diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f7cccc..031fad5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+.venv/
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d27305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+"s2watchdog" = {editable = true, path = "."}
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..416e693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "a7568a70424d02f7de75f3c40f0434e4a03581a9e51e8f18117c08b4025b9261"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.7"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "s2watchdog": {
+            "editable": true,
+            "path": "."
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/s2watchdog/__init__.py b/s2watchdog/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..966eb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s2watchdog/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test():
+    print('TESTRUN')
diff --git a/s2watchdog/pysema.py b/s2watchdog/pysema.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4610b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s2watchdog/pysema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+''' simple tool for sending email with sendmail, postfix or ssmtpd
+
+    import pysema
+    send(
+        ['alice@example.com', 'bob@example.com'],
+        'really good subject line',
+        'Message body goes here'
+        )
+'''
+
+import subprocess
+from email.message import EmailMessage
+
+
+# path to the sendmail programm
+SENDMAIL_PATH = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'
+
+
+class SendMailException(Exception):
+    ''' Exception while using pysema '''
+    pass
+
+
+def send(to=None, subject='', message='', **headers):
+    msg = create_message(to, subject, message, **headers)
+    send_message(msg)
+
+
+def create_message(to=None, subject='', message='', **headers):
+    if isinstance(to, str):
+        recipients = to
+    elif isinstance(to, (list, set, tuple)):
+        recipients = ', '.join(to)
+    else:
+        raise SendMailException('No recipients given')
+
+    # ensure that the 'from' keyword (if given) is uppercase
+    sender_mail = headers.pop('from', None)
+    if sender_mail is not None:
+        headers['From'] = sender_mail
+
+    headers['To'] = recipients
+    headers['Subject'] = subject
+
+    msg = EmailMessage()
+    msg.set_content(message)
+    for key, value in headers.items():
+        msg[key] = value
+
+    return msg
+
+
+def send_message(msg):
+    if not isinstance(msg, EmailMessage):
+        raise SendMailException('Type Error: not an EmailMessage')
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            [SENDMAIL_PATH, '-t', '-oi'],
+            input=msg.as_bytes(),
+            check=True
+            )
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        raise SendMailException from e
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4117d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import os
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md')) as f:
+    README = f.read()
+
+requires = [
+]
+
+setup(
+    name='s2watchdog',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    description='simple watchdog script for our deep freezer alert system',
+    long_description=README,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Environment :: Console',
+        'Topic :: System :: Monitoring',
+    ],
+    author='Holger Frey',
+    author_email='frey@imtek.de',
+    url='https://git.cpi.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/holgi/s2watchdog',
+    keywords='alerts',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    install_requires=requires,
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            's2watchdog = s2watchdog:test',
+        ],
+    },
+)