diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68782a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: assembly_finder
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Farid
+    family-names: Chaabane
+    email: farid.chaabane@chuv.ch
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9322-1281'
+    affiliation: University Hospital of Lausanne
+  - given-names: Trestan
+    family-names: Pillonel
+    email: trestan.pillonel@chuv.ch
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5725-7929'
+    affiliation: University Hospital of Lausanne
+  - orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0550-8981'
+    given-names: Claire
+    family-names: Bertelli
+    email: claire.bertelli@chuv.ch
+    affiliation: University Hospital of Lausanne
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/metagenlab/assembly_finder'
+url: 'https://metagenlab.github.io/assembly_finder/'
+abstract: >-
+  Snakemake-powered cli to download genomes using NCBI
+  datasets 
+license: MIT
+version: 0.7.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37d2ab3..efd65ce 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, find_namespace_packages
 
 
 def get_version():
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def get_data_files():
 
 setup(
     name="assembly_finder",
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_namespace_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/metagenlab/assembly_finder",
     python_requires=">=3.10",
     description="Snakemake-powered cli to download genomes using NCBI datasets",