diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6fd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "nshmdb"
+authors = [{name="QuakeCoRE"}]
+description = "A library for working with 2022 NSHM fault geometry"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dynamic = ["dependencies", "version"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+nshm_db_generator = "nshmdb.scripts.nshm_db_generator:app"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9a9e03f..a98ba4a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ numpy
 pandas
 pygments
 pygmt
-qcore
+qcore @ git+https://github.com/ucgmsim/qcore
 scipy
 tqdm
 typer