diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c2653b..5e14552 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+dist/*
 *.db
 **/__pycache__/**
 *.egg-info/
@@ -34,4 +35,4 @@
 *build
 debug.py
 pyvenv.cfg
-intro.ipynb
\ No newline at end of file
+intro.ipynb
diff --git a/readme.md b/README.md
similarity index 95%
rename from readme.md
rename to README.md
index 932d20a..28c9128 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ See examples in `notebooks/introduction.ipynb`.
   <img src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/02/14/12/duck-rabbit.png" width="350">
 </p>
 
-install (preferably in a `venv`) with
+- install
+
+```
+pip install duckreg
+```
+
+- dev install (preferably in a `venv`) with
 ```
 (uv) pip install git+https://github.com/apoorvalal/duckreg.git
 ```
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ $$
 3. `DuckDoubleDemeaning`: Double demeaning regression, which compresses the data to y averages by all values of $w$ after demeaning. This also eliminates unit and time FEs
 
 $$
-y \sim (W\_{it} - \bar{w}\_{i, .} - \bar{w}\_{., t} + \bar{w}\_{., .}) 
+y \sim (W\_{it} - \bar{w}\_{i, .} - \bar{w}\_{., t} + \bar{w}\_{., .})
 $$
 
 4. `DuckMundlakEventStudy`: Two-way mundlak with dynamic treatment effects. This incorporates treatment-cohort FEs ($\psi\_i$), time-period FEs ($\gamma\_t$) and dynamic treatment effects $\tau\_k$ given by cohort X time interactions.
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ $$
 y \sim \psi\_i + \gamma\_t + \sum\_{k=1}^{T} \tau\_{k} D\_i 1(t = k)
 $$
 
-All the above regressions are run in compressed fashion with `duckdb`. 
+All the above regressions are run in compressed fashion with `duckdb`.
 
 ---
 references:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c24857..df00828 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,22 +1,47 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os
 
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-# Function to read the contents of the requirements.txt file
 def read_requirements():
-    with open("requirements.txt", "r") as req:
-        return req.read().splitlines()
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(here, "requirements.txt"), "r") as req:
+            return req.read().splitlines()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return []
 
+def read_long_description():
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(here, "README.md"), "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+            return fh.read()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return ""
 
 setup(
     name="duckreg",
-    version="0.1",
+    version="0.1.1",  # Use semantic versioning
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=read_requirements(),
-    # Additional metadata about your package
     author="Apoorva Lal",
     author_email="lal.apoorva@gmail.com",
     description="A package for Regression in compressed representation powered by DuckDB",
+    long_description=read_long_description(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="MIT",
     keywords="statistics, econometrics, sufficient statistics, bootstrap",
     url="https://github.com/apoorvalal/duckreg",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    include_package_data=True,
+    package_data={
+        'duckreg': ['*.py'],
+    },
 )