diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jaxtorch
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "clip-jaxtorch"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "A simple jax implementation of CLIP using jaxtorch."
+authors = ["nshepperd <nshepperd@gmail.com>"]
+license = "MIT"
+readme = "README.md"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.9"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"