diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6c02db5..7307c4f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
+    rev: v1.20.1
+    hooks:
+    -   id: setup-cfg-fmt
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54da0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[metadata]
+name = customtkinter
+version = 3.12
+description = Create modern looking GUIs with tkinter and Python
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+url = https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter
+author = Tom Schimansky
+license = Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
+license_file = LICENSE
+classifiers =
+    License :: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+
+[options]
+packages =
+    customtkinter
+    customtkinter.widgets
+install_requires =
+    darkdetect
+include_package_data = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e61ef8b..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-import os
-
-# Update on pypi:
-#
-# 1. delete old /dist
-# 2  increase both version numbers
-# 3. python -m pip install --upgrade build
-# 4. python -m build
-# 5. python -m twine upload dist/*
-#
-
-
-setup(name="customtkinter",
-      version="3.12",
-      author="Tom Schimansky",
-      license="Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal",
-      url="https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter",
-      description="Create modern looking gui with tkinter and python",
-      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-      long_description="# CustomTkinter UI-Library\n\nDetailed Information: https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter",
-      include_package_data=True,
-      packages=["customtkinter", "customtkinter.widgets"],
-      classifiers=["Operating System :: OS Independent",
-                   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-                   "License :: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication"],
-      install_requires=["darkdetect"])