diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04d511ad..25a8fb3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ rsconnect/
 __pycache__/
 .cache/
 .idea/
+
+*/build/lib/
+Python/*.egg-info
+Python/dist/*.whl
diff --git a/Python/LICENSE b/Python/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from Python/LICENSE
rename to Python/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/Python/MANIFEST b/Python/MANIFEST
index 1d2996c7..09da73f0 100644
--- a/Python/MANIFEST
+++ b/Python/MANIFEST
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+README.md
+setup.cfg
 setup.py
 sqlmlutils\__init__.py
 sqlmlutils\connectioninfo.py
diff --git a/Python/MANIFEST.in b/Python/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5a5da25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include README.md
+include LICENSE.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Python/README.md b/Python/README.md
index 3d9adc46..ed0dcbdd 100644
--- a/Python/README.md
+++ b/Python/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sqlmlutils is a python package to help execute Python code on a SQL Server machi
 Download the zip package file from the dist folder.
 From a command prompt, run
 ```
-python.exe -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed sqlmlutils-0.7.0.zip
+python.exe -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed sqlmlutils-0.7.1.zip
 ```
 
 Note: If you encounter errors installing the pymssql dependency and your client is a Windows machine, consider 
diff --git a/Python/buildandinstall.cmd b/Python/buildandinstall.cmd
index 117b1872..b0bb71e1 100644
--- a/Python/buildandinstall.cmd
+++ b/Python/buildandinstall.cmd
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 python.exe setup.py sdist --formats=zip
-python.exe -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed dist\sqlmlutils-0.7.0.zip
+python.exe -m pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed dist\sqlmlutils-0.7.1.zip
diff --git a/Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.0.zip b/Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.1.zip
similarity index 53%
rename from Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.0.zip
rename to Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.1.zip
index 39e941f4..2c46575b 100644
Binary files a/Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.0.zip and b/Python/dist/sqlmlutils-0.7.1.zip differ
diff --git a/Python/setup.cfg b/Python/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..badc95f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Python/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Inside of setup.cfg
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Python/setup.py b/Python/setup.py
index 7a8b80f0..ac6c7618 100644
--- a/Python/setup.py
+++ b/Python/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='sqlmlutils',
     packages=['sqlmlutils', 'sqlmlutils/packagemanagement'],
-    version='0.7.0',
-    url='https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlmlutils',
+    version='0.7.1',
+    url='https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlmlutils/Python',
     license='MIT License',
-    description='A client side package for working with SQL Machine Learning Python Services. '
+    desciption='A client side package for working with SQL Server',
+    long_description='A client side package for working with SQL Server Machine Learning Python Services. '
                 'sqlmlutils enables easy package installation and remote code execution on your SQL Server machine.',
     author='Microsoft',
     author_email='joz@microsoft.com',