diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5bd4fb0f4d5644fd884ad06240ef4548532cd93..39c35a55b230d6dc0b6bbe8928a3cd175d4518f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-venv/
-.idea/
-__pycache__/
+**/*.egg-info
+venv
+**/.idea
+**/__pycache__
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1cdfffa588274e0bb9d489628bcfaa1b71fada6b..dcba50b133889523e9e999d9c1f67382f1eed54f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ Currently there is only support for the Mattermost instance of the FeM e.V.
 
 Implementing support for other platforms would be possible if needed.
 
+
+Getting started
+---------------
+
+* `git clone ...`
+* `pip install -e .`
+* `python3 -m translation_bot`
+* add json file for bot configuration. see main.py and understand the code and read mmpy bot docu for documentation
+
 Git-Workflow
 ------------
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ea5b7b9098233467f179257e036dcc94863aa25..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/main.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-from mmpy_bot import Bot, Settings
-from translate import Translator
-
-bot = Bot(
-    settings=Settings(
-        MATTERMOST_URL = "https://mattermost.fem-net.de",
-        MATTERMOST_PORT = 443,
-        BOT_TOKEN = "9jpt84d4s7npu8zzz1dfemrw6h",
-        BOT_TEAM = "FeM",
-        SSL_VERIFY = True,
-    ),
-    plugins=[Translator()],
-)
-bot.run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..84bfc777d4c073c6a7eb03446084d572c6ddb10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import setuptools
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="translation_bot",
+    version="0.0.0",
+    description="mattermost translation bot",
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    install_rexuires=[
+        "mmpy_bot"   
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/translation_bot/__init__.py b/translation_bot/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/translation_bot/__main__.py b/translation_bot/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..687b4ce973f72af8ad8db8d04627f5cf95746d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translation_bot/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .main import bot
+
+bot.run()
diff --git a/translation_bot/main.py b/translation_bot/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df9ef11e0026c6f52c548160df453c026226dd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translation_bot/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from mmpy_bot import Bot, Settings
+from .translate import Translator
+import json
+
+with open("bot_settings.json", "r") as file:
+    lines = file.read()
+
+bot_settings = json.loads(lines)
+
+bot = Bot(
+    settings=Settings(
+        MATTERMOST_URL = bot_settings["mattormost_url"], 
+        MATTERMOST_PORT = bot_settings["mattermost_port"],
+        BOT_TOKEN = bot_settings["bot_token"],
+        BOT_TEAM = bot_settings["bot_team"],
+        SSL_VERIFY = bot_settings["ssl_verify"],
+    ),
+    plugins=[Translator()],
+)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    bot.run()
diff --git a/translate.py b/translation_bot/translate.py
similarity index 62%
rename from translate.py
rename to translation_bot/translate.py
index d4768b28a59283486520075888327909bb0febc2..e23ca7f856ede7f98e30f73cb514325ee4d0a84c 100644
--- a/translate.py
+++ b/translation_bot/translate.py
@@ -8,27 +8,32 @@ class Translator(Plugin):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
-        self.handle_command_translate.docstring = "translate an own post. Syntax: !tr <source lang code> <target lang code> <text to translate>; e.g. '!tr en de I am a happy text.' will be translated from english to german."
 #        self.handle_command_translate_thread.docstring = "translate a thread. Answer to a message of the thread you want to translate. Arguments: `<source lang code>` `<target lang code>`"
 
     @listen_to(r"\A!tr ")
     async def handle_command_translate(self, message: Message):
+        """translate an own post. Syntax: !tr <source lang code> <target lang code> <text to translate>; e.g. '!tr en de I am a happy text.' will be translated from english to german."""
+
         if message.sender_name != "System":
 
             # parse regex
             match = re.compile(r"\A!tr (\w+) (\w+) (.*)").match(message.text)
             
-            source_lang = match.group(1)
-            target_lang = match.group(2)
-
-            text_to_translate = match.group(3) 
-
-            # translate
-            translated_text = self.translate(text_to_translate, source_lang, target_lang) 
-            translated_text = "(translated: " + source_lang + " into " + target_lang + ")\n" + translated_text
-
-            # post message
-            self.driver.reply_to(message, translated_text)
+            if not match:
+                self.driver.reply_to(message, "Invalid command. Type '!help'.")
+
+            else:
+                source_lang = match.group(1)
+                target_lang = match.group(2)
+    
+                text_to_translate = match.group(3) 
+    
+                # translate
+                translated_text = self.translate(text_to_translate, source_lang, target_lang) 
+                translated_text = "(translated: " + source_lang + " into " + target_lang + ")\n" + translated_text
+    
+                # post message
+                self.driver.reply_to(message, translated_text)
 
 #    @listen_to(r"\A!trt ")
 #    def handle_command_translate_thread(self, message: Message):