diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e7990fa57df2de68996a13e3e8fecb005a62b20..ea4b5423fc44e409b96c6051207fa6ba96009f6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-*/.idea/*
-*.idea
-*__pycache__*
\ No newline at end of file
+*__pycache__*
+
+# IDE profile files
+.idea/*
+
+# build and conda-build artifacts
+build/*
+dist/*
+*.egg-info/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15b6a17c664e94f3c47256e16d5000d0cb1c5f79..42c122bfa8b55e0b5388e091672e28607d18b728 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "model_server_package_rhodes"
-version = "0.0.1"
+name = "model_server"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+version = "2024.xx.xx"
 authors = [
   { name="Christopher Rhodes", email="christopher.rhodes@embl.de" },
 ]