diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf51b556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+extend-ignore = E203
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    .venv,
+    __pycache__,
+    docs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fed528d4..2cf1108e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,48 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "qgridtrusted"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+readme = "README.md"
+description = "An Interactive Grid for Sorting and Filtering DataFrames in Jupyter Notebook"
+authors = [
+  { name = "Quantopian Inc.", email = "opensource@quantopian.com" },
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+dependencies = [
+  "notebook",
+  "pandas",
+  "ipywidgets",
+]
+keywords = ["ipython", "jupyter", "widgets"]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Framework :: IPython",
+  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+  "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+  "Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial",
+  "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/maxwell-k/qgridtrusted/"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ["pytest", "flake8"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = false
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = { attr = "qgrid._version.__version__" }
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+exclude = ["js"]
+namespaces = false
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 984cd7c0..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = qgridtrusted
-version = attr: qgrid._version.__version__
-url = https://github.com/maxwell-k/qgridtrusted/
-author = Quantopian Inc.
-author_email = opensource@quantopian.com
-description = An Interactive Grid for Sorting and Filtering DataFrames in Jupyter Notebook
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-license = Apache-2.0
-license_files = LICENSE
-keywords = ipython, jupyter, widgets
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
-    Framework :: IPython
-    Intended Audience :: Developers
-    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
-    Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial
-    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
-
-[options]
-packages =
-    qgrid
-    qgrid.static
-include_package_data = True
-zip_safe = False
-install_requires =
-    notebook
-    pandas
-    ipywidgets
-
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 88
-extend-ignore = E203
-exclude =
-    .git,
-    .venv,
-    __pycache__,
-    docs
-
-[options.extras_require]
-test =
-    pytest
-    flake8
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf1178c4..9f621427 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 
-STATIC = Path(__file__).parent / "qgrid" / "static"
+STATIC = Path("qgrid") / "static"
 TARGETS = [STATIC / "extension.js", STATIC / "index.js"]
 STATIC.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ def run(self):
             logging.error("`npm` unavailable.")
         else:
             logging.info("Running `npm install`. This may take a while.")
-            cwd = Path(__file__).parent / "js"
-            run(["npm", "install"], cwd=cwd, check=True)
+            run(["npm", "install"], cwd="js", check=True)
 
         if missing := [i for i in TARGETS if not i.is_file()]:
             raise ValueError("Missing files: %s" % missing)