diff --git a/rnlp/__init__.py b/rnlp/__init__.py
index a44e311..8bca420 100644
--- a/rnlp/__init__.py
+++ b/rnlp/__init__.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2017-2018 StARLinG Lab'
 __license__ = 'GPL-v3'
 
-__version__ = '0.3.1'
+__version__ = '0.3.2'
 __status__ = 'Beta'
 __maintainer__ = 'Alexander L. Hayes (@batflyer)'
 __email__ = 'alexander.hayes@utdallas.edu'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a8f5c2..5b00456 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 """
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools.command.install import install as _install
+
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
 
@@ -12,20 +14,27 @@
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-# rnlp needs a few additional nltk packages to function properly.
-import nltk
-nltk.download('punkt')
-nltk.download('stopwords')
-#nltk.download('wordnet')
-nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger')
 
-# Import the package and assign metadata as appropriate
-import rnlp
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26799894/installing-nltk-data-in-setup-py-script
+class Install(_install):
+    """
+    Overwriting the base class to additionally install nltk packages.
+    """
+
+    def run(self):
+        _install.do_egg_install(self)
+
+        # Install the additional required nltk packages
+        import nltk
+        nltk.download('punkt')
+        nltk.download('stopwords')
+        nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger')
 
+    
 setup(
     name='rnlp',
-    version=rnlp.__version__,
-    license=rnlp.__license__,
+    version='0.3.2',
+    license='GPL-v3',
 
     description='Converts text corpora into a set of relational facts.',
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -61,5 +70,15 @@
         'Tracker': 'https://github.com/starling-lab/rnlp/issues'
     },
 
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests'])
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
+
+    cmdclass={'install': Install},
+    
+    install_requires=[
+        'nltk',
+        'tqdm',
+        'joblib'
+    ],
+
+    setup_requires=['nltk']
 )