diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_pyHAMS.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_pyHAMS.yml
index 16f1aa6..f702f7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI_pyHAMS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_pyHAMS.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Pip Install pyHAMS
               run: |
                   '${{ steps.cp.outputs.python-path }}' -m pip install --upgrade pip
-                  '${{ steps.cp.outputs.python-path }}' -m pip install meson-python meson numpy ninja wheel
+                  '${{ steps.cp.outputs.python-path }}' -m pip install meson-python meson numpy ninja wheel setuptools
                   '${{ steps.cp.outputs.python-path }}' -m pip install --no-build-isolation . -v
 
             - name: Test run
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e264210..92c219f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - pkg-config
   - python
+  - setuptools
diff --git a/pyhams/meson.build b/pyhams/meson.build
index ac392d4..464fbdb 100644
--- a/pyhams/meson.build
+++ b/pyhams/meson.build
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ python_sources = [
   'pyhams.py',
 ]
 
-py3.install_sources(
-  python_sources,
-  pure: false,
-  subdir: 'pyhams'
-)
+#py3.install_sources(
+#  python_sources,
+#  pure: false,
+#  subdir: 'pyhams'
+#)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b8739a..ea7d71d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-build-backend = 'mesonpy'
-requires = ["meson-python", "meson>=1.1", "numpy", "ninja", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "numpy", "ninja", "meson>=1.1", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pyHAMS"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 description = "Python module wrapping around HAMS"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
@@ -78,24 +78,25 @@ source = "https://github.com/WISDEM/pyHAMS"
 download = "https://github.com/WISDEM/pyHAMS/releases"
 tracker = "https://github.com/WISDEM/pyHAMS/issues"
 
-[tool.meson-python.args]
-setup = ['--python.install-env=auto']
-install = ['--tags=runtime,python-runtime,bin']
+# This is configuration specific to the `meson-python` build backend.
+#[tool.meson-python.args]
+#setup = ['--python.install-env=auto']
+#install = ['--tags=runtime,python-runtime,bin']
 
 # This is configuration specific to the `setuptools` build backend.
 # If you are using a different build backend, you will need to change this.
-#[tool.setuptools]
-#zip-safe = false
-#include-package-data = true
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = false
+include-package-data = true
 
-#[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-#exclude = ["Cylinder", "test"]
-#namespaces = true
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["Cylinder", "test"]
+namespaces = true
 
-#[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
 # If there are data files included in your packages that need to be
 # installed, specify them here.
-#"*" = ["*.yaml", "*.xlsx", "*.txt", "*.so", "*.lib", "*.pyd", "*.pdb", "*.dylib", "*.dll", "*.exe"]
+"*" = ["*.yaml", "*.xlsx", "*.txt", "*.so", "*.lib", "*.pyd", "*.pdb", "*.dylib", "*.dll", "*.exe"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ atomic = true
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 skip = ["pp*", "cp36-*", "cp37-*", "cp38-*", "*-win32", "*-win_arm64"] #, "*-musllinux*"]
 build-frontend = { name = "build", args = ["-w","-n"] }
-before-build = "pip install numpy ninja meson meson-python"
+before-build = "pip install numpy ninja meson meson-python setuptools wheel"
 build-verbosity = "3"
 
 # https://github.com/pdfo/pdfo