diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 352a68f..91f1ebe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-venv
-test
-build
 dist
-loaih.egg-info
 **/__pycache__
diff --git a/check_updates.sh b/check_updates.sh
index 6e43913..20ed985 100755
--- a/check_updates.sh
+++ b/check_updates.sh
@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@ if [[ ${retval} -ne 0 ]]; then
   # for the sake of consistency, let's make the check_updates.sh script
   # executable
   chmod +x check_updates.sh
-  if [[ -d venv ]]; then 
-    source venv/bin/activate
-  fi
-  pip3 uninstall -y loaih
-  # build the actual toolkit
-  python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
-  pip3 install dist/*.whl; rv=$?
-  if [[ -d venv ]]; then 
-    deactivate
-  fi
+  # Updating the environment is left to hatch itself.
 
   if [[ ${rv} -eq 0 ]]; then
     # cleanup
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64677f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "loaih"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "LOAIH - LibreOffice AppImage Helpers, help build a LibreOffice AppImage"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Emiliano Vavassori", email = "syntaxerrormmm@libreoffice.org" },
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "click",
+    "lxml",
+    "packaging",
+    "pyyaml",
+    "requests",
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Office/Business :: Office Suites",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance",
+    "Topic :: System :: Software Distribution",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/loaih/version.py"
+
+[project.scripts]
+loaih = "loaih.script:cli"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/loaih/"
+Documentation = "https://git.libreitalia.org/libreitalia/loaih/wiki"
+Repository = "https://git.libreitalia.org/libreitalia/loaih/"
+Issues = "https://git.libreitalia.org/libreitalia/loaih/issues/"
+
+[publish.index]
+
+[publish.index.repos.pypi]
+url = "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/"
+
+[publish.index.repos.testpypi]
+url = "https://test.pypi.org/legacy/"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 78384ef..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-# vim:sts=4:sw=4
-"""Helps building and automatizing building LibreOffice AppImages."""
-
-from pathlib import Path
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
-long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
-
-setup(
-    name="loaih",
-    version="1.3.3",
-    description="LOAIH - LibreOffice AppImage Helpers, help build a LibreOffice AppImage",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    author="Emiliano Vavassori",
-    author_email="syntaxerrormmm@libreoffice.org",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'loaih = loaih.script:cli',
-        ],
-    },
-    install_requires=['click', 'lxml', 'packaging', 'pyyaml', 'requests'],
-    license='MIT',
-    url='https://git.libreitalia.org/LibreItalia/loaih/',
-)
diff --git a/loaih/__init__.py b/src/loaih/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from loaih/__init__.py
rename to src/loaih/__init__.py
diff --git a/loaih/build.py b/src/loaih/build.py
similarity index 100%
rename from loaih/build.py
rename to src/loaih/build.py
diff --git a/loaih/script.py b/src/loaih/script.py
similarity index 100%
rename from loaih/script.py
rename to src/loaih/script.py
diff --git a/src/loaih/version.py b/src/loaih/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b1e312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/loaih/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "1.3.3"