diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a09c56d..dc621d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-/.idea
+.idea
+dist
diff --git a/core/Constants.py b/core/Constants.py
index 201c1ce..65da807 100644
--- a/core/Constants.py
+++ b/core/Constants.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import os
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Constants:
 
-    SP_CLIENT_VERSION: Final[str] = '1.0.0'
-
     HOME: Final[str] = os.path.expanduser('~')
 
     SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH: Final[str] = '/etc'
diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/core/controllers/ClientController.py b/core/controllers/ClientController.py
index 486efe4..91d2b9c 100644
--- a/core/controllers/ClientController.py
+++ b/core/controllers/ClientController.py
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ class ClientController:
     def get_working_directory():
         return str(pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_version():
-        return ClientVersionController.get(Constants.SP_CLIENT_VERSION)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def can_be_updated():
-        return not ClientVersionController.is_latest(ClientController.get_version())
-
     @staticmethod
     def sync(client_observer: ClientObserver = None, connection_observer: ConnectionObserver = None):
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f00283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[project]
+name = "sp-client-core"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = [
+  { name = "Simplified Privacy" },
+]
+description = "A library that exposes core client logic to higher-level components."
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "dataclasses-json ~= 0.6.4",
+    "marshmallow ~= 3.21.1",
+    "psutil ~= 5.9.8",
+    "pysocks ~= 1.7.1",
+    "python-dateutil ~= 2.9.0.post0",
+    "pytz ~= 2024.1",
+    "requests ~= 2.32.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://git.simplifiedprivacy.is/codeking/sp-client-core"
+Issues = "https://git.simplifiedprivacy.is/codeking/sp-client-core/issues"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["core"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ea0e0e0..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-dataclasses-json~=0.6.4
-marshmallow~=3.21.1
-psutil~=5.9.8
-pysocks~=1.7.1
-python-dateutil~=2.9.0.post0
-pytz~=2024.1
-requests~=2.32.0