diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efed3c4..8e4dcec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ If  you leave away the ```--user``` the package will be installed system-wide.
 
 ## TrackingResults
 
-Is a class that wraps around the *.h5 files written by DeppLabCut
+Is a class that wraps around the *.h5 files written by DeepLabCut
 
 ## ImageMarker
 
diff --git a/etrack/arena.py b/etrack/arena.py
index 86b7233..c01b3e0 100644
--- a/etrack/arena.py
+++ b/etrack/arena.py
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ class Region(object):
         return indices
 
     def time_in_region(self, x, y, time, analysis_type=AnalysisType.Full):
-        """Returns the entering and leaving times at which the animal entered and left a region. In case the animal was not observed after entering this region (for example when hidden in a tube) the leaving time is the maximum time entry.
+        """Returns the entering and leaving times at which the animal entered
+        and left a region. In case the animal was not observed after entering
+        this region (for example when hidden in a tube) the leaving time is
+        the maximum time entry.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ class Region(object):
         -------
         _type_
             _description_
+
         """
         indices = self.points_in_region(x, y, analysis_type)
         if len(indices) == 0:
diff --git a/etrack/info.json b/etrack/info.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85c3e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etrack/info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "VERSION": "0.5.0",
+    "STATUS": "Release",
+    "RELEASE": "0.5.0 Release",
+    "AUTHOR": "Jan Grewe",
+    "COPYRIGHT": "2024, University of Tuebingen, Neuroethology, Jan Grewe",
+    "CONTACT": "jan.grewe@g-node.org",
+    "BRIEF": "Efish tracking helpers for handling tracking data.",
+    "HOMEPAGE": "https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy"
+}
diff --git a/etrack/info.py b/etrack/info.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4a401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etrack/info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright © 2024, Jan Grewe
+#
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted under the terms of the BSD License. See
+# LICENSE file in the root of the Project.
+import os
+import json
+
+here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+with open(os.path.join(here, "info.json")) as infofile:
+    infodict = json.load(infofile)
+
+
+VERSION = infodict["VERSION"]
+STATUS = infodict["STATUS"]
+RELEASE = infodict["RELEASE"]
+AUTHOR = infodict["AUTHOR"]
+COPYRIGHT = infodict["COPYRIGHT"]
+CONTACT = infodict["CONTACT"]
+BRIEF = infodict["BRIEF"]
+HOMEPAGE = infodict["HOMEPAGE"]
+~
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 350259a..5837e78 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
+import json
+from setuptools import setup
+
+# load info from nixio/info.json
+with open(os.path.join("etrack", "info.json")) as infofile:
+    infodict = json.load(infofile)
+
 
 NAME = "etrack"
-VERSION = 0.5
-AUTHOR = "Jan Grewe"
-CONTACT = "jan.grewe@g-node.org"
+VERSION = infodict["VERSION"]
+AUTHOR = infodict["AUTHOR"]
+CONTACT = infodict["CONTACT"]
+BRIEF = infodict["BRIEF"]
+HOMEPAGE = infodict["HOMEPAGE"]
 CLASSIFIERS = "science"
-DESCRIPTION = "Efish tracking helpers for handling tracking data."
-
 README = "README.md"
+
 with open(README) as f:
     description_text = f.read()
+DESCRIPTION = description_text
 
 packages = [
     "etrack", "etrack.io"