diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca4758c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include LICENSE README.md
+recursive-include docs *
+recursive-include misc *
diff --git a/docs/config.py b/docs/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f1612d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+####################################
+#  Example usage of TaskScheduler  #
+####################################
+
+#def custom_job(event, task_id):
+#    logging.info(f"{task_id}: execute task for {event}")
+#
+#s = TaskScheduler(delay=10, job=custom_job)
+
+
+#####################################################
+#  Example usage of TaskScheduler with FileManager  #
+#####################################################
+
+#fm = FileManager(
+#    rules=[
+#        {"action": "move",
+#         "src_re": r"^(?P<path>.*)",
+#         "dst_re": r"\g<path>.processed"}
+#    ]
+#)
+#
+#s = TaskScheduler(delay=10, job=fm.job)
+
+
+#####################################
+#  Example usage of ShellScheduler  #
+#####################################
+
+#s = ShellScheduler(cmd="/usr/local/bin/task.sh {maskname} {pathname} {src_pathname}")
+
+
+###############################
+#  Example pyinotifyd config  #
+###############################
+
+#pyinotifyd_config = {
+#    "watches": [
+#        {"path": "/tmp",
+#         "rec": True,
+#         "auto_add": True,
+#         "event_map": {
+#             "IN_ACCESS": None,
+#             "IN_ATTRIB": None,
+#             "IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE": None,
+#             "IN_CLOSE_WRITE": s.schedule,
+#             "IN_CREATE": None,
+#             "IN_DELETE": s.cancel,
+#             "IN_DELETE_SELF": s.cancel,
+#             "IN_IGNORED": None,
+#             "IN_MODIFY": s.cancel,
+#             "IN_MOVE_SELF": None,
+#             "IN_MOVED_FROM": s.cancel,
+#             "IN_MOVED_TO": s.schedule,
+#             "IN_OPEN": None,
+#             "IN_Q_OVERFLOW": None,
+#             "IN_UNMOUNT": s.cancel}
+#        }
+#    ],
+#    "loglevel": logging.INFO,
+#    "shutdown_timeout":  15}
diff --git a/misc/pyinotifyd.service b/misc/pyinotifyd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e6f542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/pyinotifyd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=pyinotifyd
+After=fs.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pyinotifyd
+TimeoutStopSec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/pyinotifyd.py b/pyinotifyd.py
index 0775d4d..b1e158c 100755
--- a/pyinotifyd.py
+++ b/pyinotifyd.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import sys
 from shlex import quote as shell_quote
 from uuid import uuid4
 
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
 
 class Task:
     def __init__(self, event, delay, task_id, job, callback=None,
@@ -129,16 +130,19 @@ class ShellScheduler(TaskScheduler):
         cmd = cmd.replace("{maskname}", shell_quote(maskname))
         cmd = cmd.replace("{pathname}", shell_quote(event.pathname))
         if hasattr(event, "src_pathname"):
-            cmd = cmd.replace(
-                "{src_pathname}", shell_quote(event.src_pathname))
+            src_pathname = event.src_pathname
+        else:
+            src_pathname = ""
 
+        cmd = cmd.replace(
+            "{src_pathname}", shell_quote(src_pathname))
         self._log.info(f"{task_id}: execute shell command: {cmd}")
         proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(cmd)
         await proc.communicate()
 
 
 class FileManager:
-    def __init__(self, rules, auto_create=False, rec=False,
+    def __init__(self, rules, auto_create=True, rec=False,
                  logname="FileManager"):
         self._rules = []
         if not isinstance(rules, list):
@@ -260,21 +264,27 @@ def main():
         description="pyinotifyd",
         formatter_class=lambda prog: argparse.HelpFormatter(
             prog, max_help_position=45, width=140))
-
     parser.add_argument(
         "-c",
         "--config",
         help="path to config file (defaults to /etc/pyinotifyd/config.py)",
         default="/etc/pyinotifyd/config.py")
-
     parser.add_argument(
         "-d",
         "--debug",
-        help="Log debugging messages.",
+        help="log debugging messages",
+        action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--version",
+        help="show version and exit",
         action="store_true")
-
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.version:
+        print(f"pyinotifyd ({__version__})")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
     default_config = {
         "watches": [],
         "loglevel": logging.INFO,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3401800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+version = attr: pyinotifyd.__version__
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26477b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+def read_file(fname):
+    with open(fname, 'r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+setup(name = "pyinotifyd",
+    author = "Thomas Oettli",
+    author_email = "spacefreak@noop.ch",
+    description = "Monitoring filesystems events with inotify on Linux and execute tasks.",
+    license = "GPL 3",
+    keywords = "inotify daemon",
+    url = "https://github.com/spacefreak86/pyinotifyd",
+    py_modules = ["pyinotifyd"],
+    long_description = read_file("README.md"),
+    long_description_content_type = "text/markdown",
+    classifiers = [
+        #   3 - Alpha
+        #   4 - Beta
+        #   5 - Production/Stable
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Topic :: Utilities"
+    ],
+    include_package_data = True,
+    entry_points = {
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "pyinotifyd=pyinotifyd:main"
+        ]
+    },
+    data_files = [
+        ("/etc/pyinotifyd", ["docs/config.py"]),
+        ("/usr/lib/systemd/system", ["misc/pyinotifyd.service"])
+    ],
+    install_requires = ["pyinotify"],
+    python_requires = ">=3.7"
+)