diff --git a/ide/crates/el-ide-server/src/tests.rs b/ide/crates/el-ide-server/src/tests.rs
index 6fc0a3f..e55fcbe 100644
--- a/ide/crates/el-ide-server/src/tests.rs
+++ b/ide/crates/el-ide-server/src/tests.rs
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ async fn test_list_files_contains_src_dir() {
     let (status, json) = get_json(app, "/api/files?path=.").await;
     assert_eq!(status, StatusCode::OK);
     let arr = json.as_array().unwrap();
-    let has_src = arr.iter().any(|e| e["name"] == "src" || e["name"] == "el.toml");
-    assert!(has_src, "expected src or el.toml in listing; got {arr:?}");
+    let has_src = arr.iter().any(|e| e["name"] == "src" || e["name"] == "manifest.el");
+    assert!(has_src, "expected src or manifest.el in listing; got {arr:?}");
 }
 
 // ── GET /api/file ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/ide/examples/hello-project/el.toml b/ide/examples/hello-project/el.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5261a74..0000000
--- a/ide/examples/hello-project/el.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hello"
-version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/ide/examples/hello-project/manifest.el b/ide/examples/hello-project/manifest.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af6f4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ide/examples/hello-project/manifest.el
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package "hello" {
+    version "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/ide/projects/hello-friends/el.toml b/ide/projects/hello-friends/el.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 49fb451..0000000
--- a/ide/projects/hello-friends/el.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hello-friends"
-version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Hello world — first program in Engram"
-authors = ["Will Anderson"]
-edition = "2026"
diff --git a/ide/projects/hello-friends/manifest.el b/ide/projects/hello-friends/manifest.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0b39f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ide/projects/hello-friends/manifest.el
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package "hello-friends" {
+    version "0.1.0"
+    description "Hello world — first program in Engram"
+    authors ["Will Anderson"]
+    edition "2026"
+}