diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eac40d1d7..63a886e56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ workflows/maxquant/out/
 
 # builds
 docs/_*
-docs/source
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+docs/source
+build
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diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 148f8610d..34680a89c 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ channels:
   - fastai
   - plotly
 dependencies:
-  - biopython # Aligner
+  # - biopython # Aligner
   - python=3.8
   - numpy=1.20
   - pandas=1
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
   - jupytext
+  - flake8
+  - flake8-bugbear
   - pip:
     - -e .
     - mrmr-selection
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07de284aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afa297c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[metadata]
+name = pimms
+version = attr:vaep.__version__
+description = Imputing (MS-based prote-) omics data using self supervised deep learning models
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+url = https://github.com/RasmussenLab/pimms
+author = Henry Webel
+author_email = "Henry Webel" <henry.webel@cpr.ku.dk>
+license = gpl-3.0
+license_files = LICENSE
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved :: GPL 3.0 LICENSE
+    Intended Audience :: Proteomics
+    Intended Audience :: Healthcare Industry
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics
+[options]
+# package_dir =
+packages = find:
+include_package_data = True
+install_requires =
+    numpy
+    matplotlib
+    pandas>=1.4
+    plotly
+    torch<2
+    scikit-learn>=1.0
+    scipy
+    seaborn
+    fastai
+    omegaconf
+    tqdm
+
+[options.packages.find]
+# where = vaep
+exclude =
+    test*
+
+
+[flake8]
+max_line_length = 120
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea17c567e..8ab824cc7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,35 +1,2 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-setup(
-    name="vaep",
-    version="0.1",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    # scripts=['say_hello.py'],
-
-    # Project uses reStructuredText, so ensure that the docutils get
-    # installed or upgraded on the target machine
-    install_requires=['docutils>=0.3'],
-
-    package_data={
-        # If any package contains *.txt or *.rst files, include them:
-        '': ['*.txt', '*.rst'],
-        # And include any *.msg files found in the 'hello' package, too:
-        'hello': ['*.msg'],
-    },
-
-    # metadata to display on PyPI
-    author="Henry Webel",
-    author_email="henry.webel@sund.ku.dk",
-    description="Variational Autoencoder for Proteomics data.",
-    keywords="proteomics",
-    # url="http://example.com/HelloWorld/",   # project home page, if any
-    # project_urls={
-    #     "Bug Tracker": "https://bugs.example.com/HelloWorld/",
-    #     "Documentation": "https://docs.example.com/HelloWorld/",
-    #     "Source Code": "https://code.example.com/HelloWorld/",
-    # },
-    # classifiers=[
-    #     'License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License'
-    # ]
-
-    # could also include long_description, download_url, etc.
-)
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+from setuptools import setup
+setup()
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diff --git a/vaep/__init__.py b/vaep/__init__.py
index 0378b3aa4..1b7375a3f 100644
--- a/vaep/__init__.py
+++ b/vaep/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 from . import nb
 
+__license__ = 'GPLv3'
+__version__ = (0, 0, 1)
+
 ## set some defaults
 class IntArrayFormatter(pf.GenericArrayFormatter):
     def _format_strings(self):
diff --git a/vaep/tests/test_tf_board.py b/vaep/tests/test_tf_board.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bbea3398..000000000
--- a/vaep/tests/test_tf_board.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-from vaep.tf_board import TensorboardModelNamer
-from vaep.transform import StandardScaler
-import pytest
-
-def test_TensorboardModelNamer():
-    expected = 'model_hl01_12_13_14_scaler'
-
-    tensorboard_model_namer = TensorboardModelNamer(prefix_folder='experiment')
-
-    assert tensorboard_model_namer.get_model_name(
-        hidden_layers=1, neurons=[12, 13, 14], scaler='scaler') == expected
-    assert tensorboard_model_namer.get_model_name(
-        hidden_layers=1, neurons='12 13 14', scaler='scaler') == expected
-    assert tensorboard_model_namer.get_model_name(
-        hidden_layers=1, neurons='12_13_14', scaler='scaler') == expected
-    scaler=StandardScaler()
-    assert tensorboard_model_namer.get_model_name(
-        hidden_layers=1, neurons='12_13_14', scaler=scaler) == 'model_hl01_12_13_14_StandardScaler()'
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-        tensorboard_model_namer.get_writer(hidden_layers=1, neurons=1, scaler=scaler)
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