diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b64..ded6067 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,36 @@
-*.pyc
+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+__pycache__
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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index 0000000..9134b8d
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+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+pyrad
+=====
+
+
+Assembly and analysis of RADseq data sets
+
+Tutorials
+---------
+
+Detailed information and a number of example tutorials are 
+available `here <http://www.dereneaton.com/software/pyrad/>`_.    
+
+
+Downloads
+---------
+
+Stable release versions can be downloaded `here <https://github.com/dereneaton/pyrad/releases>`_, or you can clone the development version using git. 
+
+
+Python Requirements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ * numpy
+ * scipy
+
+Licence
+-------
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+`pyrad` was written by `Deren Eaton <deren.eaton@yale.edu>`_.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807940e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import setuptools
+
+requirements = [
+    'numpy',
+    'scipy',
+    ]
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="pyrad",
+    version="3.0.5",
+    url="https://github.com/dereneaton/pyrad",
+
+    author="Deren Eaton",
+    author_email="deren.eaton@yale.edu",
+
+    description="Assembly and analysis of RADseq data sets",
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+
+    install_requires=[requirements],
+
+
+    entry_points={
+            'console_scripts': [
+                'pyRAD = pyRAD:main',
+            ],
+    },
+
+    license='GPL',
+
+    classifiers=[
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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index 0000000..ca02af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tox]
+envlist=py27,py34
+
+[testenv]
+commands=py.test pyrad
+deps=pytest