diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 12a13a0514..8c0191cd62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ jobs:
           sudo make -j $(nproc)
           sudo make install
 
-      - name: install xmlschema
+      - name: install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo /usr/bin/python -m pip install -U pip
           sudo /usr/bin/python -m pip install xmlschema numpy
+          sudo /usr/bin/python -m pip install src/bcf
 
       - name: Test
         run: |
diff --git a/src/bcf/MANIFEST.in b/src/bcf/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30feaf47bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bcf/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include src/bcf/v2/xsd/*.xsd
+include src/bcf/v3/xsd/*.xsd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bcf/pyproject.toml b/src/bcf/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dadda3ed02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bcf/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "wheel"
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 120
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bcf/setup.cfg b/src/bcf/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eba915750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bcf/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[metadata]
+name=bcf-client
+version=0.0.1
+author = Ifcopenshell
+description = A simple Python implementation of BCF
+url = https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell
+project_urls =
+    Code=https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell
+    Issues=https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+classifiers =
+    License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
+    Topic :: Utilities
+keywords =
+    Python
+    file formats
+    engineering
+
+[options]
+package_dir =
+    = src
+packages = find:
+python_requires = >=3
+install_requires=
+    xmlschema
+include_package_data = True
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
+
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+ignore = E24, E121, E123, E126, E203, E226, E704, E741, W503, W504
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/__init__.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/__init__.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/bcfxml.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/bcfxml.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/bcfxml.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/bcfxml.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/__init__.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/bcfxml.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/bcfxml.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/bcfxml.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/bcfxml.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/data.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/data.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/data.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/data.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/markup.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/markup.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/markup.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/markup.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/project.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/project.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/project.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/project.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/version.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/version.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/version.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/version.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/visinfo.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/visinfo.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v2/xsd/visinfo.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v2/xsd/visinfo.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/__init__.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/bcfapi.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/bcfapi.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/bcfapi.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/bcfapi.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/bcfxml.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/bcfxml.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/bcfxml.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/bcfxml.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/data.py b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/data.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/data.py
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/data.py
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/documents.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/documents.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/documents.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/documents.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/extensions.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/extensions.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/extensions.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/extensions.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/markup.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/markup.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/markup.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/markup.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/project.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/project.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/project.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/project.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/shared-types.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/shared-types.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/shared-types.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/shared-types.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/version.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/version.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/version.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/version.xsd
diff --git a/src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/visinfo.xsd b/src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/visinfo.xsd
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bcf/bcf/v3/xsd/visinfo.xsd
rename to src/bcf/src/bcf/v3/xsd/visinfo.xsd