files a/bin/.manifest_to_escu.py.swp and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/bin/manifest_to_escu.py b/bin/manifest_to_escu.py
index 4616972027..8461e22a92 100644
--- a/bin/manifest_to_escu.py
+++ b/bin/manifest_to_escu.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import re
 ALL_UUIDS = []
 
 MANIFEST_DIRECTORY = "."
-OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = 'src/'
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = 'src/default/'
 
 def markdown(x):
   markdown=str(x)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ def main():
             asconf.write("narrative = %s\n" % narrative)
         asconf.write("\n")
 
-    usconf = open('usage_searches.conf', 'r')
+    usconf = open('src/default/usage_searches.conf', 'r')
     usage_searches = usconf.read()
     usconf.close()
     ssconf.write('####################################################################\n\n')
diff --git a/bin/usage_searches.conf b/src/default/usage_searches.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/usage_searches.conf
rename to src/default/usage_searches.conf