diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a9c81d1..df1952cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 **/*.h5
 **/*.pyc
 **/*.csv.gz
+**/*.egg-info
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf8ea802..b6da0bf6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 install:
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	pip install -e .
 
 test:
 	pytest .
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 35f3f7b5..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-policyengine_us
-taxcalc
-pytest
-black
-paramtools
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8ae70b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="tax_microdata_benchmarking",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[
+        "policyengine_us",
+        "taxcalc",
+        "paramtools",
+        "pytest",
+        "black",
+    ],
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/initial_flat_file/create_flat_file.py b/tax_microdata_benchmarking/create_flat_file.py
similarity index 100%
rename from initial_flat_file/create_flat_file.py
rename to tax_microdata_benchmarking/create_flat_file.py
diff --git a/tests/test_basic_flat_file.py b/tests/test_basic_flat_file.py
index c5ec2565..b541d3d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic_flat_file.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic_flat_file.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 def test_flat_file_runs():
     import taxcalc as tc
-    from initial_flat_file.create_flat_file import create_flat_file
+    from tax_microdata_benchmarking.create_flat_file import create_flat_file
 
     create_flat_file()