diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index b12c079..c05c1d9 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -20,16 +20,18 @@ from linspector.environment import Environment
 from linspector.linspector import Linspector
 from linspector.monitors import Monitors
 
+__author__ = 'Johannes Findeisen'
+__author_email__ = 'you@hanez.org'
+__description__ = 'linspector is a infrastructure and system monitoring daemon and toolchain.'
 __version__ = '0.29.0'
-__author__ = 'Johannes Findeisen <you@hanez.org>'
 
 sys.stderr = open('/dev/null', 'w')
 
 
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description='linspector is a infrastructure and system monitoring daemon and toolchain.',
-        epilog='author: ' + __author__,
+        description=__description__,
+        epilog='author: ' + __author__ + ' <' + __author_email__ + '>',
         prog='linspector')
 
     parser.add_argument('configuration_path', metavar='CONFIGURATION_PATH',
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ def parse_args():
 def linspector():
     print('Starting Linspector ' + __version__ + '...')
     print('This software is free software licensed under the terms of the MIT license. Copyright (c) 2013-2023 by ' +
-          __author__)
+          __author__ + ' <' + __author_email__ + '>')
 
     args = parse_args()
     monitors = {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e69de29..0324cfc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+    long_description = file.read()
+
+setup(name='linspector',
+      version='0.29.0',
+      description='Linspector is a infrastructure and system monitoring daemon and toolchain.',
+      url='https://github.com/linspector/linspector',
+      author='Johannes Findeisen',
+      author_email='you@hanez.org',
+      license='MIT',
+      packages=['linspector'],
+      keywords=['linux', 'system', 'monitoring'],
+      classifiers=[
+          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+          'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
+          'Natural Language :: English'
+      ],
+      long_description=long_description,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+      zip_safe=False)