diff --git a/pywb/__init__.py b/pywb/__init__.py
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: set sw=4 et:
+
+import setuptools 
+
+setuptools.setup(name='pywb',
+        version='1.0',
+        url='https://github.com/ikreymer/pywb',
+        author='Ilya Kreymer',
+        author_email='ilya@archive.org',
+        long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+        license='GPL',
+        packages=['pywb'],
+        install_requires=['rfc3987'],
+        # test_suite='?',   # not sure how to run doctests here
+        zip_safe=False)
+