diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da9d421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name='ttbp',
+    version='0.10.0',
+    description='command line social blogging tool used on tilde.town',
+    url='https://github.com/modgethanc/ttbp',
+    author='~endorphant',
+    author_email='endorphant@tilde.town',
+    license='MIT',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Topic :: Artistic Software',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+    ],
+    keywords='blog',
+    packages=['ttbp'],
+    install_requires = [
+        'inflect==0.2.5',
+        'mistune==0.8.1'
+    ],
+    include_package_data = True,
+    entry_points = {
+          'console_scripts': [
+              'feels = ttbp.ttbp:start',
+              'ttbp = ttbp.ttbp:start',
+          ]
+    },
+)
diff --git a/ttbp/__init__.py b/ttbp/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/bin/_ttbp.py b/ttbp/_ttbp.py
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rename from bin/_ttbp.py
rename to ttbp/_ttbp.py
diff --git a/ttbp/chatter.py b/ttbp/chatter.py
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index 0000000..ed2bbda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttbp/chatter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import json
+import os
+import random
+
+DEFAULT_LANG = {
+    "greet":[
+        "hi",
+        "hey",
+        "howdy",
+        "good morning",
+        "good afternoon",
+        "good day",
+        "good evening",
+        "welcome back",
+        "nice to see you"
+    ],
+    "bye":[
+        "see you later, space cowboy",
+        "bye, townie",
+        "until next time, friend",
+        "come back whenever"
+    ],
+    "friend":[
+        "friend",
+        "pal",
+        "buddy",
+        "townie"
+    ],
+    "months":{
+        "01":"january",
+        "02":"february",
+        "03":"march",
+        "04":"april",
+        "05":"may",
+        "06":"june",
+        "07":"july",
+        "08":"august",
+        "09":"september",
+        "10":"october",
+        "11":"november",
+        "12":"december"
+  }
+}
+
+if os.path.exists("/home/endorphant/lib/python/chatterlib.json"):
+    with open("/home/endorphant/lib/python/chatterlib.json", 'r') as f:
+        LANG = json.load(f)
+else:
+    LANG = DEFAULT_LANG
+
+def say(keyword):
+    '''
+    takes a keyword and randomly returns from language dictionary to match that keyword
+
+    returns None if keyword doesn't exist
+
+    TODO: validate keyword?
+    '''
+
+    return random.choice(LANG.get(keyword))
+
+def month(num):
+    '''
+    takes a MM and returns lovercase full name of that month
+
+    TODO: validate num?
+    '''
+
+    return LANG["months"].get(num)
diff --git a/bin/config/banner-beta.txt b/ttbp/config/banner-beta.txt
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rename from bin/config/banner-beta.txt
rename to ttbp/config/banner-beta.txt
diff --git a/bin/config/banner.txt b/ttbp/config/banner.txt
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rename from bin/config/banner.txt
rename to ttbp/config/banner.txt
diff --git a/bin/config/defaults/footer.txt b/ttbp/config/defaults/footer.txt
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rename from bin/config/defaults/footer.txt
rename to ttbp/config/defaults/footer.txt
diff --git a/bin/config/defaults/header.txt b/ttbp/config/defaults/header.txt
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rename from bin/config/defaults/header.txt
rename to ttbp/config/defaults/header.txt
diff --git a/bin/config/defaults/style.css b/ttbp/config/defaults/style.css
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rename from bin/config/defaults/style.css
rename to ttbp/config/defaults/style.css
diff --git a/bin/core.py b/ttbp/core.py
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rename from bin/core.py
rename to ttbp/core.py
diff --git a/bin/ttbp.py b/ttbp/ttbp.py
similarity index 99%
rename from bin/ttbp.py
rename to ttbp/ttbp.py
index bcfc0a5..28b8231 100644
--- a/bin/ttbp.py
+++ b/ttbp/ttbp.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 the complete codebase is available at:
 https://github.com/modgethanc/ttbp
 '''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 import random
@@ -41,12 +42,13 @@ import json
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText;
 import re
 
-import core
-import chatter
 import inflect
-import util
 
-__version__ = "0.9.2"
+from . import core
+from . import chatter
+from . import util
+
+__version__ = "0.10.0"
 __author__ = "endorphant <endorphant@tilde.town)"
 
 ## system globals
diff --git a/bin/update.py b/ttbp/update.py
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rename from bin/update.py
rename to ttbp/update.py
diff --git a/bin/util.py b/ttbp/util.py
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rename from bin/util.py
rename to ttbp/util.py