diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ pip install py2cytoscape
 
 visJS2jupyter supports both Python 2.7 and 3.4.
 
-You can install visJS2jupyter using pip:
+You can install visJS2jupyter using pip github install (PyPI package upload is depricated and will not work):
 
 ```
-pip install visJS2jupyter
+pip install git+https://github.com/uscd-ccbb/visJS2jupyter
 ```
 
 In your Jupyter notebook, first import matplotlib:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c4a60
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+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(name = 'visJS2jupyter',
+	packages=find_packages(exclude=[]),
+	install_requires=['matplotlib','networkx','py2cytoscape']
+
+)