diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9787c3b..a20bb3f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,54 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "qfit/version.py"
+version_scheme = "post-release"
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+fallback_version = "0.0"
+
+[project]
+name = "qfit"
+description = "qfit: data extraction GUI tool for use with scQubits"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Tianpu Zhao", email = "tianpuzhao2022@u.northwestern.edu" },
+    { name = "Danyang Chen", email = "danyangchen2026@u.northwestern.edu" },
+    { name = "Jens Koch", email = "jens-koch@northwestern.edu" }
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+keywords = ["parameter extraction", "superconducting qubits"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX",
+    "Operating System :: Unix",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows"
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy >= 1.14.2",
+    "scipy >= 1.1.0",
+    "matplotlib >= 3.1.2",
+    "pyside6",
+    "h5py >= 2.7.1",
+    "qutip < 5.0.0",
+    "scikit-image",
+    "scqubits >= 3.0.0",
+    "matplotlib-label-lines",
+    "ipykernel",
+    "jupyter",
+    "pathos",
+    "dill"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://github.com/scqubits/qfit"
+Repository = "https://github.com/scqubits/qfit"
diff --git a/qfit/__init__.py b/qfit/__init__.py
index 0d36d1e..662dfa1 100644
--- a/qfit/__init__.py
+++ b/qfit/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import scqubits as scq
 from qfit.core.qfit import Fit
+from qfit.version import __version__, __version_tuple__
 
 scq.settings.PROGRESSBAR_DISABLED = True
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9ae438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[options]
+packages = find:
+exclude = 
+    resources*
+    example_data*
+    danyang_tests*
+    media_raw_source*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9195bb4..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-"""qfit: data extraction GUI tool for use with scQuibts
-==============================================================
-
-qfit is part of scQubits, an an open-source Python package for simulating superconducting qubits. The qfit package
-provides a GUI tool for loading and displaying data, for example from spectroscopy experiments. The GUI simplifies the
-extraction of data points from measurement results, as required for fitting experimental data to theoretical qubit
-models.
-"""
-
-#
-# This file is part of qfit.
-#
-#    Copyright (c) 2023, Tianpu Zhao, Danyang Chen, Jens Koch
-#    All rights reserved.
-#
-#    This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
-#    LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-############################################################################
-
-import os
-import sys
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-DOCLINES = __doc__.split("\n")
-
-CLASSIFIERS = """\
-Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-Intended Audience :: Science/Research
-License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
-Programming Language :: Python
-Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
-Operating System :: MacOS
-Operating System :: POSIX
-Operating System :: Unix
-Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
-"""
-
-
-EXTRA_KWARGS = {}
-
-
-# all information about scqubits goes here
-MAJOR = 2
-MINOR = 0
-MICRO = 1
-ISRELEASED = True
-
-
-VERSION = "%d.%d.%d" % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
-
-CURDIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-with open(os.path.join(CURDIR, "requirements.txt")) as requirements:
-    INSTALL_REQUIRES = requirements.read().splitlines()
-
-
-PACKAGES = find_packages()
-
-
-PYTHON_VERSION = ">=3.10"
-
-
-NAME = "qfit"
-AUTHOR = "Tianpu Zhao, Danyang Chen, Jens Koch"
-AUTHOR_EMAIL = (
-    "tianpuzhao2022@u.northwestern.edu, "
-    "danyangchen2026@u.northwestern.edu, "
-    "jens-koch@northwestern.edu"
-)
-LICENSE = "BSD"
-
-with open(os.path.join(CURDIR, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    README_CONTENT = f.read().split("\n")
-
-DESCRIPTION = README_CONTENT[0]
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = "\n".join(README_CONTENT[2:])
-KEYWORDS = "parameter extraction, superconducting qubits"
-
-URL = "https://github.com/scqubits/qfit"
-
-CLASSIFIERS = [_f for _f in CLASSIFIERS.split("\n") if _f]
-PLATFORMS = ["Linux", "Mac OSX", "Unix", "Windows"]
-
-
-def git_short_hash():
-    try:
-        git_str = "+" + os.popen('git log -1 --format="%h"').read().strip()
-    except OSError:
-        git_str = ""
-    else:
-        if git_str == "+":  # fixes setuptools PEP issues with versioning
-            git_str = ""
-    return git_str
-
-
-FULLVERSION = VERSION
-if not ISRELEASED:
-    FULLVERSION += ".dev" + str(MICRO) + git_short_hash()
-
-
-def write_version_py():
-    cnt = """\
-# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM qfit SETUP.PY
-short_version = '%(version)s'
-version = '%(fullversion)s'
-release = %(isrelease)s
-"""
-    version_path = os.path.join(CURDIR, 'qfit', 'version.py')
-
-    with open(version_path, "w") as versionfile:
-        versionfile.write(
-            cnt
-            % {
-                "version": VERSION,
-                "fullversion": FULLVERSION,
-                "isrelease": str(ISRELEASED),
-            }
-        )
-
-write_version_py()
-
-
-# Setup commands go here
-setup(
-    name=NAME,
-    version=FULLVERSION,
-    packages=PACKAGES,
-    author=AUTHOR,
-    author_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
-    license=LICENSE,
-    description=DESCRIPTION,
-    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-    keywords=KEYWORDS,
-    # url=URL,
-    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
-    platforms=PLATFORMS,
-    zip_safe=False,
-    include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
-    python_requires=PYTHON_VERSION,
-    **EXTRA_KWARGS
-)