diff --git a/fishbook/package_info.json b/fishbook/package_info.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae6817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fishbook/package_info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "VERSION": "0.2.dev",
+    "STATUS": "developlemt",
+    "AUTHOR": "Jan Grewe",
+    "COPYRIGHT": "2020, Neuroethology group, Uni Tübingen, Jan Grewe",
+    "CONTACT": "jan.grewe@g-node.org",
+    "BRIEF": "Database providing an overview of the electrophysiological data recorded in the group.",
+    "HOMEPAGE": "https://whale.am28.uni-tuebingen.de/fishbook"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b58944e..43eef55 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import json
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
-import sys
 assert(sys.version_info >= (3, 0))
 
-__version__ = 0.1
-# exec(open('fishbook/version.py').read())
+with open(os.path.join("fishbook", "package_info.json")) as infofile:
+    infodict = json.load(infofile)
+
+VERSION = infodict["VERSION"]
+AUTHOR = infodict["AUTHOR"]
+CONTACT = infodict["CONTACT"]
+BRIEF = infodict["BRIEF"]
+HOMEPAGE = infodict["HOMEPAGE"]
 
-requires = ['datajoint', 'nixio', 'numpy', 'PyYAML', 'scipy', 'tqdm', 'backports-datetime-fromisoformat']
-print(find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'doc', 'tests*', 'site']))
+requirements = ['datajoint', 'nixio', 'numpy', 'PyYAML', 'scipy', 'tqdm', 'backports-datetime-fromisoformat']
 
 setup(name='fishbook',
-      version = __version__,
-      packages = find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'doc', 'tests*']),
-      description = 'Database providing an overview of the electrophysiological data recorded in the group.',
-      author = 'Jan Grewe',
-      install_requires = requires if sys.version_info < (3,7) else requires[:-1],
-      entry_points = {'console_scripts': [
-            'fishbook-import=fishbook.cmd.data_import:main']}
+      version = VERSION,
+      packages = find_packages(exclude=['doc*', 'tests*', 'site']),
+      description = BRIEF,
+      author = AUTHOR,
+      author_email=CONTACT,
+      url=HOMEPAGE,
+      license="GPLv3",
+      install_requires = requirements if sys.version_info < (3,7) else requirements[:-1],
+      entry_points = {'console_scripts': ['fishbook-import=fishbook.cmd.data_import:main']}
       )