diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f7b029b..ef2ccce3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ __pycache__
 .coverage
 .tox/
 .cache/
+
+/hyper/version.py
diff --git a/.travis/install.sh b/.travis/install.sh
index d7423ce7..56bfca2d 100755
--- a/.travis/install.sh
+++ b/.travis/install.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ if [[ "$HYPER_FAST_PARSE" = true ]]; then
     pip install pycohttpparser~=1.0
 fi
 
-pip install -U setuptools
-pip install .
+pip install -U pip
+pip install -U setuptools wheel build
+python3 -m build -nwx .
+pip install --upgrade ./dist/*.whl
 pip install -r test_requirements.txt
 pip install flake8
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 99dce29d..9a158be5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Hyper: HTTP/2 Client for Python
 
 **This project is no longer maintained!**
 
+@Lukasa has long dropped its maintainment.
+The last maintainer was @Kriechi. He now has an own project, `HTTPX`_, that also supports HTTP/2 and is partially based on libs that were used in hyper, and now he develops it.
+
+He has left the message
+
 Please use an alternative, such as `HTTPX`_ or others.
 
 .. _HTTPX: https://www.python-httpx.org/
@@ -18,6 +23,12 @@ Potential security issues will not be addressed.
 
 ----
 
+and archived the project.
+
+This fork is "maintained" by @KOLANICH. I don't really develop it, just add the stuff I need personally.
+
+
+
 .. image:: https://raw.github.com/Lukasa/hyper/development/docs/source/images/hyper.png
 
 HTTP is changing under our feet. HTTP/1.1, our old friend, is being
diff --git a/hyper/__init__.py b/hyper/__init__.py
index 99044881..73a7caaa 100644
--- a/hyper/__init__.py
+++ b/hyper/__init__.py
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
 # Set default logging handler.
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0dev0'
+from .version import __version__
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63f88577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=44", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "hyper/version.py"
+write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 53d397a8..79244198 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
+[metadata]
+name = hyper
+version = attr: setup.__version__
+author = Cory Benfield
+author_email = cory@lukasa.co.uk
+license = MIT License
+description = HTTP/2 Client for Python
+long_description = file: README.rst, HISTORY.rst
+url = http://hyper.rtfd.org
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
+
+[options]
+packages =
+    hyper
+    hyper.http20
+    hyper.common
+    hyper.http11
+install_requires =
+    h2>=2.4,<3.0,!=2.5.0
+    hyperframe>=3.2,<4.0
+    rfc3986>=1.1.0,<2.0
+    brotlipy>=0.7.0
+    pyOpenSSL>=0.15; python_full_version < "2.7.9" # Fallback to good SSL on bad Python versions.
+    service_identity>=14.0.0; python_full_version < "2.7.9"
+    cryptography<1.0; platform_python_implementation == "pypy" and python_full_version < "2.7.9" # PyPy with bad SSL modules will likely also need the cryptography module at lower than 1.0, because it doesn't support CFFI v1.0 yet.
+    enum34>=1.0.4, <2; python_version == "2.7" or python_version == "3.3"
+
+include_package_data = True
+tests_require = pytest; requests; mock
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts = hyper = hyper.cli:main
+
+[options.extras_require]
+fast = pycohttpparser
+
+[options.package_data]
+"" = 
+    LICENSE
+    README.rst
+    CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+    HISTORY.rst
+    NOTICES
+
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
 
 [flake8]
-max-complexity = 15
+max-complexity = 15
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cd8d21..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-
-from setuptools import setup
-from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
-
-
-class PyTest(TestCommand):
-    user_options = [('pytest-args=', 'a', "Arguments to pass to py.test")]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.initialize_options(self)
-        self.pytest_args = ['test/']
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
-        self.test_args = []
-        self.test_suite = True
-
-    def run_tests(self):
-        # import here, cause outside the eggs aren't loaded
-        import pytest
-        errno = pytest.main(self.pytest_args)
-        sys.exit(errno)
-
-
-# Get the version
-version_regex = r'__version__ = ["\']([^"\']*)["\']'
-with open('hyper/__init__.py', 'r') as f:
-    text = f.read()
-    match = re.search(version_regex, text)
-
-    if match:
-        version = match.group(1)
-    else:
-        raise RuntimeError("No version number found!")
-
-# Stealing this from Kenneth Reitz
-if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
-    os.system('python setup.py sdist upload')
-    sys.exit()
-
-
-packages = [
-    'hyper',
-    'hyper.http20',
-    'hyper.common',
-    'hyper.http11',
-]
-
-setup(
-    name='hyper',
-    version=version,
-    description='HTTP/2 Client for Python',
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read() + '\n\n' + open('HISTORY.rst').read(),
-    author='Cory Benfield',
-    author_email='cory@lukasa.co.uk',
-    url='http://hyper.rtfd.org',
-    packages=packages,
-    package_data={'': ['LICENSE', 'README.rst', 'CONTRIBUTORS.rst', 'HISTORY.rst', 'NOTICES']},
-    package_dir={'hyper': 'hyper'},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    license='MIT License',
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-    ],
-    install_requires=[
-        'h2>=2.4,<3.0,!=2.5.0', 'hyperframe>=3.2,<4.0', 'rfc3986>=1.1.0,<2.0', 'brotlipy>=0.7.0,<1.0'
-    ],
-    tests_require=['pytest', 'requests', 'mock'],
-    cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
-    entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'hyper = hyper.cli:main',
-        ],
-    },
-    extras_require={
-        'fast': ['pycohttpparser'],
-        # Fallback to good SSL on bad Python versions.
-        ':python_full_version < "2.7.9"': [
-            'pyOpenSSL>=0.15', 'service_identity>=14.0.0'
-        ],
-        # PyPy with bad SSL modules will likely also need the cryptography
-        # module at lower than 1.0, because it doesn't support CFFI v1.0 yet.
-        ':platform_python_implementation == "PyPy" and python_full_version < "2.7.9"': [
-            'cryptography<1.0'
-        ],
-        ':python_version == "2.7" or python_version == "3.3"': ['enum34>=1.0.4, <2']
-    }
-)