diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec8acc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include *.md
+include LICENSE.txt
+recursive-include photobooth *.cfg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/photobooth/__init__.py b/photobooth/__init__.py
index c409338..c0971d9 100644
--- a/photobooth/__init__.py
+++ b/photobooth/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
+
 import sys
 from .main import main
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 63f77b6..5c3fd5d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,2 +1,208 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+"""A setuptools based setup module for the photobooth.
+
+It uses the sampleprojects template (https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject)
+with relevant changes in place.
+"""
+
+# Always prefer setuptools over distutils
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+# To use a consistent encoding
+from codecs import open
+from os import path
+
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Get the long description from the README file
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+# Arguments marked as "Required" below must be included for upload to PyPI.
+# Fields marked as "Optional" may be commented out.
+
+setup(
+    # This is the name of your project. The first time you publish this
+    # package, this name will be registered for you. It will determine how
+    # users can install this project, e.g.:
+    #
+    # $ pip install sampleproject
+    #
+    # And where it will live on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sampleproject/
+    #
+    # There are some restrictions on what makes a valid project name
+    # specification here:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#name
+    name='photobooth',  # Required
+
+    # Versions should comply with PEP 440:
+    # https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
+    #
+    # For a discussion on single-sourcing the version across setup.py and the
+    # project code, see
+    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
+    # version='dev',  # Required
+    use_scm_version=True,
+    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
+
+    # This is a one-line description or tagline of what your project does. This
+    # corresponds to the "Summary" metadata field:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#summary
+    description='A flexible photobooth software',  # Required
+
+    # This is an optional longer description of your project that represents
+    # the body of text which users will see when they visit PyPI.
+    #
+    # Often, this is the same as your README, so you can just read it in from
+    # that file directly (as we have already done above)
+    #
+    # This field corresponds to the "Description" metadata field:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#description-optional
+    long_description=long_description,  # Optional
+
+    # Denotes that our long_description is in Markdown; valid values are
+    # text/plain, text/x-rst, and text/markdown
+    #
+    # Optional if long_description is written in reStructuredText (rst) but
+    # required for plain-text or Markdown; if unspecified, "applications should
+    # attempt to render [the long_description] as text/x-rst; charset=UTF-8 and
+    # fall back to text/plain if it is not valid rst" (see link below)
+    #
+    # This field corresponds to the "Description-Content-Type" metadata field:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#description-content-type-optional
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',  # Optional (see note above)
+
+    # This should be a valid link to your project's main homepage.
+    #
+    # This field corresponds to the "Home-Page" metadata field:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#home-page-optional
+    url='https://github.com/reuterbal/photobooth',  # Optional
+
+    # This should be your name or the name of the organization which owns the
+    # project.
+    author='reuterbal',  # Optional
+
+    # This should be a valid email address corresponding to the author listed
+    # above.
+    # author_email='',  # Optional
+
+    # Classifiers help users find your project by categorizing it.
+    #
+    # For a list of valid classifiers, see https://pypi.org/classifiers/
+    classifiers=[  # Optional
+        # How mature is this project? Common values are
+        #   3 - Alpha
+        #   4 - Beta
+        #   5 - Production/Stable
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+
+        'Environment :: X11 Applications :: Qt',
+
+        # Indicate who your project is intended for
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+		'Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop',
+
+		'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Digital Camera',
+
+        # Pick your license as you wish
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3',
+
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+
+        'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
+
+        # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
+        # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+
+    ],
+
+    # This field adds keywords for your project which will appear on the
+    # project page. What does your project relate to?
+    #
+    # Note that this is a string of words separated by whitespace, not a list.
+    keywords='photobooth gphoto2 camera raspberry pi',  # Optional
+
+    # You can just specify package directories manually here if your project is
+    # simple. Or you can use find_packages().
+    #
+    # Alternatively, if you just want to distribute a single Python file, use
+    # the `py_modules` argument instead as follows, which will expect a file
+    # called `my_module.py` to exist:
+    #
+    #   py_modules=["my_module"],
+    #
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),  # Required
+
+    # This field lists other packages that your project depends on to run.
+    # Any package you put here will be installed by pip when your project is
+    # installed, so they must be valid existing projects.
+    #
+    # For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's requirements files see:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
+    install_requires=[
+    	'pyqt5', 
+    	'opencv-python', 
+    	'Pillow', 
+    	'gpiozero',
+    	'gphoto2',
+    	'gphoto2-cffi'],  # Optional
+
+    # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development
+    # dependencies). Users will be able to install these using the "extras"
+    # syntax, for example:
+    #
+    #   $ pip install sampleproject[dev]
+    #
+    # Similar to `install_requires` above, these must be valid existing
+    # projects.
+    extras_require={  # Optional
+        # 'dev': ['check-manifest'],
+        # 'test': ['coverage'],
+    },
+
+    # If there are data files included in your packages that need to be
+    # installed, specify them here.
+    #
+    # If using Python 2.6 or earlier, then these have to be included in
+    # MANIFEST.in as well.
+    package_data={  # Optional
+        'photobooth': ['*.cfg'],
+    },
+
+    # Although 'package_data' is the preferred approach, in some case you may
+    # need to place data files outside of your packages. See:
+    # http://docs.python.org/3.4/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files
+    #
+    # In this case, 'data_file' will be installed into '<sys.prefix>/my_data'
+    # data_files=[('my_data', ['data/data_file'])],  # Optional
+
+    # To provide executable scripts, use entry points in preference to the
+    # "scripts" keyword. Entry points provide cross-platform support and allow
+    # `pip` to create the appropriate form of executable for the target
+    # platform.
+    #
+    # For example, the following would provide a command called `sample` which
+    # executes the function `main` from this package when invoked:
+    entry_points={  # Optional
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'photobooth=photobooth:main',
+        ],
+    },
+
+    # List additional URLs that are relevant to your project as a dict.
+    #
+    # This field corresponds to the "Project-URL" metadata fields:
+    # https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata/#project-url-multiple-use
+    #
+    # Examples listed include a pattern for specifying where the package tracks
+    # issues, where the source is hosted, where to say thanks to the package
+    # maintainers, and where to support the project financially. The key is
+    # what's used to render the link text on PyPI.
+    project_urls={  # Optional
+        'Bug Reports': 'https://github.com/reuterbal/photobooth/issues',
+        'Source': 'https://github.com/reuterbal/photobooth/',
+    },
+)
+
+