diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63f23bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+language: python
+python: 2.7
+install: pip install -e .[test]
+before_install: pip install codecov
+script: py.test -v --cov
+after_success: codecov
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM python:2.7
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+COPY requirements.txt /usr/src/app/
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+
+RUN pip install -e .[dev]
+
+CMD ["py.test", "-v", "tests/"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e5cd92..f27f6b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # transactions: Bitcoin for Humans
+
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/transactions.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/transactions)
+[![Travis](https://img.shields.io/travis/ascribe/transactions.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ascribe/transactions)
+
 transactions is a small python library to easily create and push transactions to the bitcoin network.
 
 ## Install
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd40e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+trxs:
+  build: .
+  volumes:
+    - ./transactions:/usr/src/app/transactions
+    - ./tests:/usr/src/app/tests
+    - ./pytest.ini:/usr/src/app/pytest.ini
+    - ./setup.cfg:/usr/src/app/setup.cfg
+    - ./setup.py:/usr/src/app/setup.py
+  command: py.test -v
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ee6477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pytest]
+testpaths = tests
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c077ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[aliases]
+test=pytest
+
+[coverage:run]
+source = transactions
+omit = *test*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d33abca..af03e1a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,88 @@
+"""
+transactions: Bitcoin for Humans
+
+transactions is a small python library to easily create and push transactions
+to the bitcoin network.
+
+More information at https://github.com/ascribe/transactions
+
+"""
+import io
+import os
+import re
+
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+def read(*names, **kwargs):
+    with io.open(
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *names),
+        encoding=kwargs.get('encoding', 'utf8')
+    ) as fp:
+        return fp.read()
+
+
+def find_version(*file_paths):
+    version_file = read(*file_paths)
+    version_match = re.search(
+        r'^__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]', version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError('Unable to find version string.')
+
+
+install_requires = [
+    'pybitcointools==1.1.15',
+    'pycoin==0.52',
+    'requests==2.7.0',
+]
+
+tests_require = [
+    'pytest',
+    'coverage',
+    'pep8',
+    'pyflakes',
+    'pylint',
+    'pytest',
+    'pytest-cov',
+]
+
+dev_require = [
+    'ipdb',
+    'ipython',
+]
+
+docs_require = [
+    'Sphinx>=1.3.5',
+    'sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.4.4',
+]
+
 setup(
     name='transactions',
-    version='0.1',
+    version=find_version('transactions', '__init__.py'),
     url='https://github.com/ascribe/transactions',
-    license='',
+    license='Apache Software License',
     author='Rodolphe Marques',
     author_email='rodolphe@ascribe.io',
     packages=['transactions',
               'transactions.services'],
-    description='transactions: Bitcoin for Humans'
+    description='transactions: Bitcoin for Humans',
+    long_description=__doc__,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ],
+    install_requires=install_requires,
+    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
+    tests_require=tests_require,
+    extras_require={
+        'test': tests_require,
+        'dev':  dev_require + tests_require + docs_require,
+        'docs':  docs_require,
+    },
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_transactions.py b/tests/test_transactions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3cc3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_transactions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+def test_init_transactions_class_with_defaults():
+    from transactions import Transactions
+    from transactions.services.blockrservice import BitcoinBlockrService
+    trxs = Transactions()
+    assert trxs.testnet is False
+    assert isinstance(trxs._service, BitcoinBlockrService)
+    assert trxs._min_tx_fee == trxs._service._min_transaction_fee
+    assert trxs._dust == trxs._service._min_dust
diff --git a/transactions/__init__.py b/transactions/__init__.py
index eb1dc94..bce5487 100644
--- a/transactions/__init__.py
+++ b/transactions/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-from transactions import Transactions
+from transactions import Transactions   # noqa
+
+
+__version__ = '0.1.0'