diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02d5097..eb7160f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ __pycache__/
 /.env
 /MANIFEST
 /_meta.py
-/archive/__init__.py
 /build/
 /dist/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21b9cc5..b71cf2f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ clean:
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f MANIFEST _meta.py
-	rm -f archive/__init__.py
 	rm -rf dist
 	rm -rf tests/.pytest_cache
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e9a3037..e6741a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,43 +37,22 @@ class meta(setuptools.Command):
 
     description = "generate meta files"
     user_options = []
-    init_template = '''"""%(doc)s"""
-
-__version__ = "%(version)s"
-
-from archive.archive import Archive
-from archive.exception import *
-'''
     meta_template = '''
 version = "%(version)s"
 '''
 
     def initialize_options(self):
-        self.package_dir = None
+        pass
 
     def finalize_options(self):
-        self.package_dir = {}
-        if self.distribution.package_dir:
-            for name, path in self.distribution.package_dir.items():
-                self.package_dir[name] = convert_path(path)
+        pass
 
     def run(self):
         version = self.distribution.get_version()
         log.info("version: %s", version)
         values = {
             'version': version,
-            'doc': docstring,
         }
-        try:
-            pkgname = self.distribution.packages[0]
-        except IndexError:
-            log.warn("warning: no package defined")
-        else:
-            pkgdir = Path(self.package_dir.get(pkgname, pkgname))
-            if not pkgdir.is_dir():
-                pkgdir.mkdir()
-            with (pkgdir / "__init__.py").open("wt") as f:
-                print(self.init_template % values, file=f)
         with Path("_meta.py").open("wt") as f:
             print(self.meta_template % values, file=f)
 
@@ -139,6 +118,7 @@ def run(self):
         Download="https://github.com/RKrahl/archive-tools/releases/latest",
     ),
     packages = ["archive", "archive.cli", "archive.bt"],
+    package_dir = {"": "src"},
     python_requires = ">=3.6",
     install_requires = ["PyYAML", "packaging", "lark"],
     scripts = ["scripts/archive-tool.py", "scripts/backup-tool.py",
diff --git a/src/archive/__init__.py b/src/archive/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0022c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/archive/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Tools for managing archives
+
+This package provides tools for managing archives.  An archive in
+terms of this package is a (compressed) tar archive file with some
+embedded metadata on the included files.  This metadata include the
+name, file stats, and checksums of the file.
+"""
+
+from ._meta import version as __version__
+from .archive import Archive
+from .exception import *
diff --git a/archive/archive.py b/src/archive/archive.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/archive.py
rename to src/archive/archive.py
diff --git a/archive/bt/__init__.py b/src/archive/bt/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/bt/__init__.py
rename to src/archive/bt/__init__.py
diff --git a/archive/bt/config.py b/src/archive/bt/config.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/bt/config.py
rename to src/archive/bt/config.py
diff --git a/archive/bt/create.py b/src/archive/bt/create.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/bt/create.py
rename to src/archive/bt/create.py
diff --git a/archive/bt/index.py b/src/archive/bt/index.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/bt/index.py
rename to src/archive/bt/index.py
diff --git a/archive/bt/schedule.py b/src/archive/bt/schedule.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/bt/schedule.py
rename to src/archive/bt/schedule.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/__init__.py b/src/archive/cli/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/__init__.py
rename to src/archive/cli/__init__.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/check.py b/src/archive/cli/check.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/check.py
rename to src/archive/cli/check.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/create.py b/src/archive/cli/create.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/create.py
rename to src/archive/cli/create.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/diff.py b/src/archive/cli/diff.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/diff.py
rename to src/archive/cli/diff.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/find.py b/src/archive/cli/find.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/find.py
rename to src/archive/cli/find.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/info.py b/src/archive/cli/info.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/info.py
rename to src/archive/cli/info.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/ls.py b/src/archive/cli/ls.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/ls.py
rename to src/archive/cli/ls.py
diff --git a/archive/cli/verify.py b/src/archive/cli/verify.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/cli/verify.py
rename to src/archive/cli/verify.py
diff --git a/archive/config.py b/src/archive/config.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/config.py
rename to src/archive/config.py
diff --git a/archive/exception.py b/src/archive/exception.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/exception.py
rename to src/archive/exception.py
diff --git a/archive/index.py b/src/archive/index.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/index.py
rename to src/archive/index.py
diff --git a/archive/mailarchive.py b/src/archive/mailarchive.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/mailarchive.py
rename to src/archive/mailarchive.py
diff --git a/archive/manifest.py b/src/archive/manifest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/manifest.py
rename to src/archive/manifest.py
diff --git a/archive/tools.py b/src/archive/tools.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archive/tools.py
rename to src/archive/tools.py