diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-setup.yml b/.github/workflows/run-setup.yml
index 2292dde9..79bcb030 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-setup.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    container:
+      image: archlinux:latest
+      volumes:
+        - ${{ github.workspace }}:/build
+      options: --privileged -w /build
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: setup the service in arch linux container
-        run: |
-          docker run --privileged \
-          -v  ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build \
-          archlinux:latest \
-          .github/workflows/setup.sh
+        run: .github/workflows/setup.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 875be42e..bfbf56bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    container:
+      image: archlinux:latest
+      volumes:
+        - ${{ github.workspace }}:/build
+      options: -w /build
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: run check and tests in arch linux container
-        run: |
-          docker run \
-          -v  ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build \
-          archlinux:latest \
-          .github/workflows/tests.sh
+        run: .github/workflows/tests.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.sh b/.github/workflows/setup.sh
index dd048942..fccb79f9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pacman --noconfirm -Syu
 # main dependencies
 pacman --noconfirm -Sy base-devel devtools git pyalpm python-aur python-passlib python-srcinfo sudo
 # make dependencies
-pacman --noconfirm -Sy python-pip
+pacman --noconfirm -Sy python-build python-installer python-wheel
 # optional dependencies
 # VCS support
 pacman --noconfirm -Sy breezy darcs mercurial subversion
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.sh b/.github/workflows/tests.sh
index 01af64ee..864a8e0c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
 set -ex
 
 # install dependencies
-pacman --noconfirm -Syu base-devel python-pip
-
-# install python packages
-pip install -e .[web]
-pip install -e .[check]
-pip install -e .[s3]
-pip install -e .[test]
+pacman --noconfirm -Syu base-devel python-pip python-tox
 
 # run test and check targets
 make check tests
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4d5b094..2c676d87 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ ENV/
 .venv/
 
 *.tar.xz
+status_cache.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7bf68346..96f51dbe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN YAY_DIR="$(runuser -u build -- mktemp -d)" && \
     cd - && rm -r "$YAY_DIR"
 ## install package dependencies
 RUN runuser -u build -- yay --noconfirm -Sy devtools git pyalpm python-inflection python-passlib python-requests python-srcinfo && \
-    runuser -u build -- yay --noconfirm -Sy python-pip && \
+    runuser -u build -- yay --noconfirm -Sy python-build python-installer python-wheel && \
     runuser -u build -- yay --noconfirm -Sy breezy darcs mercurial python-aioauth-client python-aiohttp \
                                             python-aiohttp-debugtoolbar python-aiohttp-jinja2 python-aiohttp-security \
                                             python-aiohttp-session python-boto3 python-cryptography python-jinja \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9956c4ab..2936da0e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PROJECT := ahriman
 
-FILES := AUTHORS COPYING README.md docs package src setup.cfg setup.py web.png
+FILES := AUTHORS COPYING README.md docs package src setup.py tox.ini web.png
 TARGET_FILES := $(addprefix $(PROJECT)/, $(FILES))
 IGNORE_FILES := package/archlinux src/.mypy_cache
 
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ archive_directory: $(TARGET_FILES)
 archlinux: archive
 	sed -i "s/pkgver=[0-9.]*/pkgver=$(VERSION)/" package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
 
-check: clean mypy
-	autopep8 --exit-code --max-line-length 120 -aa -i -j 0 -r "src/$(PROJECT)" "tests/$(PROJECT)"
-	pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc "src/$(PROJECT)"
-	bandit -c .bandit.yml -r "src/$(PROJECT)"
-	bandit -c .bandit-test.yml -r "tests/$(PROJECT)"
+check: clean
+	tox -e check
 
 clean:
 	find . -type f -name "$(PROJECT)-*-src.tar.xz" -delete
@@ -42,10 +39,6 @@ directory: clean
 man:
 	cd src &&  PYTHONPATH=. 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
 
-mypy:
-	cd src && mypy --implicit-reexport --strict -p "$(PROJECT)" --install-types --non-interactive || true
-	cd src && mypy --implicit-reexport --strict -p "$(PROJECT)"
-
 push: architecture man archlinux
 	git add package/archlinux/PKGBUILD src/ahriman/version.py docs/ahriman-architecture.svg docs/ahriman.1
 	git commit -m "Release $(VERSION)"
@@ -54,7 +47,7 @@ push: architecture man archlinux
 	git push --tags
 
 tests: clean
-	python setup.py test
+	tox -e tests
 
 version:
 ifndef VERSION
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 028c049e..c7561b0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [![tests status](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml)
 [![setup status](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/run-setup.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/run-setup.yml)
+[![docker image](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/docker-image.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/actions/workflows/docker-image.yml)
 [![CodeFactor](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/arcan1s/ahriman/badge)](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/arcan1s/ahriman)
 
 Wrapper for managing custom repository inspired by [repo-scripts](https://github.com/arcan1s/repo-scripts).
diff --git a/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 64aa8934..516bc7fd 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' 'git' 'pyalpm' 'python-inflection' 'python-passlib' 'python-requests' 'python-srcinfo')
-makedepends=('python-pip')
+makedepends=('python-build' 'python-installer' 'python-wheel')
 optdepends=('breezy: -bzr packages support'
             'darcs: -darcs packages support'
             'mercurial: -hg packages support'
@@ -32,18 +32,23 @@ backup=('etc/ahriman.ini'
 build() {
   cd "$pkgname"
 
-  python setup.py build
+  python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
 }
 
 package() {
   cd "$pkgname"
 
-  python setup.py install --root="$pkgdir"
+  python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
+
+  # python-installer actually thinks that you cannot just copy files to root
+  # thus we need to copy them manually
+  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"
 
   install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname.sysusers" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/$pkgname.conf"
   install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname.tmpfiles" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/$pkgname.conf"
 }
 
-sha512sums=('6ab741bfb42f92ab00d1b6ecfc44426c00e5c433486e014efbdb585715d9a12dbbafc280e5a9f85b941c8681b13a9dad41327a3e3c44a9683ae30c1d6f017f50'
-            '13718afec2c6786a18f0b223ef8e58dccf0688bca4cdbe203f14071f5031ed20120eb0ce38b52c76cfd6e8b6581a9c9eaa2743eb11abbaca637451a84c33f075'
-            '55b20f6da3d66e7bbf2add5d95a3b60632df121717d25a993e56e737d14f51fe063eb6f1b38bd81cc32e05db01c0c1d80aaa720c45cde87f238d8b46cdb8cbc4')
+sha512sums=('112b0d8aac68e5330bbdd2b86a59c8a9af8ab7a7c636489623c8460bb90f1318585851edd2a97a8ce20e2d2ad93b847b522685df707c190aa39d23ab908fa8ef'
+            '53d37efec812afebf86281716259f9ea78a307b83897166c72777251c3eebcb587ecee375d907514781fb2a5c808cbb24ef9f3f244f12740155d0603bf213131'
+            '62b2eccc352d33853ef243c9cddd63663014aa97b87242f1b5bc5099a7dbd69ff3821f24ffc58e1b7f2387bd4e9e9712cc4c67f661b1724ad99cdf09b3717794')
diff --git a/package/etc/ahriman.ini b/package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini
similarity index 69%
rename from package/etc/ahriman.ini
rename to package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini
index 0c1caa34..38dbbbc8 100644
--- a/package/etc/ahriman.ini
+++ b/package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [settings]
-include = /etc/ahriman.ini.d
-logging = /etc/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini
+include = ahriman.ini.d
+logging = ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini
 
 [alpm]
 aur_url = https://aur.archlinux.org
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ target = console
 use_utf = yes
 
 [email]
-full_template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/repo-index.jinja2
+full_template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2
 no_empty_report = yes
-template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/email-index.jinja2
+template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/templates/email-index.jinja2
 ssl = disabled
 
 [html]
-template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/repo-index.jinja2
+template_path = /usr/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2
 
 [upload]
 target =
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ debug = no
 debug_check_host = no
 debug_allowed_hosts =
 host = 127.0.0.1
-static_path = /usr/share/ahriman/static
-templates = /usr/share/ahriman
\ No newline at end of file
+static_path = /usr/share/ahriman/templates/static
+templates = /usr/share/ahriman/templates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/etc/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini b/package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from package/etc/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini
rename to package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/build-status.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/login-modal.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/login-modal.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/build-status/login-modal.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/login-modal.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/email-index.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/email-index.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/email-index.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/email-index.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/repo-index.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/repo-index.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/static/favicon.ico b/package/share/ahriman/templates/static/favicon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/static/favicon.ico
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/static/favicon.ico
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/utils/style.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/style.jinja2
similarity index 100%
rename from package/share/ahriman/utils/style.jinja2
rename to package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/style.jinja2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 5148328a..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[aliases]
-test = pytest
-
-[tool:pytest]
-addopts = --cov=ahriman --cov-report term-missing:skip-covered --spec
-asyncio_mode = legacy
-spec_test_format = {result} {docstring_summary}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19f931aa..6d5620fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ setup(
         "srcinfo",
     ],
     setup_requires=[
-        "pytest-runner",
     ],
     tests_require=[
         "pytest",
@@ -53,33 +52,33 @@ setup(
         "package/bin/ahriman",
     ],
     data_files=[
-        ("/etc", [
-            "package/etc/ahriman.ini",
+        ("share/ahriman/settings", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini",
         ]),
-        ("/etc/ahriman.ini.d", [
-            "package/etc/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini",
+        ("share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/settings/ahriman.ini.d/logging.ini",
         ]),
         ("lib/systemd/system", [
             "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman@.service",
             "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman@.timer",
             "package/lib/systemd/system/ahriman-web@.service",
         ]),
-        ("share/ahriman", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/build-status.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/email-index.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/repo-index.jinja2",
+        ("share/ahriman/templates", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status.jinja2",
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/email-index.jinja2",
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/repo-index.jinja2",
         ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/build-status", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/build-status/login-modal.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2",
+        ("share/ahriman/templates/build-status", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/login-modal.jinja2",
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2",
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2",
         ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/static", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/static/favicon.ico",
+        ("share/ahriman/templates/static", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/static/favicon.ico",
         ]),
-        ("share/ahriman/utils", [
-            "package/share/ahriman/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2",
-            "package/share/ahriman/utils/style.jinja2",
+        ("share/ahriman/templates/utils", [
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/bootstrap-scripts.jinja2",
+            "package/share/ahriman/templates/utils/style.jinja2",
         ]),
         ("share/man/man1", [
             "docs/ahriman.1",
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ setup(
         "s3": [
             "boto3",
         ],
-        "test": [
+        "tests": [
             "pytest",
             "pytest-aiohttp",
             "pytest-cov",
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/configuration.py b/src/ahriman/core/configuration.py
index 6c03c17c..2b212632 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/configuration.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/configuration.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import configparser
 import logging
+import sys
 
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -37,12 +38,14 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
     :cvar ARCHITECTURE_SPECIFIC_SECTIONS: known sections which can be architecture specific (required by dump)
     :cvar DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT: default log format (in case of fallback)
     :cvar DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: default log level (in case of fallback)
+    :cvar SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_PATH: default system configuration path distributed by package
     """
 
     DEFAULT_LOG_FORMAT = "[%(levelname)s %(asctime)s] [%(filename)s:%(lineno)d %(funcName)s]: %(message)s"
     DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
 
     ARCHITECTURE_SPECIFIC_SECTIONS = ["build", "sign", "web"]
+    SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_PATH = Path(sys.prefix) / "share" / "ahriman" / "settings" / "ahriman.ini"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -172,6 +175,8 @@ class Configuration(configparser.RawConfigParser):
         fully load configuration
         :param path: path to root configuration file
         """
+        if not path.is_file():  # fallback to the system file
+            path = self.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_PATH
         self.path = path
         self.read(self.path)
         self.load_includes()
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_user.py b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_user.py
index 4b566e44..84500495 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_user.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_user.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_configuration_create_with_plain_password(
     assert generated.check_credentials(service.password, configuration.get("auth", "salt"))
 
 
-def test_configuration_get_exists(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+def test_configuration_get(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must load configuration from filesystem
     """
@@ -143,18 +143,6 @@ def test_configuration_get_exists(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     read_mock.assert_called_once_with(Path("path") / "auth.ini")
 
 
-def test_configuration_get_not_exists(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must try to load configuration from filesystem
-    """
-    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.open")
-    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.is_file", return_value=False)
-    read_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.read")
-
-    assert User.configuration_get(Path("path"))
-    read_mock.assert_called_once_with(Path("path") / "auth.ini")
-
-
 def test_configuration_write(configuration: Configuration, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must write configuration
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/test_configuration.py b/tests/ahriman/core/test_configuration.py
index c0b7f279..2a1a95f6 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/test_configuration.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def test_from_path(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must load configuration
     """
+    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.is_file", return_value=True)
     read_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.read")
     load_includes_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.load_includes")
     load_logging_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.load_logging")
@@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ def test_from_path(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     load_logging_mock.assert_called_once_with(True)
 
 
+def test_from_path_file_missing(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must load configuration based on package files
+    """
+    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.is_file", return_value=False)
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.load_includes")
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.load_logging")
+    read_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.configuration.Configuration.read")
+
+    configuration = Configuration.from_path(Path("path"), "x86_64", True)
+    read_mock.assert_called_once_with(configuration.SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION_PATH)
+
+
 def test_dump(configuration: Configuration) -> None:
     """
     dump must not be empty
diff --git a/tests/testresources/web/templates b/tests/testresources/web/templates
index d2954d31..ef7687d2 120000
--- a/tests/testresources/web/templates
+++ b/tests/testresources/web/templates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-../../../package/share/ahriman
\ No newline at end of file
+../../../package/share/ahriman/templates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fd08414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = check, tests
+dependencies = -e .[s3,web]
+project_name = ahriman
+
+[pytest]
+addopts = --cov=ahriman --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered --spec
+asyncio_mode = legacy
+spec_test_format = {result} {docstring_summary}
+
+[testenv]
+deps =
+	-e .[s3,web]
+
+[testenv:check]
+deps =
+	{[tox]dependencies}
+	-e .[check]
+allowlist_externals =
+	/bin/bash
+setenv =
+	MYPYPATH=src
+commands =
+	autopep8 --exit-code --max-line-length 120 -aa -i -j 0 -r "src/{[tox]project_name}" "tests/{[tox]project_name}"
+	pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc "src/{[tox]project_name}"
+	bandit -c .bandit.yml -r "src/{[tox]project_name}"
+	bandit -c .bandit-test.yml -r "tests/{[tox]project_name}"
+	/bin/bash -c 'mypy --implicit-reexport --strict -p "{[tox]project_name}" --install-types --non-interactive || mypy --implicit-reexport --strict -p "{[tox]project_name}"'
+
+[testenv:tests]
+deps =
+	{[tox]dependencies}
+	-e .[tests]
+commands =
+	pytest