diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ec6964a7..ef4cc7718 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.egg-info
+*.mo
 dist
 .venv
 docs/_build/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3a54cf479..fd79b9942 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ ENV DEBUG="False" \
 
 ADD . /src
 
+ADD LICENSE /src
+
+ADD README.md /src
+
 RUN echo "**** install build dependencies ****" &&\
     apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies \
     gcc \
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b2334ea..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-include *.rst
-recursive-include ihatemoney *.rst *.py *.yaml *.po *.mo *.html *.css *.js *.eot *.svg *.woff *.txt *.png *.webp *.ini *.cfg *.j2 *.jpg *.gif *.ico *.xml
-include LICENSE CONTRIBUTORS CHANGELOG.rst
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 47bbdc02d..bf917b601 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ remove-install-stamp:
 update: remove-install-stamp install ## Update the dependencies
 
 .PHONY: serve
-serve: install ## Run the ihatemoney server
+serve: install build-translations ## Run the ihatemoney server
 	@echo 'Running ihatemoney on http://localhost:5000'
 	FLASK_DEBUG=1 FLASK_APP=ihatemoney.wsgi $(VENV)/bin/flask run --host=0.0.0.0
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ compress-assets: compress-showcase ## Compress static assets
 build-translations: ## Build the translations
 	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel compile -d ihatemoney/translations
 
-.PHONY: update-translations
-update-translations: ## Extract new translations from source code
+.PHONY: extract-translations
+extract-translations: ## Extract new translations from source code
 	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel extract --add-comments "I18N:" --strip-comments --omit-header --no-location --mapping-file ihatemoney/babel.cfg -o ihatemoney/messages.pot ihatemoney
 	$(VENV)/bin/pybabel update -i ihatemoney/messages.pot -d ihatemoney/translations/
 
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index a86f73211..78d5a8063 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -274,10 +274,9 @@ In order to issue a new release, follow the following steps:
 
         make compress-assets
 
--   Build the translations:
+-   Extract the translations:
 
-        make update-translations
-        make build-translations
+        make extract-translations
 
 -   If you're not completely sure of yourself at this point, you can
     optionally: create a new branch, push it, open a pull request, check
diff --git a/hatch_build.py b/hatch_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04d11e29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hatch_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
+
+
+class CustomBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
+    def initialize(self, version, build_data):
+        from babel.messages.frontend import compile_catalog
+
+        cmd = compile_catalog()
+        cmd.directory = Path(__file__).parent / "ihatemoney" / "translations"
+        cmd.statistics = True
+        cmd.finalize_options()
+        cmd.run()
diff --git a/ihatemoney/tests/conftest.py b/ihatemoney/tests/conftest.py
index 08d6e8912..01c2cec07 100644
--- a/ihatemoney/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/ihatemoney/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
+from babel.messages.frontend import compile_catalog
 from flask import Flask
 import pytest
 
@@ -7,6 +9,15 @@
 from ihatemoney.run import create_app, db
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
+def babel_catalogs():
+    cmd = compile_catalog()
+    cmd.directory = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "translations"
+    cmd.quiet = True
+    cmd.finalize_options()
+    cmd.run()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def app(request: pytest.FixtureRequest):
     """Create the Flask app with database"""
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5212054b1..fee31f8f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ihatemoney"
@@ -84,5 +84,18 @@ doc = [
 [project.scripts]
 ihatemoney = "ihatemoney.manage:cli"
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["ihatemoney"]
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
+dependencies = [
+    "Babel>=2.10.1"
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.build]
+artifacts = ["ihatemoney/translations/**/*.mo"]
+include = [
+    "ihatemoney/",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "CONTRIBUTORS",
+    "CHANGELOG.md",
+    "README.md",
+    "SECURITY.md",
+]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e79ede311..206a9c6bd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
+isolated_build = true
 envlist = py311,py310,py39,py38,py37,lint_docs
 skip_missing_interpreters = True