diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 560a0e0..6d76432 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ release:
     - python -m venv .venv
     - source .venv/bin/activate
     - pip install -U pip twine
-    - twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypidist/*
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+    - twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi dist/*
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be1a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "aareDB"
+version = "0.1.0a"
+description = "Backend for next gen sample management system"
+authors = [{name = "Guillaume Gotthard", email = "guillaume.gotthard@psi.ch"}]
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+dependencies = [
+    "SQLAlchemy~=2.0.36",
+    "fastapi~=0.115.4",
+    "pydantic~=2.9.2",
+    "openpyxl~=3.1.5",
+    "typing_extensions~=4.12.2",
+    "PyJWT~=2.8.0",
+    "qrcode~=7.3.1",
+    "pillow~=10.4.0",
+    "reportlab~=4.2.5",
+    "cryptography~=44.0.0",
+    "pytest~=7.4.1",
+    "pytest-cov~=4.1.0",
+    "httpx~=0.24.1",
+    "pydantic[email]",
+    "mysqlclient~=2.1.1",
+    "python-multipart~=0.0.6",
+    "uvicorn==0.23.1"
+]
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