diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 4483e68..fab72cf 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ extend-select = B950
 extend-ignore = E203,E501,E701
 
 per-file-ignores = */__init__.py:F401
+
+exclude =
+    __pycache__
+    dist,
+    venv
diff --git a/.isort.cfg b/.isort.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39b73a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.isort.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[settings]
+profile = black
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6163d4e..1833e97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-[tool.isort]
-profile = "black"
-
 [tool.black]
 target-version = ["py38", "py39", "py310", "py311"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b66d7a2..8628987 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-_version = { }
-
-with open("bfxapi/_version.py", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-    exec(f.read(), _version)
+from bfxapi._version import __version__
 
 setup(
     name="bitfinex-api-py",
-    version=_version["__version__"],
+    version=__version__,
     description="Official Bitfinex Python API",
-    long_description="A Python reference implementation of the Bitfinex API for both REST and websocket interaction",
+    long_description=(
+        "A Python reference implementation of the Bitfinex API "
+        "for both REST and websocket interaction."
+    ),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/bitfinexcom/bitfinex-api-py",
     author="Bitfinex",
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@ setup(
     license="Apache-2.0",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
-
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -51,5 +48,5 @@ setup(
         "requests~=2.28.1",
         "urllib3~=1.26.14",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8"
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
+)