diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index ed155de..9187348 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install pytest pytest-cov
-
+          pip install .
+             
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           pytest --cov=STL_main tests/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8169364..59ac963 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ __pycache__/
 docs/build/
 *.pyc
 my_tests.ipynb
+STL.egg-info/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/STL_main/__init__.py b/STL_main/__init__.py
index e69de29..4cc0f26 100644
--- a/STL_main/__init__.py
+++ b/STL_main/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import warnings
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("STL")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = None
+
+    warnings.warn(
+        "In development mode: Please run 'pip install -e .' in the root directory of the STL repository to properly install the package, its dependencies and enable proper version tracking.",
+        UserWarning,
+    )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f730438..4d1924f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "STL"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["STL_main*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "post-release"
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 line_length = 88
diff --git a/tests/test_2D_FFT_Torch.py b/tests/test_2D_FFT_Torch.py
index e9a4fef..7c04220 100644
--- a/tests/test_2D_FFT_Torch.py
+++ b/tests/test_2D_FFT_Torch.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     print(f"Parent directory already in sys.path: ...\\{PARENT_DIR.name}")
 DATA_TEST_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "data" / "test"
 
+import STL_main
 from STL_main.STL_2D_FFT_Torch import STL_2D_FFT_Torch as DataClass