diff --git a/run-demo.bat b/run-demo.bat
index 445e410..1ef086b 100644
--- a/run-demo.bat
+++ b/run-demo.bat
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ REM copy artifacts to demo-dist folder
 xcopy demo\app\target\pf4j-demo-app-*.zip demo-dist /s /i
 xcopy demo\plugins\plugin1\target\*plugin.jar demo-dist\plugins /s
 xcopy demo\plugins\plugin2\target\*plugin.jar demo-dist\plugins /s
+xcopy demo\plugins\enabled.txt demo-dist\plugins /s
+xcopy demo\plugins\disabled.txt demo-dist\plugins /s
 
 cd demo-dist
 
diff --git a/run-demo.sh b/run-demo.sh
index b8c5220..a328bec 100755
--- a/run-demo.sh
+++ b/run-demo.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ mkdir -p demo-dist/plugins
 # copy artifacts to demo-dist folder
 cp -r demo/app/target/pf4j-demo-*/* demo-dist/
 cp demo/plugins/*/target/*plugin.jar demo-dist/plugins/
+cp demo/plugins/enabled.txt demo-dist/plugins/
+cp demo/plugins/disabled.txt demo-dist/plugins/
 
 # run demo
 cd demo-dist