diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_wheels.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d03e723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_wheels.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: pypi upload
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main", "ft-packaging"]
+
+jobs:
+  wheel_build_full:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: build wheels and sdist
+        run: pipx run build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: ./dist/*
+
+  upload_pypi:
+    needs: [wheel_build_full]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: artifact
+          path: dist
+
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.6.1
+        with:
+          skip_existing: true
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_RELESO }}
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca14d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# .readthedocs.yaml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.12"
+    # You can also specify other tool versions:
+    # nodejs: "19"
+    # rust: "1.64"
+    # golang: "1.19"
+
+# Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+   configuration: docs/source/conf.py
+
+# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
+# formats:
+#    - pdf
+#    - epub
+
+# Optional but recommended, declare the Python requirements required
+# to build your documentation
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
+python:
+   install:
+   - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86c06e7..85e4444 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ sphinx is installed ignore the first two lines.
 The following command line calls create a conda environment with all necessary
 dependencies for building the documentation.
 ``` console
- (base) $ conda create -n sphinx python=3.9
- (base) $ conda activate sphinx
- (sphinx) $ pip install sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme
+(base) $ conda create -n sphinx python=3.9
+(base) $ conda activate sphinx
+(sphinx) $ pip install sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme
 ```
 
 The documentation is built by executing the following command inside the folder
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf1e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx
+sphinx-rtd-theme
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5403016..6e4f61d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ dependencies = [
     "hjson",
 ]
 dynamic = [
-    "version",
-    "readme"
+    "version"
 ]
 
+[project.readme]
+file = "README.md"
+content-type = "text/markdown"
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 all = [
     "splinepy[all]"
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ docs = [
 [project.scripts]
 releso = "releso.__main__:entry"
 
+
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = [
     "releso",
@@ -54,7 +59,6 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "releso.__version__.version"}
-readme = {file = "README.md"}
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79