diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 76fdf13..de3142a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bmake -C build test
 
   build_and_test_python:
+    needs: build_and_test
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r python/requirements.txt
 
       - name: build
-        run: CC=${COMPILER} ${PYTHON_CMD} python/setup.py build
+        run: CC=${COMPILER} ${PYTHON_CMD} setup.py build sdist
 
       - name: install
-        run: pip install python/
+        run: pip install dist/[Gg]722*.gz
 
       - name: test
         run: ./scripts/do-test.sh "${PYTHON_CMD} test.py"
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da83cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include g722.h g722_codec.h g722_common.h g722_decoder.h g722_encoder.h g722_private.h
+include python/requirements.txt python/symbols.map
diff --git a/python/G722_mod.c b/python/G722_mod.c
index c95e4ee..10f969e 100644
--- a/python/G722_mod.c
+++ b/python/G722_mod.c
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ PyG722_encode(PyG722* self, PyObject* args) {
         free(array);
     }
 e1:
-    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    if (!PyArray_Check(item)) {
+        Py_DECREF(seq);
+    }
 e0:
     return rval;
 }
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ PyG722_decode(PyG722* self, PyObject* args) {
     PyObject* item;
     uint8_t* buffer;
     int16_t* array;
-    Py_ssize_t length, olength, i;
+    Py_ssize_t length, olength;
 
     // Parse the input tuple to get a bytes object
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &item)) {
@@ -222,8 +224,6 @@ PyG722_decode(PyG722* self, PyObject* args) {
     return numpy_array;
 e1:
     Py_DECREF(owner);
-e0:
-    free(array);
     return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/setup.py
similarity index 63%
rename from python/setup.py
rename to setup.py
index 468ea9c..407145a 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,26 +30,28 @@
 module1 = Extension(mod_name, **mod_common_args)
 module2 = Extension(mod_name_dbg, **mod_debug_args)
 
-class PyTest(TestCommand):
-    user_options = [('pytest-args=', 'a', "Arguments to pass to pytest")]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        TestCommand.initialize_options(self)
-        self.pytest_args = []
-
-    def run_tests(self):
-        import pytest
-        errno = pytest.main(self.pytest_args)
-        exit(errno)
-
 requirements = [x.strip() for x in open(mod_dir + "requirements.txt", "r").readlines()]
+with open(src_dir + "README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+kwargs = {
+      'name':mod_name,
+      'version':'1.1',
+      'description':'This is a package for G.722 module',
+      'long_description': long_description,
+      'long_description_content_type': "text/markdown",
+      'author':'Maksym Sobolyev',
+      'author_email':'sobomax@sippysoft.com',
+      'url':'https://github.com/sippy/libg722',
+      'ext_modules': [module1, module2],
+      'python_requires': '>=3.10',
+      'install_requires': requirements,
+      'classifiers': [
+            'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+            'Operating System :: POSIX',
+            'Programming Language :: C',
+            'Programming Language :: Python'
+      ]
+}
 
-setup (name = mod_name,
-       version = '1.0',
-       description = 'This is a package for G.722 module',
-       ext_modules = [module1, module2],
-       tests_require=['pytest'],
-       cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
-       install_requires = requirements,
-)
-
+setup (**kwargs)