diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a783405e0c..c42d6ff5a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 __pycache__
 notebooks
 .*.swp
+build
+dist
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc54c279aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+from setuptools import setup
+
+directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(os.path.join(directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+  long_description = f.read()
+
+setup(name='tinygrad',
+      version='1.0.0',
+      description='You like pytorch? You like micrograd? You love tinygrad! heart',
+      author='George Hotz',
+      license='MIT',
+      long_description=long_description,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+      packages = ['tinygrad'],
+      classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License"
+      ],
+      install_requires=['numpy', 'requests'],
+      python_requires='>=3.6',
+      include_package_data=True)
diff --git a/tinygrad/__init__.py b/tinygrad/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..e218b10dfb 100644
--- a/tinygrad/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import tinygrad.optim
+import tinygrad.tensor
+import tinygrad.utils
diff --git a/tinygrad/gradcheck.py b/tinygrad/gradcheck.py
index b5f4c8093e..866fdd475b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/gradcheck.py
+++ b/tinygrad/gradcheck.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
-from tinygrad.utils import mask_like
-from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
+from .utils import mask_like
+from .tensor import Tensor
 
 def jacobian(func, input):
   output = func(input)
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 92f5d78fa1..1ef53358e3 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
-from tinygrad.tensor import Function, register
+from .tensor import Function, register
 
 # ************* basic ops *************