diff --git a/corrlib/__init__.py b/corrlib/__init__.py
index 91b07f4..ee2b66c 100644
--- a/corrlib/__init__.py
+++ b/corrlib/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ from .import input as input
 from .initialization import *
 from .meas_io import *
 from .find import *
-from .version import __version__
diff --git a/corrlib/cli.py b/corrlib/cli.py
index b808c13..56b0221 100644
--- a/corrlib/cli.py
+++ b/corrlib/cli.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Optional
 import typer
-from corrlib import __app_name__, __version__
+from corrlib import __app_name__
 from .initialization import create
 from .toml import import_tomls, update_project, reimport_project
 from .find import find_record, list_projects
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from .tools import str2list
 from .main import update_aliases
 from .meas_io import drop_cache as mio_drop_cache
 import os
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 
 app = typer.Typer()
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ app = typer.Typer()
 
 def _version_callback(value: bool) -> None:
     if value:
-        typer.echo(f"{__app_name__} v{__version__}")
+        print(__app_name__, version(__app_name__))
         raise typer.Exit()
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f083bc..4551237 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 63.0.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 63.0.0", "wheel", "setuptools-scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[project]
+name = "corrlib"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+dependencies = [
+    "gitpython>=3.1.45",
+    'pyerrors>=2.11.1',
+    'datalad>=1.1.0',
+    'typer>=0.12.5'
+]
+description = "Python correlation library"
+authors = [
+  { name = 'Justus Kuhlmann', email = 'j_kuhl19@uni-muenster.de'}
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+pcl = "corrlib.cli:app"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["corrlib", "corrlib.*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { file = "corrlib/version.py" }
+
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 ignore = ["F403"]