diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5f65fdf..5ac179e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: black
         types: [python]
+        args: ["--config", "package/pyproject.toml"]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
     rev: 5.12.0
     hooks:
     -   id: isort
         name: isort (python)
+        args: ["--settings-path", "package/pyproject.toml"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/package/pyproject.toml
similarity index 96%
rename from pyproject.toml
rename to package/pyproject.toml
index 8417ed8..a307c54 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/package/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "panda-common"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = " PanDA Common Package"
-readme = "README.txt"
-license = "Apache-2.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
 authors = [
     { name = "PanDA Team", email = "panda-support@cern.ch" },
 ]