diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 1149be7f..3039f1bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build-polypheny
     steps:
-      - name: Set stroe env variable
+      - name: Set store env variable
         run: |
             echo "DEFAULT_STORE=${{ matrix.adapter }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0149373a..190a2563 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 import os
-from setuptools import setup
+import sys
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+THIS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+CONNECTOR_SRC_DIR = os.path.join(THIS_DIR, "polypheny")
+
+VERSION = (1, 1, 1, None)  # Default
+VERSION = "v1.1.1" # Default
+
 
 version_file = 'polypheny-connector-version.txt'
 
-if not os.path.exists(version_file):
-    raise ValueError(f"Version file '{version_file}' not found. Please create the file with the version number.")
+# necessary for automated build pipeline
+if os.path.exists(version_file):
+    with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
+        version = f.read().strip()
+
+else:
+    version = VERSION
+    #raise ValueError(f"Version file '{version_file}' not found. Please create the file with the version number.")
 
-with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
-    version = f.read().strip()
 
-print(f"Building version: {version}")
+#print(f"Building version: {version}")
 
 if not version.startswith('v'):
     raise ValueError(f"Invalid version format: {version}. Expected format 'v0.0.0'.")
@@ -17,14 +29,34 @@
 # Strip the 'v' prefix for the version
 version = version[1:]
 
-with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
+
+### Parse command line flags
+
+# This list defines the options definitions in a set
+options_def = {
+    "--debug",
+}
+
+# Options is the final parsed command line options
+options = {e.lstrip("-"): False for e in options_def}
+
+
+for flag in options_def:
+    if flag in sys.argv:
+        options[flag.lstrip("-")] = True
+        sys.argv.remove(flag)
+
+
+def readme():
+    with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, 'README.md'), encoding="utf-8" ) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
 
 setup(
     name='polypheny',
     version=version,
     description='Driver for Polypheny',
-    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description=readme(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author="The Polypheny Project",
     author_email="mail@polypheny.org",
@@ -35,7 +67,15 @@
         "Issue tracker": "https://github.com/polypheny/Polypheny-DB/labels/A-python"
     },
     license="Apache License, Version 2.0",
-    packages=['polypheny'],
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    command_options={
+        'build_sphinx': {
+            'version': ('setup.py', version),
+            'release': ('setup.py', version),
+        },
+    },
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "polypheny-prism-api==1.9",
     ],