diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index a2f2a8b..243c7b3 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import json
+import tomllib
 from pathlib import Path
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -22,7 +23,23 @@ from app.routers import (
 )
 from app.database import Base, engine, SessionLocal, load_sample_data
 
-app = FastAPI()
+
+# Utility function to fetch metadata from pyproject.toml
+def get_project_metadata():
+    with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+        pyproject = tomllib.load(f)
+        name = pyproject["project"]["name"]
+        version = pyproject["project"]["version"]
+        return name, version
+
+
+# Get project metadata from pyproject.toml
+project_name, project_version = get_project_metadata()
+app = FastAPI(
+    title=project_name,  # Syncs with project `name`
+    description="Backend for next-gen sample management system",
+    version=project_version,  # Syncs with project `version`
+)
 
 # Determine environment and configuration file path
 environment = os.getenv("ENVIRONMENT", "dev")
diff --git a/make_openapi_client.sh b/make_openapi_client.sh
index 1b411e5..9bc16c2 100755
--- a/make_openapi_client.sh
+++ b/make_openapi_client.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-VERSION=0.1.0
+
+# Extract values from pyproject.toml
+PYPROJECT_FILE="$(dirname "$0")/../pyproject.toml"
+
+VERSION=$(grep -Po '(?<=version = ")[^"]*' "$PYPROJECT_FILE")
+NAME=$(grep -Po '(?<=name = ")[^"]*' "$PYPROJECT_FILE")
+
+if [[ -z "$VERSION" || -z "$NAME" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not determine version or name from pyproject.toml"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Using project name: $NAME"
+echo "Using version: $VERSION"
 
 # Navigate to project root
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/backend" || exit
@@ -17,12 +30,12 @@ if [[ ! -f openapi-generator-cli.jar ]]; then
     wget "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/${OPENAPI_VERSION}/openapi-generator-cli-${OPENAPI_VERSION}.jar" -O openapi-generator-cli.jar
 fi
 
-# Run OpenAPI generator
+# Run OpenAPI generator with synced name and version
 java -jar openapi-generator-cli.jar generate \
     -i "$(pwd)/openapi.json" \
     -o python-client/ \
     -g python \
-    --additional-properties=packageName=aareDBclient,projectName=aareDB,packageVersion=${VERSION}
+    --additional-properties=packageName="${NAME}client",projectName="${NAME}",packageVersion="${VERSION}"
 
 # Check if the generator succeeded
 if [[ ! -d python-client ]]; then
@@ -38,5 +51,4 @@ pip install -U pip build
 python -m build
 
 # Skip uploading the package. This will happen in the release stage.
-echo "Python client generated and package built successfully."
-echo "git.psi.ch pushed"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Python client generated and package built successfully."
\ No newline at end of file