diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# release to pypi!
+
+rm -rf dist
+python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine upload dist/*
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
+
+def long_description():
+    with open("README.md") as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="twitter_archive_unshorten",
+    version=__version__,
+    author="Ed Summers",
+    author_email="ehs@pobox.com",
+    license="MIT",
+    py_modules=["twitter_archive_unshorten"],
+    url="https://github.com/docnow/twitter_archive_unshorten",
+    description="Unshorten the URLs in your Twitter archive",
+    long_description=long_description(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    python_requires=">3.5.0",
+    zip_safe=True,
+    entry_points="""
+        [console_scripts]
+        "twitter_archive_unshorten" = twitter_archive_unshorten:main
+    """,
+)