diff --git a/src/bsdd/__init__.py b/src/bsdd/__init__.py
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+from .bsdd import *
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diff --git a/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml b/src/bsdd/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "bsdd"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = ''
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+keywords = ["building smart data dictionaries"]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
+dependencies = ["requests"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/src/bsdd#readme"
+Issues = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/src/bsdd"
+
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.default]
+dependencies = [
+  "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
+  "pytest",
+]
+
+[[tool.hatch.envs.all.matrix]]
+python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = [".", "src"]
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