diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1521c8b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dist
diff --git a/python/damask/setup.py b/python/setup.py
similarity index 87%
rename from python/damask/setup.py
rename to python/setup.py
index f44738d38..823365d34 100644
--- a/python/damask/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    name="xxx",
+    name="damask",
     version="0.0.1",
     author="The DAMASK team",
     author_email="damask@mpie.de",
-    description="A small example package",
+    description="Python library for DAMASK",
     long_description='test',
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject",