diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d637b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Python Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+    
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install .[dev]  # if you defined a dev optional dep in pyproject.toml
+        # or use: pip install . pytest
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        pytest --version
+        pytest tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98b1a60..b3cefdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use it out of the box, or extend it with your own aggregation logic!
 To install the aggrigator, clone the repository, navigate inside the directory and run the following command:
 
 ```bash
-pip install -e .
+pip install aggrigator
 ```
 
 now you can import the library in your python code with:
@@ -26,20 +26,6 @@ now you can import the library in your python code with:
 import aggrigator
 ```
 
-## Testing
-
-To run the tests locally, navigate inside the aggrigator directory and first install the dev dependencies if needed:
-
-```bash
-pip install .[dev]
-```
-
-and then run the tests with:
-
-```bash
-pytest tests
-```
-
 ## Try it out yourself
 
 Check out the interactive [example_notebook.ipynb](example_notebook.ipynb) to see **Aggrigator** in action.  
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f7b056..8334f00 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "aggrigator"         # your package name
-version = "0.1.0"           # initial version
+version = "0.1.0b1"           # initial version
 description = "A Python package for aggregation tasks"
 authors = [
   { name="Christoph Karg", email="christoph.karg@mdc-berlin.de" }
 ]
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-  "numpy",
+  "numpy>=2.0",  # TODO fix major version
   "pandas",
   "scipy",
   "matplotlib",
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ dependencies = [
   "scikit-learn",
   "scikit-image",
   "libpysal",
-  "esda",
   "openpyxl",
   "numba",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
-"Homepage" = "https://github.com/Kainmueller-Lab/AggroUQ"
-"Repository" = "https://github.com/Kainmueller-Lab/AggroUQ"
+"Homepage" = "https://github.com/Kainmueller-Lab/aggrigator"
+"Repository" = "https://github.com/Kainmueller-Lab/aggrigator"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [