diff --git a/Contents b/Contents
index 4e5bd8b..6b6d350 100644
--- a/Contents
+++ b/Contents
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ based on the RAST system. This deploys both client and service
 components.
 
 
+handle_service
+An application programming interface for managing files. This service
+provides an AbstractHandle that can be used to reference data in
+different stores. This deploys both the client and service.
+
+
 kbapi_common
 
 
diff --git a/Manifest b/Manifest
index d7ad837..bf4e892 100644
--- a/Manifest
+++ b/Manifest
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Workspace	7fef602ba874de5108b4e29fdd597f27d1a68eea	PATRIC3/Workspace
 app_service	7774e04b9b515b62db9938d5314975d3fbb7f344	olsonanl/app_service
 auth	31fb2017da64559bc32622bc65c3ee8ceff10ab6	PATRIC3/auth
 genome_annotation	100734bfa2ff93433d339fee18ee92bedc5463c3	kbase/genome_annotation
+handle_service	f690441b9a3b1afd894bacc9d858a17f285fc0e2	kbase/handle_service
 kbapi_common	c6ac1c8b7cd6813864055192792e223527c1604b	olsonanl/kbapi_common
 p3_seed	48c139d3ce054928c27f478cb003658971986747	olsonanl/p3_seed
 typecomp	dfc926de9478dab267fbeda0c0839507b80a627b	kbase/typecomp