diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6c3b35..6d20dac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ dist
 Makefile
 .idea/
 *monkeytype.sqlite3
+.vscode/
+build/
+MANIFEST
+tg.egg-info/
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 72b4201..bafa93f 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -67,20 +67,15 @@ pip3 install tg
 tg
 ```
 
-### Using flit
+### Using setup.py
 
 This option is recommended for development:
 
-> Requires [flit](https://github.com/takluyver/flit) to be installed.
->
-> ```sh
-> pip3 install flit
-> ```
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com:paul-nameless/tg.git
 cd tg
-flit install
+python setup.py install
 tg
 ```
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1aea71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+import tg
+
+with open("readme.md", "r") as fh:
+    readme = fh.read()
+
+
+setup(
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    name="tg",
+    version=tg.__version__,
+    description="Terminal client for telegram",
+    url="https://github.com/paul-nameless/tg",
+    author="Paul Nameless",
+    author_email="reacsdas@gmail.com",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    ],
+    packages=["tg"],
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["tg = tg.__main__:main"]},
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    install_requires=["python-telegram==0.12.0"],
+)