diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+University of Illinois Open Source License
+Copyright 2010-2016 Aksimentiev Group,
+All rights reserved.
+
+Developed by: Aksimentiev Group
+University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
+http://bionano.phsyics.illinois.edu
+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# DNArbd: multiresolution coarse-grained simulations of DNA nanotechnology
+
+...
diff --git a/dnarbd/examples/segmentmodel_example.py b/dnarbd/examples/segmentmodel_example.py
index 3da167b955fa0c6b50dcc48b2739409bf96f4e1d..4d22fc23d7747aa1f63021a67a84ebdecff38a88 100644
--- a/dnarbd/examples/segmentmodel_example.py
+++ b/dnarbd/examples/segmentmodel_example.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import numpy as np
-from segmentmodel import SegmentModel, SingleStrandedSegment, DoubleStrandedSegment
-from nbPot import nbDnaScheme
+from dnarbd import SegmentModel, SingleStrandedSegment, DoubleStrandedSegment
 
 """
 Example of using segmentmodel to construct a CG
 
-May need to execute after running:
-PATH=/home/cmaffeo2/anaconda3/bin:$PATH; source activate cadnano 
+May need to update your shell PATH variable before running this script, e.g.:
+PATH=/home/cmaffeo2/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
 
 """
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="dnarbd",
+    version="0.1dev",
+    author="Christopher Maffeo",
+    author_email="cmaffeo2@illinois.edu",
+    description="Tools for simulating DNA nanotechnology with ARBD",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://gitlab.engr.illinois.edu/tbgl/tools/dnarbd",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=(
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: UIUC Open source License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ),
+)