diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f63541d..b540ed8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ __pycache__
 .env
 venv
 .venv
-*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pyc
+uv.lock
+.python-version
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/midas/__init__.py b/midas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e779591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[project]
+name = "midas"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A static-first type checking framework for Python data-frames"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ['hatchling']
+build-backend = 'hatchling.build'