diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0041fb85..707429f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-__pycache__
+# Python specific files
+__pycache__/
+
+# Pyenv local version
+.python-version
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0624af42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[project]
+name = "olivos"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Add your description here"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+dependencies = []