diff --git a/core/db.py b/core/db.py
index dc7fb9d..b7e3d5e 100644
--- a/core/db.py
+++ b/core/db.py
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ class Database(Compat):
                 database_uri = f"sqlite:///{self.path}"
                 self.type = SQLITE
             else:
-                raise NotADirectoryError(
-                    f"db_location named {self.db_location} was not created"
-                    f" - please 'mkdir {self.db_location}' and try again"
-                )
+                print(f"Creating database directory: {self.db_location}")
+                if not os.path.exists(self.db_location):
+                    os.makedirs(self.db_location)
+                # raise NotADirectoryError(
+                #     f"db_location named {self.db_location} was not created"
+                #     f" - please 'mkdir {self.db_location}' and try again"
+                # )
         self.schema = self.name
         if self.name.startswith("ext_"):
             self.schema = self.name[4:]
diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index d07f2cb..b8159aa 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ LIGHTNING_FEE_PERCENT = env.float("LIGHTNING_FEE_PERCENT", default=1.0)
 assert LIGHTNING_FEE_PERCENT >= 0, "LIGHTNING_FEE_PERCENT must be at least 0"
 LIGHTNING_RESERVE_FEE_MIN = env.float("LIGHTNING_RESERVE_FEE_MIN", default=4000)
 
-MINT_PRIVATE_KEY = env.str("MINT_PRIVATE_KEY")
+MINT_PRIVATE_KEY = env.str("MINT_PRIVATE_KEY", default=None)
 
 MINT_SERVER_HOST = env.str("MINT_SERVER_HOST", default="127.0.0.1")
 MINT_SERVER_PORT = env.int("MINT_SERVER_PORT", default=3338)
 
-MINT_HOST = env.str("MINT_HOST", default="127.0.0.1")
+MINT_HOST = env.str("MINT_HOST", default="8333.space")
 MINT_PORT = env.int("MINT_PORT", default=3338)
 
 if MINT_HOST in ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"]:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 183aa3e..0c96694 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["calle <callebtc@protonmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.7"
 requests = "2.27.1"
 pytest-asyncio = "0.19.0"
 SQLAlchemy = "1.3.24"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e17b215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+anyio==3.6.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+asgiref==3.5.2 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+attrs==22.1.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+bech32==1.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+bitstring==3.1.9 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+certifi==2022.9.14 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+cffi==1.15.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+charset-normalizer==2.0.12 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+click==8.0.4 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+colorama==0.4.5 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0" and platform_system == "Windows" or python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0" and sys_platform == "win32"
+ecdsa==0.18.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+environs==9.5.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+fastapi==0.83.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+flask==2.2.2 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+h11==0.13.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+idna==3.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+importlib-metadata==4.12.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "3.10"
+iniconfig==1.1.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+itsdangerous==2.1.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+jinja2==3.0.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+loguru==0.6.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+markupsafe==2.1.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+marshmallow==3.18.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+outcome==1.2.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+packaging==21.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pluggy==1.0.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+py==1.11.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pycparser==2.21 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pydantic==1.10.2 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pyparsing==3.0.9 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pytest-asyncio==0.19.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+pytest==7.1.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+python-dotenv==0.21.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+represent==1.6.0.post0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+requests==2.27.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+secp256k1==0.14.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+six==1.16.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+sniffio==1.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+sqlalchemy-aio==0.17.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+sqlalchemy==1.3.24 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+starlette==0.19.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+tomli==2.0.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+typing-extensions==4.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+urllib3==1.26.12 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4"
+uvicorn==0.18.3 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+werkzeug==2.2.2 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0"
+win32-setctime==1.1.0 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "4.0" and sys_platform == "win32"
+zipp==3.8.1 ; python_version >= "3.7" and python_version < "3.10"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f75582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import setuptools
+
+from os import path
+
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+with open("requirements.txt") as f:
+    requirements = f.read().splitlines()
+
+entry_points = {"console_scripts": ["cashu = wallet.cashu:cli"]}
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="cashu",
+    version="0.1.3",
+    description="Ecash wallet and mint with Bitcoin Lightning support",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/callebtc/cashu",
+    author="Calle",
+    author_email="calle@protonmail.com",
+    license="MIT",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    include_package_data=True,
+    entry_points=entry_points,
+)