diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/publish.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3d65b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
+on:
+    release:
+        types:
+            - published
+jobs:
+    publish:
+        name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            contents: write
+            packages: write
+            id-token: write 
+        environment:
+            name: testpypi
+            url: https://test.pypi.org/p/polypheny-prism-api
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            - name: Set up Python 3.8
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              with:
+                  python-version: 3.8
+            - name: Set Version
+              id: version
+              run: |
+                  if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "release" && "${{ github.event.action }}" == "published" ]]; then
+                      echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  else
+                      TIMESTAMP=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
+                      echo "VERSION=0.0.dev${TIMESTAMP}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  fi
+            - name: Download protobuf for Linux
+              run: |
+                  curl -LO https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v26.0/protoc-26.0-linux-x86_64.zip
+                  unzip protoc-26.0-linux-x86_64.zip
+            - name: Build Protobuf Files
+              run: bin/protoc --experimental_allow_proto3_optional -I . --python_out . org/polypheny/prism/*.proto
+            - name: Build package
+              run: python setup.py sdist
+              env:
+                  VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+#            - name: Publish distribution 📦 to Test PyPI
+#              uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+#              with:
+#                  repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+            - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+              uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 970df6d..dfb13e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 import os
+import sys
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = os.getenv('version', '0.0')
-major, minor = version.split('.')
+# Retrieve 'VERSION' environment variable, default to '0.0' if not found.
+version = os.getenv('VERSION', '0.0')
+
+# Attempt to split the version number, default to '0' for both if it fails
+try:
+    major, minor = version.split('.')
+except ValueError:
+    major, minor = '0', '0'  # Default to '0.0' if the version isn't in a 'major.minor' format
+
 
 with open('org/polypheny/prism/version.py', 'w') as f:
     f.write(f'MAJOR_VERSION = {major}\n')
     f.write(f'MINOR_VERSION = {minor}\n')
 
-setup(name='polyphenyprism',
+
+with open('README.md', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+setup(name='polypheny-prism-api',
       version=version,
-      description='Protobuf files for Polypheny',
+      description='Polypheny Prism API files for Python',
+      long_description=long_description,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       packages=['org/polypheny/prism'],
       install_requires=[
           "protobuf==4.24.3",