diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b5ccb18..953adcd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ Models
 *.wav
 audios/notes.txt
 audios/
-playground.py
\ No newline at end of file
+playground.py
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a14decd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+project_root = Path(__file__).parent
+
+install_requires: List[str] = []
+
+print(find_packages())
+
+setup(name="ims_toucan", version="0.0.1", packages=find_packages(), python_requires=">=3.8",
+        install_requires=install_requires, )