diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.sh b/.github/workflows/setup.sh
index 2324c371..27a7f8d4 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pacman --noconfirm -Syu
 # main dependencies
 pacman --noconfirm -Sy base-devel devtools git pyalpm python-cerberus python-inflection python-passlib python-requests python-srcinfo python-systemd sudo
 # make dependencies
-pacman --noconfirm -Sy python-build python-installer python-wheel
+pacman --noconfirm -Sy python-build python-flit python-installer python-wheel
 # optional dependencies
 if [[ -z $MINIMAL_INSTALL ]]; then
     # VCS support
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d9964d94..3ea34628 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ COPY "docker/install-aur-package.sh" "/usr/local/bin/install-aur-package"
 ## install package dependencies
 ## darcs is not installed by reasons, because it requires a lot haskell packages which dramatically increase image size
 RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm --asdeps devtools git pyalpm python-cerberus python-inflection python-passlib python-requests python-srcinfo && \
-    pacman -Sy --noconfirm --asdeps python-build python-installer python-wheel && \
+    pacman -Sy --noconfirm --asdeps python-build python-flit python-installer python-wheel && \
     pacman -Sy --noconfirm --asdeps breezy mercurial python-aiohttp python-aiohttp-cors python-boto3 python-cryptography python-jinja python-requests-unixsocket python-systemd rsync subversion && \
     runuser -u build -- install-aur-package python-aioauth-client python-aiohttp-apispec-git python-aiohttp-jinja2  \
                                             python-aiohttp-debugtoolbar python-aiohttp-session python-aiohttp-security
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm --asdeps devtools git pyalpm python-cerberus python-i
 COPY --chown=build . "/home/build/ahriman"
 ## create package archive and install it
 RUN cd "/home/build/ahriman" && \
-    make VERSION=$(python -c "from src.ahriman.version import __version__; print(__version__)") archlinux && \
+    make VERSION=$(python -c "from src.ahriman import __version__; print(__version__)") archlinux && \
     cp ./*-src.tar.xz "package/archlinux" && \
     cd "package/archlinux" && \
     runuser -u build -- makepkg --noconfirm --install --skipchecksums && \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca03e19e..d263636d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PROJECT := ahriman
 
-FILES := AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING Makefile README.md SECURITY.md docs package src setup.py tox.ini web.png
+FILES := AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING Makefile README.md SECURITY.md docs package pyproject.toml src tox.ini web.png
 TARGET_FILES := $(addprefix $(PROJECT)/, $(FILES))
 IGNORE_FILES := package/archlinux src/.mypy_cache
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ html: specification
 	tox -e docs-html
 
 push: specification archlinux
-	git add package/archlinux/PKGBUILD src/ahriman/version.py docs/ahriman-architecture.svg docs/ahriman.1 docs/completions/
+	git add package/archlinux/PKGBUILD src/ahriman/__init__.py docs/ahriman-architecture.svg package/share/man/man1/ahriman.1 package/share/bash-completion/completions/_ahriman package/share/zsh/site-functions/_ahriman
 	git commit -m "Release $(VERSION)"
 	git tag "$(VERSION)"
 	git push
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ version:
 ifndef VERSION
 	$(error VERSION is required, but not set)
 endif
-	sed -i 's/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = "$(VERSION)"/' src/ahriman/version.py
+	sed -i 's/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = "$(VERSION)"/' src/ahriman/__init__.py
diff --git a/docs/ahriman.rst b/docs/ahriman.rst
index dfec08f9..63f24be2 100644
--- a/docs/ahriman.rst
+++ b/docs/ahriman.rst
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@ Subpackages
    ahriman.models
    ahriman.web
 
-Submodules
-----------
-
-ahriman.version module
-----------------------
-
-.. automodule:: ahriman.version
-   :members:
-   :no-undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
-
 Module contents
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 45586562..38ed6d92 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from ahriman.version import __version__
+from ahriman import __version__
 
 
 basedir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "src"
diff --git a/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index ece2e6b1..e68dd738 100644
--- a/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman"
 license=('GPL3')
 depends=('devtools>=1:1.0.0' 'git' 'pyalpm' 'python-cerberus' 'python-inflection' 'python-passlib' 'python-requests' 'python-srcinfo')
-makedepends=('python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-wheel')
+makedepends=('python-build' 'python-flit' 'python-installer' 'python-wheel')
 optdepends=('breezy: -bzr packages support'
             'darcs: -darcs packages support'
             'mercurial: -hg packages support'
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ package() {
 
   python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" "dist/$pkgname-$pkgver-py3-none-any.whl"
 
-  # python-installer actually thinks that you cannot just copy files to root
-  # thus we need to copy them manually
+  # thanks too PEP517, which we all wanted, you need to install data files manually nowadays
+  pushd package && find . -type f -exec install -Dm644 "{}" "$pkgdir/usr/{}" \; && popd
+
+  # keep usr/share configs as reference and copy them to /etc
   install -Dm644 "$pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/settings/ahriman.ini" "$pkgdir/etc/ahriman.ini"
   install -Dm644 "$pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/settings/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini" "$pkgdir/etc/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini"
 
diff --git a/package/bin/ahriman b/package/bin/ahriman
deleted file mode 100755
index 34fe177f..00000000
--- a/package/bin/ahriman
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-exec python -B -m ahriman.application.ahriman "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/completions/bash/_ahriman b/package/share/bash-completion/completions/_ahriman
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/completions/bash/_ahriman
rename to package/share/bash-completion/completions/_ahriman
diff --git a/docs/ahriman.1 b/package/share/man/man1/ahriman.1
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/ahriman.1
rename to package/share/man/man1/ahriman.1
diff --git a/docs/completions/zsh/_ahriman b/package/share/zsh/site-functions/_ahriman
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/completions/zsh/_ahriman
rename to package/share/zsh/site-functions/_ahriman
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc786818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit_core"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+
+[project]
+name = "ahriman"
+
+description = "ArcH linux ReposItory MANager"
+readme = "README.md"
+
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+
+license = {file = "COPYING"}
+authors = [
+    {name = "ahriman team"},
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "cerberus",
+    "inflection",
+    "passlib",
+    "requests",
+    "srcinfo",
+]
+
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://ahriman.readthedocs.io/"
+Repository = "https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/releases"
+
+[project.scripts]
+ahriman = "ahriman.application.ahriman:run"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+check = [
+    "autopep8",
+    "bandit",
+    "mypy",
+    "pylint",
+]
+ docs = [
+     "Sphinx",
+     "argparse-manpage",
+     "pydeps",
+     "shtab",
+     "sphinx-argparse",
+     "sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.1.1",  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/74355734
+ ]
+journald = [
+    "systemd-python",
+]
+# FIXME technically this dependency is required, but in some cases we do not have access to
+# the libalpm which is required in order to install the package. Thus in case if we do not
+# really need to run the application we can move it to "optional" dependencies
+pacman = [
+    "pyalpm",
+]
+s3 = [
+    "boto3",
+]
+tests = [
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-aiohttp",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-helpers-namespace",
+    "pytest-mock",
+    "pytest-resource-path",
+    "pytest-spec",
+]
+web = [
+    "Jinja2",
+    "aioauth-client",
+    "aiohttp",
+    "aiohttp-apispec",
+    "aiohttp_cors",
+    "aiohttp_jinja2",
+    "aiohttp_debugtoolbar",
+    "aiohttp_session",
+    "aiohttp_security",
+    "cryptography",
+    "requests-unixsocket",  # required by unix socket support
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9125e058..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-from typing import Any
-
-
-metadata_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "src/ahriman/version.py"
-metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
-with metadata_path.open() as metadata_file:
-    exec(metadata_file.read(), metadata)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
-
-
-setup(
-    name="ahriman",
-
-    version=metadata["__version__"],
-    zip_safe=False,
-
-    description="ArcH linux ReposItory MANager",
-
-    author="ahriman team",
-    author_email="",
-    url="https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman",
-
-    license="GPL3",
-
-    packages=find_packages("src"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-
-    dependency_links=[
-    ],
-    install_requires=[
-        "cerberus",
-        "inflection",
-        "passlib",
-        "requests",
-        "srcinfo",
-    ],
-    setup_requires=[
-    ],
-    tests_require=[
-        "pytest",
-        "pytest-aiohttp",
-        "pytest-cov",
-        "pytest-helpers-namespace",
-        "pytest-mock",
-        "pytest-spec",
-        "pytest-resource-path",
-    ],
-
-    include_package_data=True,
-    scripts=[
-        "package/bin/ahriman",
-    ],
-    data_files=[
-        # configuration
-        ("share/ahriman/settings", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini",
-        ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini",
-        ]),
-        # systemd files
-        ("lib/systemd/system", [
-            "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman@.service",
-            "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman@.timer",
-            "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman-web@.service",
-        ]),
-        # templates
-        ("share/ahriman/templates", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/api.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/email-index.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/error.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/shell",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/telegram-index.jinja2",
-        ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/templates/build-status", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/alerts.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/key-import-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/login-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-add-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-info-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-rebuild-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/table.jinja2",
-        ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/templates/static", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/static/favicon.ico",
-        ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/templates/utils", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/style.jinja2",
-        ]),
-        # man pages
-        ("share/man/man1", [
-            "docs/ahriman.1",
-        ]),
-        # shell completions
-        ("share/bash-completion/completions", [
-            "docs/completions/bash/_ahriman",
-        ]),
-        ("share/zsh/site-functions", [
-            "docs/completions/zsh/_ahriman",
-        ]),
-    ],
-
-    extras_require={
-        "check": [
-            "autopep8",
-            "bandit",
-            "mypy",
-            "pylint",
-        ],
-        "docs": [
-            "Sphinx",
-            "argparse-manpage",
-            "pydeps",
-            "shtab",
-            "sphinx-argparse",
-            "sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.1.1",  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/74355734
-        ],
-        "journald": [
-            "systemd-python",
-        ],
-        # FIXME technically this dependency is required, but in some cases we do not have access to
-        # the libalpm which is required in order to install the package. Thus in case if we do not
-        # really need to run the application we can move it to "optional" dependencies
-        "pacman": [
-            "pyalpm",
-        ],
-        "s3": [
-            "boto3",
-        ],
-        "tests": [
-            "pytest",
-            "pytest-aiohttp",
-            "pytest-cov",
-            "pytest-helpers-namespace",
-            "pytest-mock",
-            "pytest-resource-path",
-            "pytest-spec",
-        ],
-        "web": [
-            "Jinja2",
-            "aioauth-client",
-            "aiohttp",
-            "aiohttp-apispec",
-            "aiohttp_cors",
-            "aiohttp_jinja2",
-            "aiohttp_debugtoolbar",
-            "aiohttp_session",
-            "aiohttp_security",
-            "cryptography",
-            "requests-unixsocket",  # required by unix socket support
-        ],
-    },
-)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/__init__.py b/src/ahriman/__init__.py
index 8fc622e9..6a292068 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/__init__.py
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+__version__ = "2.10.2"
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
index c5ff1f43..af185e76 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
 #
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 import argparse
-import sys
 import tempfile
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TypeVar
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.application import handlers
 from ahriman.core.util import enum_values, extract_user
 from ahriman.models.action import Action
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ def _parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", help="force disable any logging", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--unsafe", help="allow to run ahriman as non-ahriman user. Some actions might be unavailable",
                         action="store_true")
-    parser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action="version", version=version.__version__)
+    parser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action="version", version=__version__)
 
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="command", help="command to run", dest="command", required=True)
 
@@ -1000,18 +999,15 @@ def _set_web_parser(root: SubParserAction) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     return parser
 
 
-def run() -> None:
+def run() -> int:
     """
     run application instance
+
+    Returns:
+        int: application status code
     """
-    if __name__ == "__main__":
-        args_parser = _parser()
-        args = args_parser.parse_args()
+    args_parser = _parser()
+    args = args_parser.parse_args()
 
-        handler: handlers.Handler = args.handler
-        status = handler.execute(args)
-
-        sys.exit(status)
-
-
-run()
+    handler: handlers.Handler = args.handler
+    return handler.execute(args)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/service_updates.py b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/service_updates.py
index 405e9b28..1a27b3f2 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/service_updates.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/service_updates.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 import argparse
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.application.application import Application
 from ahriman.application.handlers import Handler
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ServiceUpdates(Handler):
 
         remote = Package.from_aur("ahriman", application.repository.pacman, None)
         release = remote.version.rsplit("-", 1)[-1]  # we don't store pkgrel locally, so we just append it
-        local_version = f"{version.__version__}-{release}"
+        local_version = f"{__version__}-{release}"
 
         # technically we would like to compare versions, but it is fine to raise an exception in case if locally
         # installed package is newer than in AUR
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/versions.py b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/versions.py
index af4f59e8..dbde2dbb 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/versions.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/versions.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import sys
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from importlib import metadata
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.application.handlers import Handler
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.formatters import VersionPrinter
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Versions(Handler):
             configuration(Configuration): configuration instance
             report(bool): force enable or disable reporting
         """
-        VersionPrinter(f"Module version {version.__version__}",
+        VersionPrinter(f"Module version {__version__}",
                        {"Python": sys.version}).print(verbose=False, separator=" ")
         packages = Versions.package_dependencies("ahriman")
         VersionPrinter("Installed packages", dict(packages)).print(verbose=False, separator=" ")
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/lock.py b/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
index 88197518..5ec58764 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/lock.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import argparse
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Literal, Self
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import DuplicateRunError
 from ahriman.core.log import LazyLogging
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ class Lock(LazyLogging):
         check web server version
         """
         status = self.reporter.get_internal()
-        if status.version is not None and status.version != version.__version__:
+        if status.version is not None and status.version != __version__:
             self.logger.warning("status watcher version mismatch, our %s, their %s",
-                                version.__version__, status.version)
+                                __version__, status.version)
 
     def check_user(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
index bbf88e49..bcd150d1 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.core.alpm.pacman import Pacman
 from ahriman.core.log import LazyLogging
 from ahriman.models.aur_package import AURPackage
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Remote(LazyLogging):
         directly, whereas ``multisearch`` splits search one by one and finds intersection between search results.
     """
 
-    DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = f"ahriman/{version.__version__}"
+    DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
 
     @classmethod
     def info(cls, package_name: str, *, pacman: Pacman) -> AURPackage:
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
index 44a98d07..55e1cdc4 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import requests
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus as urlencode
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.log import LazyLogging
 from ahriman.core.status.client import Client
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ class WebClient(Client, LazyLogging):
         if use_unix_socket:
             import requests_unixsocket  # type: ignore[import]
             session: requests.Session = requests_unixsocket.Session()
-            session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{version.__version__}"
+            session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
             return session
 
         session = requests.Session()
-        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{version.__version__}"
+        session.headers["User-Agent"] = f"ahriman/{__version__}"
         self._login(session)
 
         return session
diff --git a/src/ahriman/models/user.py b/src/ahriman/models/user.py
index 08bc58c9..494a5685 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/models/user.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/models/user.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
+from secrets import token_urlsafe as generate_password
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from passlib.hash import sha512_crypt
-from passlib.pwd import genword as generate_password
 from typing import Self
 
 from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ class User:
         Returns:
             str: random string which contains letters and numbers
         """
-        password: str = generate_password(length=length)
-        return password
+        return generate_password(length)[:length]
 
     def check_credentials(self, password: str, salt: str) -> bool:
         """
diff --git a/src/ahriman/version.py b/src/ahriman/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a292068..00000000
--- a/src/ahriman/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 ahriman team.
-#
-# This file is part of ahriman
-# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-__version__ = "2.10.2"
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/apispec.py b/src/ahriman/web/apispec.py
index 6295c6ac..a7ccc918 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/apispec.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/apispec.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import aiohttp_apispec  # type: ignore[import]
 from aiohttp.web import Application
 from typing import Any
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def _info() -> dict[str, Any]:
             "name": "GPL3",
             "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arcan1s/ahriman/master/COPYING",
         },
-        "version": version.__version__,
+        "version": __version__,
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/schemas/internal_status_schema.py b/src/ahriman/web/schemas/internal_status_schema.py
index 537db1af..0515a3e5 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/schemas/internal_status_schema.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/schemas/internal_status_schema.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 from marshmallow import Schema, fields
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.web.schemas.counters_schema import CountersSchema
 from ahriman.web.schemas.status_schema import StatusSchema
 
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ class InternalStatusSchema(Schema):
     })
     version = fields.String(required=True, metadata={
         "description": "Repository version",
-        "example": version.__version__,
+        "example": __version__,
     })
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/schemas/package_schema.py b/src/ahriman/web/schemas/package_schema.py
index 5747fcb8..69095173 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/schemas/package_schema.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/schemas/package_schema.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 from marshmallow import Schema, fields
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.web.schemas.package_properties_schema import PackagePropertiesSchema
 from ahriman.web.schemas.remote_schema import RemoteSchema
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class PackageSchema(Schema):
     })
     version = fields.String(required=True, metadata={
         "description": "Package version",
-        "example": version.__version__,
+        "example": __version__,
     })
     remote = fields.Nested(RemoteSchema(), required=True, metadata={
         "description": "Package remote properties",
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/status/status.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/status/status.py
index fee72c47..c74688f0 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/views/status/status.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/status/status.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import aiohttp_apispec  # type: ignore[import]
 
 from aiohttp.web import HTTPBadRequest, HTTPNoContent, Response, json_response
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
 from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class StatusView(BaseView):
             architecture=self.service.architecture,
             packages=counters,
             repository=self.service.repository.name,
-            version=version.__version__)
+            version=__version__,
+        )
 
         return json_response(status.view())
 
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_service_updates.py b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_service_updates.py
index 8be2729b..e6be1e33 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_service_updates.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_service_updates.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import argparse
 
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.application.handlers import ServiceUpdates
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.repository import Repository
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_run_skip(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration, reposi
     """
     must do not perform any actions if package is up-to-date
     """
-    package_ahriman.version = f"{version.__version__}-1"
+    package_ahriman.version = f"{__version__}-1"
     args = _default_args(args)
     mocker.patch("ahriman.core.repository.Repository.load", return_value=repository)
     mocker.patch("ahriman.models.package.Package.from_aur", return_value=package_ahriman)
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_shell.py b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_shell.py
index f870bc20..5a6e32c6 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_shell.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_shell.py
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ def test_run_verbose(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration, rep
     args = _default_args(args)
     args.verbose = True
     mocker.patch("ahriman.core.repository.Repository.load", return_value=repository)
+    read_mock = mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.read_text", return_value="")
     print_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.formatters.Printer.print")
     application_mock = mocker.patch("code.interact")
 
     Shell.run(args, "x86_64", configuration, report=False)
     application_mock.assert_called_once_with(local=pytest.helpers.anyvar(int))
+    read_mock.assert_called_once_with(encoding="utf8")
     print_mock.assert_called_once_with(verbose=False)
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/test_ahriman.py b/tests/ahriman/application/test_ahriman.py
index 171306ac..ee27f543 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/test_ahriman.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/test_ahriman.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
+from ahriman.application import ahriman
 from ahriman.application.handlers import Handler
 from ahriman.models.action import Action
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
@@ -822,10 +823,6 @@ def test_run(args: argparse.Namespace, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     args.architecture = "x86_64"
     args.handler = Handler
 
-    from ahriman.application import ahriman
-    mocker.patch.object(ahriman, "__name__", "__main__")
     mocker.patch("argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_args", return_value=args)
-    exit_mock = mocker.patch("sys.exit")
 
-    ahriman.run()
-    exit_mock.assert_called_once_with(1)
+    assert ahriman.run() == 1
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py b/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
index a9d9e2b9..17c5e0a0 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/test_lock.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from unittest.mock import call as MockCall
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.application.lock import Lock
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 from ahriman.core.exceptions import DuplicateRunError, UnsafeRunError
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_check_version(lock: Lock, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     must check version correctly
     """
     mocker.patch("ahriman.core.status.client.Client.get_internal",
-                 return_value=InternalStatus(status=BuildStatus(), version=version.__version__))
+                 return_value=InternalStatus(status=BuildStatus(), version=__version__))
     logging_mock = mocker.patch("logging.Logger.warning")
 
     lock.check_version()
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py b/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
index 239d1460..0ea86ccf 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/models/conftest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.models.aur_package import AURPackage
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatus, BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.counters import Counters
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def internal_status(counters: Counters) -> InternalStatus:
     return InternalStatus(status=BuildStatus(),
                           architecture="x86_64",
                           packages=counters,
-                          version=version.__version__,
+                          version=__version__,
                           repository="aur-clone")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/test_version.py b/tests/ahriman/test_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index db4279da..00000000
--- a/tests/ahriman/test_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import ahriman.version as version
-
-
-def test_version() -> None:
-    """
-    version must not be empty
-    """
-    assert getattr(version, "__version__")
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/web/test_apispec.py b/tests/ahriman/web/test_apispec.py
index 33b4ceaa..f55ce175 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/web/test_apispec.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/web/test_apispec.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import pytest
 from aiohttp.web import Application
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
-from ahriman import version
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.web.apispec import _info, _security, _servers, setup_apispec
 
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def test_info() -> None:
     """
     info = _info()
     assert info["title"] == "ahriman"
-    assert info["version"] == version.__version__
+    assert info["version"] == __version__
 
 
 def test_security() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/web/views/status/test_views_status_status.py b/tests/ahriman/web/views/status/test_views_status_status.py
index 4ee95794..a64e4a0d 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/web/views/status/test_views_status_status.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/web/views/status/test_views_status_status.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import pytest
 from aiohttp.test_utils import TestClient
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
-import ahriman.version as version
-
+from ahriman import __version__
 from ahriman.models.build_status import BuildStatusEnum
 from ahriman.models.internal_status import InternalStatus
 from ahriman.models.package import Package
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ async def test_get(client: TestClient, package_ahriman: Package) -> None:
     json = await response.json()
     assert not response_schema.validate(json)
 
-    assert json["version"] == version.__version__
+    assert json["version"] == __version__
     assert json["packages"]
     assert json["packages"]["total"] == 1
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 695512e0..02901bc6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ allowlist_externals =
 setenv =
 	SPHINX_APIDOC_OPTIONS=members,no-undoc-members,show-inheritance
 commands =
-	/bin/bash -c 'shtab --shell bash --prefix ahriman --prog ahriman ahriman.application.ahriman._parser > ../docs/completions/bash/_ahriman'
-	/bin/bash -c 'shtab --shell zsh --prefix ahriman --prog ahriman ahriman.application.ahriman._parser > ../docs/completions/zsh/_ahriman'
-	argparse-manpage --module ahriman.application.ahriman --function _parser --author "ahriman team" --project-name ahriman --author-email "" --url https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman --output ../docs/ahriman.1
+	/bin/bash -c 'shtab --shell bash --prefix ahriman --prog ahriman ahriman.application.ahriman._parser > ../package/share/bash-completion/completions/_ahriman'
+	/bin/bash -c 'shtab --shell zsh --prefix ahriman --prog ahriman ahriman.application.ahriman._parser > ../package/share/zsh/site-functions/_ahriman'
+	argparse-manpage --module ahriman.application.ahriman --function _parser --author "ahriman team" --project-name ahriman --author-email "" --url https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman --output ../package/share/man/man1/ahriman.1
 	pydeps ahriman -o ../docs/ahriman-architecture.svg --no-config --no-show --cluster
 	sphinx-apidoc -o ../docs .