diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95b6b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - name: Lint with ruff
+        run: |
+          # Run Ruff for linting
+          ruff check .
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68bc17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcbccbb..e0a79f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 
 Python wrapper for the BEN API that removes backgrounds from images.
 
-## Installation
-
+## Installation 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/PramaLLC/ben-api-python-integration
-cd ben-api-python-integration
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install git+https://github.com/PramaLLC/ben-api-python-integration.git
 ```
 
 ## Generate api token 
@@ -15,20 +12,16 @@ You must have a business subscription that can be found at https://backgroundera
 https://backgrounderase.net/account and scroll to the bottom of the page.
 
 ## Example
-create example.py
 ```python
+from prama import predict_image
 from PIL import Image
-from main import predict_image # import predict image function from repo
-
-image = Image.open("image.jpg") # your image file path or pil image object
 
+image = Image.open("image.jpg")
 
-mask, foregorund = predict_image(image,"your_ben_api_token")
-
+mask, foreground = predict_image(image,"your_ben_api_token")
 
 mask.save("mask.png")
-foregorund.save("foreground.png")
-
+foreground.save("foreground.png")
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 5498b86..70d63f2 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,39 +1,29 @@
 import requests
 import base64
-from PIL import Image,ImageOps
+from PIL import Image, ImageOps
 import io
 import numpy as np
 
-def predict_image(image, api_key, api_url="https://api.backgrounderase.net/v2"):
-
 
+def predict_image(image, api_key, api_url="https://api.backgrounderase.net/v2"):
     image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
 
     buffer = io.BytesIO()
     image_resized = image.resize((1024, 1024), Image.BILINEAR)
-    image_resized.save(buffer, format='JPEG', quality=85, optimize=True)
+    image_resized.save(buffer, format="JPEG", quality=85, optimize=True)
     image_bytes = buffer.getvalue()
-    image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode('utf-8')
-    
-    headers = {
-        'x-api-key': api_key,
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
-    }
-    payload = {
-        "image": image_base64
-    }
-    response = requests.post(
-        api_url, 
-        headers=headers, 
-        json=payload 
-    )
+    image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+
+    headers = {"x-api-key": api_key, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
+    payload = {"image": image_base64}
+    response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=payload)
     if response.status_code == 200:
         try:
             result = response.json()
-            mask_bytes = base64.b64decode(result['mask'])
-            
+            mask_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["mask"])
+
             mask_img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(mask_bytes))
-            
+
             mask_array = np.array(mask_img)
 
             mask = Image.fromarray(mask_array)
@@ -43,7 +33,7 @@ def predict_image(image, api_key, api_url="https://api.backgrounderase.net/v2"):
 
             image.putalpha(mask)
 
-            return mask, image 
+            return mask, image
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Error processing response: {e}")
             return None
@@ -51,7 +41,3 @@ def predict_image(image, api_key, api_url="https://api.backgrounderase.net/v2"):
         print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
         print("Response:", response.content)
         return None
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32aa480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+            "setuptools>=42",
+            "wheel",
+            "tqdm"
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb8399a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import pathlib
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+
+def get_version() -> str:
+    rel_path = "src/prama/__init__.py"
+    with open(rel_path, "r") as fp:
+        for line in fp.read().splitlines():
+            if line.startswith("__version__"):
+                delim = '"' if '"' in line else "'"
+                return line.split(delim)[1]
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
+
+setup(
+    name="prama",
+    version=get_version(),
+    description="client for prama APIs",
+    long_description=pathlib.Path("README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    Homepage="https://github.com/PramaLLC/ben-api-python-integration",
+    url="https://github.com/PramaLLC/ben-api-python-integration",
+    Issues="https://github.com/PramaLLC/ben-api-python-integration/issues",
+    authors=[{"name": "Prama", "email": "pramadevelopment@gmail.com"}],
+    author_email="pramadevelopment@gmail.com",
+    license="Apache 2.0 License",
+    package_dir={"": "src"},
+    packages=find_packages("src"),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    classifiers=["Topic :: Utilities", "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9"],
+    requires=["setuptools", "wheel", "typing", "pillow", "numpy", "requests", "tqdm"],
+)
diff --git a/src/prama/__init__.py b/src/prama/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6736fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prama/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .client import predict_image  # noqa: F401
+
+__version__ = "0.1.0"  # Update this version as needed
diff --git a/src/prama/client.py b/src/prama/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36fd75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prama/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import requests
+import base64
+from PIL import Image, ImageOps
+import io
+
+
+def predict_image(image, api_key, api_url="https://api.backgrounderase.net/v2"):
+    image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
+
+    buffer = io.BytesIO()
+    image_resized = image.resize((1024, 1024), Image.BILINEAR)
+    image_resized.save(buffer, format="JPEG", quality=85, optimize=True)
+    image_bytes = buffer.getvalue()
+    image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+
+    headers = {"x-api-key": api_key, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
+    payload = {"image": image_base64}
+    response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=payload)
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        try:
+            result = response.json()
+            mask_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["mask"])
+
+            mask = Image.open(io.BytesIO(mask_bytes))
+
+            image = image.convert("RGB")
+            mask = mask.resize(image.size)
+
+            image.putalpha(mask)
+
+            return mask, image
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error processing response: {e}")
+            return None
+    else:
+        print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")
+        print("Response:", response.content)
+        return None