diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip_package.yml b/.github/workflows/pip_package.yml
index 78d5a76e..76211ee3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip_package.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install wheel
+        pip install wheel build
 
     - name: Build GUI
       working-directory: freedata_gui
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build package
       run: |
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        python -m build
 
     - name: Publish to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.13.0
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e63f6f0..787687e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ venv_3.11/
 venv/
 test_venv/
 freedata_server/lib/codec2/codec2/
+
+# `python -m build` artifacts
+/dist/
+/*.egg-info/
diff --git a/freedata_server/server.py b/freedata_server/server.py
index 38738509..329ac368 100644
--- a/freedata_server/server.py
+++ b/freedata_server/server.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def open_browser_after_delay(url, delay=2):
     webbrowser.open(url, new=0, autoraise=True)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def main():
     host = ctx.config_manager.config.get('NETWORK', {}).get('modemaddress') or '0.0.0.0'
     port = int(ctx.config_manager.config.get('NETWORK', {}).get('modemport', 5000))
 
@@ -150,3 +150,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             threading.Thread(target=open_browser_after_delay, args=(url, 2), daemon=True).start()
 
     uvicorn.run(app, host=host, port=port, log_config=None, log_level="info")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f03eac86..4957f5be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "chardet",
     "colorama",
     "ordered-set",
-    "nuitka<=2.8.4",
-    "pyinstaller",
+    "sqlalchemy",
     "websocket-client",
     "fastapi[standard]",
     "uvicorn[standard]",
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-rerunfailures",
     "pick",
-    "sqlalchemy",
 ]
 dev = [
     "autopep8",
@@ -72,6 +70,23 @@ dev = [
     "isort",
     "pycodestyle",
 ]
+build = [
+    "nuitka<=2.8.4",
+    "pyinstaller",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = [ "." ]
+exclude = [
+    "tools*",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+freedata_server = [ "lib/**/*" ]
+freedata_gui = [ "dist/**/*" ]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "freedata_server.constants.MODEM_VERSION"}
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = [ "tests" ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9edb0d90..4530c2e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ordered-set
 nuitka<=2.8.4
 pyinstaller
 websocket-client
+sqlalchemy
 fastapi[standard]
 uvicorn[standard]
 
@@ -23,4 +24,3 @@ pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-rerunfailures
 pick
-sqlalchemy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b8f5e3b..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import freedata_server.constants as constants
-# Reading requirements.txt for dependencies
-with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-    required = f.read().splitlines()
-
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-setup(
-    name='freedata',
-    version=constants.MODEM_VERSION,
-    packages=find_packages(where='.'),
-    package_dir={'': '.'},
-    install_requires=required,
-    python_requires='>=3.10',
-    author='DJ2LS',
-    author_email='dj2ls@proton.me',
-    description='INFO: THIS PACKAGE IS NOT YET WORKING - PLEASE USE THE OFFICIAL SCRIPT BASED SETUP',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url='https://github.com/DJ2LS/FreeDATA',
-    license='GPL3.0',
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'freedata=freedata_server.server:main',  # Points to the main() function in server.py
-        ],
-    },
-    include_package_data=True,  # Ensure non-python files are included if specified
-    package_data={
-        # Include all files under any directory within the 'freedata_server' package
-        'freedata_server': ['lib/**/*'],  # Recursive include for all files in 'lib' and its subdirectories
-        'freedata_gui': ['dist/**/*'],  # gui folder
-
-    },
-)