diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc5be75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, qa, next]
+    tags: ['v*']
+
+jobs:
+  python-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up MicroMamaba
+      uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+      with:
+        environment-file: environment.yml
+        condarc: |
+          channels:
+            - conda-forge
+            - mantid
+            - default
+        cache-environment-key: ${{ runner.os }}-env-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
+        cache-downloads-key: ${{ runner.os }}-downloads-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
+    - name: Build source distribution
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: | # this is used as part of making the rpm
+        python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
+        # the wheel isn't build because this is a unusual package
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1606728..954bc69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Testing is described in the `test/` subdirectory.
 This package uses a hand-written spec file for releasing on rpm based systems rather than the one generated by python. To run it execute
 
 ```
-./rpmbuild
+./rpmbuild.sh
 ```
 
 And look for the results in the `dist` directory.
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index d9b33d3..079cf66 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ dependencies:
   - mantid # framework only
   - pyinotify
   - pre-commit
+  - python-build
diff --git a/livereduce.spec b/livereduce.spec
index 1fa0427..e0f6d0b 100644
--- a/livereduce.spec
+++ b/livereduce.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Summary: %{summary}
 Name: python-%{srcname}
-Version: 1.10
+Version: 1.11
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 Source0: %{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: MIT
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 Vendor: Pete Peterson
 Url: https://github.com/mantidproject/livereduce
 
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion} python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}
+BuildRequires: systemd-rpm-macros
 
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}
 Requires: jq
@@ -25,34 +26,39 @@ Requires: nsd-app-wrap
 %description
 There should be a meaningful description, but it is not needed quite yet.
 
-%{?python_provide:%python_provide python-%{srcname}}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}}
 
 %prep
-%setup -n %{srcname}-%{version} -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+%setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version} -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 
 %build
-%py3_build
+# no build step
 
 %install
-%py3_install
+%{__rm} -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+# put things in the bin directory
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
+%{__install} -m 644 scripts/livereduce.py %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
+%{__install} -m 755 scripts/livereduce.sh %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
+%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/
+%{__install} -m 644 livereduce.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/
 
 %check
-%{__python3} setup.py test
+# no test step
 
 %clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__rm} -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %post
-mkdir -p /var/log/SNS_applications/
-chown snsdata /var/log/SNS_applications/
-chmod 1755 /var/log/SNS_applications/
+%{__mkdir} -p /var/log/SNS_applications/
+%{__chown} snsdata /var/log/SNS_applications/
+%{__chmod} 1755 /var/log/SNS_applications/
 
 %preun
-rm -f /var/log/SNS_applications/livereduce.log*
+%{__rm} -f /var/log/SNS_applications/livereduce.log*
 
 %files
 %doc README.md
-%{python3_sitelib}/*
 %{_bindir}/livereduce.py
 %{_bindir}/livereduce.sh
-%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/livereduce.service
+%{_unitdir}/livereduce.service
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d490c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[project]
+name = "livereduce"
+description = "Daemon for running live data reduction with systemd"
+version="1.11"
+#dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = { text = "MIT License" }
+authors = [{name="Pete Peterson",email="petersonpf@ornl.gov"}]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/mantidproject/livereduce"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+  "setuptools",
+   "wheel",
+   "toml"
+   ]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data=true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+exclude = ["test"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"*" = ["*.sh", "*.service"]
+
+#TODO define entrypoints
diff --git a/rpmbuild b/rpmbuild.sh
similarity index 86%
rename from rpmbuild
rename to rpmbuild.sh
index b6b8876..7f470ac 100755
--- a/rpmbuild
+++ b/rpmbuild.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 rm -rf dist livereduce.egg-info
-python setup.py sdist
+python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
 cp dist/livereduce-*.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 rpmbuild -ba livereduce.spec
 cp ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/python-livereduce-*-*.*.noarch.rpm dist/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 36b46d4..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-setup(
-    name="livereduce",
-    version="1.10",
-    description="Need a description",
-    author="Pete Peterson",
-    author_email="petersonpf@ornl.gov",
-    url="https://github.com/mantidproject/livereduce",
-    long_description="""Daemon for running live data reduction with systemd""",
-    license="The MIT License (MIT)",
-    scripts=["scripts/livereduce.py", "scripts/livereduce.sh"],
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    package_dir={},
-    setup_requires=[],
-    data_files=[("/usr/lib/systemd/system/", ["livereduce.service"])],
-)