diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4fc828a..c6622bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 __pycache__/
 .venv/
 backup_tool
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f6e639..37a06ea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # =====CONFIG=====
 # Devop environment runs in 3.8
-PYTHON=python3.8
+# TODO switch this to python3.6
+PYTHON=python3.9
 
 
 # =====RECIPES=====
-.venv/bin/activate: requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt
+.venv/bin/activate: setup.py
 	'$(PYTHON)' -m venv .venv
-	.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
+	.venv/bin/pip install -e .[dev]
 
 venv: .venv/bin/activate
 .PHONY: venv
 
 format: venv
-	@ .venv/bin/black app/*.py app/**/*.py
+	@ .venv/bin/black setup.py app/*.py app/**/*.py
 .PHONY: format
 
 clean:
@@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ app: backup_tool
 
 install: app
 	cp backup_tool /usr/local/bin
+.PHONY: install
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3eed54f..0000000
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Language server
-jedi==0.18.0
-
-# Linting & Formatting
-black==20.8b1
-flake8==3.8.4
-
-# Testing
-tox==3.21.1
-pytest==6.2.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8320683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name="backup-tool",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    author="Jef Roosens",
+    description="A utility to simply backing up services.",
+    # TODO add license
+    packages=["app", "tests"],
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": [
+            "jedi==0.18.0",
+            "black==20.8b1",
+            "flake8==3.8.4",
+            "tox==3.21.1",
+            "pytest==6.2.1",
+        ]
+    },
+)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/tests/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from requirements.txt
rename to tests/.gitkeep