diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
index ce5532cc..a7bed344 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/installation.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@ file at the top level of the repository.
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../requirements.txt
 
+Install METplotpy
+-------------------
+
+METplotpy can be installed into a conda environment. First navigate to the
+base directory, then run the following commands.
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+  $ conda create -n "metplotpy" python=3.10.4 pip
+  $ conda activate metplotpy
+  (metplotpy)$ pip install -e .
+
+This will install METplotpy into the conda env, along with all the dependancies
+listed above in **requirements.txt**.
+
+If you already have an environment setup, or want to install METplotpy without
+the dependancies, add the `--no-deps` argument to pip.
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+  $ pip install -e . --no-deps
+
 .. _METcalcpy_conda:
 
 Install METcalcpy in the Conda Environment
diff --git a/internal/scripts/sonarqube/sonar-project.properties b/internal/scripts/sonarqube/sonar-project.properties
index 0777e588..ea63fbd9 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/sonarqube/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/internal/scripts/sonarqube/sonar-project.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ sonar.projectKey=METplotpy
 sonar.projectName=METplotpy
 sonar.projectVersion=SONAR_PROJECT_VERSION
 sonar.branch.name=SONAR_BRANCH_NAME
-sonar.sources=metplotpy,test
-sonar.coverage.exclusions=test/**
+sonar.sources=metplotpy
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=test/**,contributed/**
 sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
 sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 
diff --git a/metplotpy/__init__.py b/metplotpy/__init__.py
index e69de29b..d8d4b110 100644
--- a/metplotpy/__init__.py
+++ b/metplotpy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from distutils.util import convert_path
+
+main_ns = {}
+version_path = convert_path('docs/version')
+with open(version_path) as version_file:
+    exec(version_file.read(), main_ns)
+__version__ = main_ns['__version__']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..651f426d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "metplotpy"
+dynamic = ["version", "dependencies"]
+description = "plotting package for METplus"
+authors = [
+    {name = "METplus", email = "met-help@ucar.edu"},
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10.4"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+classifiers = [
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/dtcenter/METplotpy"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "metplotpy.__version__"}
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["metplotpy"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["test"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source = ["metplotpy/plots"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d91b5711..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import setuptools
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from distutils.util import convert_path
-
-with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-main_ns = {}
-version_path = convert_path('docs/version')
-with open(version_path) as version_file:
-    exec(version_file.read(), main_ns)
-
-setuptools.setup(
-    name="metplotpy",
-    version=main_ns['__version__'],
-    author="METplus",
-    author_email="met-help@ucar.edu",
-    description="plotting package for METplus",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/dtcenter/METplotpy",
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    classifiers=[
-         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License", 
-         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    ],
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
-)