diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa7159f..a82ebde 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,25 +2,27 @@
 requires = ["flit_core >=2,<4"]
 build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
-[tool.flit.metadata]
-
-author = "Mark Lillibridge"
-author-email = "mdl@alum.mit.edu"
-maintainer = "Quintijn Hoogenboom"
-maintainer-email = "q.hoogenboom@antenna.nl"
-home-page = "http://vocola.net/v2/"
-description-file = "README.md"
-module="vocola2"
-requires=["dtactions>=1.5.7"]
-		
+[project]
+version = '3.1.7.dev1'
+authors = [{name = "Mark Lillibridge", email = "mdl@alum.mit.edu"}]
+name = "vocola2"
+readme = "README.md"
 classifiers=[	"Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
 	"Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Speech",
-	"Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
-				]
+	"Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces"]
+
+description = "Vocola2 (for Natlink)"
 				
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-keywords="dragon,speech,dictation,dictation-toolbox,unimacro,natlink"
+keywords=["dragon","speech","dictation","dictation-toolbox","natlink", "dtactions"]
+
+dependencies = ["dtactions == 1.6.4.dev3",
+				"natlinkcore >= 5.4.1"]
+
 
-[tool.flit.scripts]
 
+[project.urls]
+homepage = "https://vocola.net/v2/"
+repository="https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/vocola2"
+source="https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/vocola2"		
 		
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vocola2/VocolaUtils.py b/src/vocola2/VocolaUtils.py
index 2cda1e6..dac7120 100644
--- a/src/vocola2/VocolaUtils.py
+++ b/src/vocola2/VocolaUtils.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def quoteAsVisualBasicString(argument):
 unimacro_available = False
 unimacroactions = None
 try:
-    from dtactions.unimacro import unimacroactions
+    from dtactions import unimacroactions
     unimacro_available = True
 except ImportError:
     pass
diff --git a/src/vocola2/__init__.py b/src/vocola2/__init__.py
index bff0304..304888b 100644
--- a/src/vocola2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/vocola2/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 """Vocola"""
 
-__version__='3.1.9' 
-#fix encoding line in outputfile
-#__version__ = '3.1.6'    # bug fix/enhancing different takes languages and take unimacro actions comments for new vcl files.
-## now in versions 3.1. series
-# __version__ = '2.9.6'  # sendkeys again from Vocola, but via dtactions.
-# __version__ = '2.9.5'  # make ready for improved pip
-#             '2.9.4'  # bugfix, check for correct directories (VocolaUserDirectory, VocolaGrammarsDirectory)
-#             '2.9.3'  # bugfix, typo
-#             '2.9.2'  # bugfix, normpath changed into abspath
-#             '2.9.1'  # initial version with python3
+#version number now in project.toml
 
 """utility functions, to get calling directory of module (in site-packages),