diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a15f57..021c63b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 .DS_Store
+solardash.egg-info
+p
+*.pyc
 root/js/solardash.file.js
+root/js/solardash.https.js
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86f88df..3332f13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 .PHONY: all
 .SUFFIXES: .jspp .js
 
+PROJNAME=solardash
+VIRTUALENV ?= virtualenv-3.7
+VRITUALENVARGS =
+
+FILES=$(PROJNAME)/__init__.py
+
 JSFILES = root/js/solardash.file.js root/js/solardash.https.js
 
 THIRDPARTYJS = root/js/jquery.js root/js/highstock.js
@@ -26,3 +32,12 @@ all: $(JSFILES)
 
 keepupdate:
 	find . -name '*.js' -o -name '*.jspp' | entr make all
+
+test:
+	(ls $(FILES) $(JSFILES) | entr sh -c 'make all && python -m coverage run -m unittest $(PROJNAME) && coverage report --omit=p/\* -m -i')
+
+test-noentr:
+	python -m coverage run -m unittest $(PROJNAME) && coverage report --omit=p/\* -m -i
+
+env:
+	($(VIRTUALENV) $(VIRTUALENVARGS) p && . ./p/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd4dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# use setup.py for dependancy info
+-e .
+
+-e .[dev]
+
+# Following are to allow for co-development
+-e git+ssh://git@git.funkthat.com:822/jmg/RainEagle.git#egg=RainEagle[dev]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9624af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='solardash',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='Dashboard for monitoring a solar system',
+    author='John-Mark Gurney',
+    author_email='jmg@funkthat.com',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+    ],
+    url='https://www.funkthat.com/gitea/jmg/solardash',
+    packages=[ 'solardash', ],
+    install_requires=[
+        'RainEagle @ git+https://www.funkthat.com/gitea/jmg/RainEagle.git',
+    ],
+    extras_require = {
+        'dev': [ 'coverage' ],
+    },
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+        ]
+    }
+)
diff --git a/solardash/__init__.py b/solardash/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29