diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml
index 7de40783..0bfaa03a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python --version
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .[build]
-        pip install -e .[test]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build
+        pip install .
+        pip install .[test]
         doit version
         python -m build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-metadata.yml
index a1d6e88b..7f4abb2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-metadata.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-metadata.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install App and Extras
       run: |
+        python --version
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install -e .[build]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build
+        pip install .
+        pip install .[test]
         doit version
         python -m build
 
-    - name: Generate dependencies list
+    - name: Run license check
       run: python bin/license-checker.py
 
     - name: Type-check
@@ -35,7 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       run: black . --check
 
     - name: Generate pyinstaller specs
-      run: echo Using locally generated specs
-      # pyi-makespec tabcmd\tabcmd.py -n tabcmd-windows -i res\tabcmd.ico -F -c --version-file versionfile.txt --onefile  --collect-data tabcmd.locales &&
-      # pyi-makespec tabcmd\tabcmd.py -n tabcmd-mac -i res\tabcmd.icns -F -c --version-file versionfile.txt --onefile --collect-data tabcmd.locales --osx-bundle-identifier com.tableau.tabcmd
-      # 3. Unix
+      run: |
+          echo "Using manually generated specs"
+
+  # todo: add hidden dependencies to these command lines
+  # pyi-makespec tabcmd\tabcmd.py -n tabcmd-windows -i res\tabcmd.ico -F -c --version-file versionfile.txt --onefile  --collect-data tabcmd.locales
+  # pyi-makespec tabcmd\tabcmd.py -n tabcmd-mac -i res\tabcmd.icns -F -c --version-file versionfile.txt --onefile --collect-data tabcmd.locales --osx-bundle-identifier com.tableau.tabcmd
+  # 3. Unix
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index 476e06d5..2b46a3e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ jobs:
             TARGET: windows
             CMD_BUILD: >
               pyinstaller tabcmd-windows.spec --clean --noconfirm --distpath ./dist/windows
-            OUT_FILE_NAME: tabcmd.exe
+            OUT_FILE_NAME: tabcmd-windows.exe
             ASSET_MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
           - os: macos-latest
             TARGET: macos
             CMD_BUILD:  >
-              pyinstaller tabcmd-mac.spec --clean --noconfirm --distpath ./dist/macos &&
-              cwd && ls && ls dist
+              pyinstaller tabcmd-mac.spec --clean --noconfirm --distpath ./dist/macos && ls && ls dist
             # zip -r9 mac tabcmd-mac*
             OUT_FILE_NAME: tabcmd-mac.app  # tabcmd.zip
             ASSET_MIME: application/zip
@@ -54,8 +53,11 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies and build
       run: |
-        pip install -e .[build]
-        pip install -e .[package]
+        python --version
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build
+        pip install .
+        pip install .[test]
         doit version
         python -m build
 
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: WebFreak001/upload-asset@v1.0.0
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # automatically provided by github actions
-        OS: windows # just a variable we use in the name pattern
+        OS: windows # a variable we use in the name pattern?
       with:
         file: ./dist/${{ matrix.TARGET }}/tabcmd/${{ matrix.OUT_FILE_NAME}}
         mime: ${{ matrix.ASSET_MIME}} # required by GitHub API
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index b9ea0521..42c234e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Build dist files
         run: |
-          pip install -e .[build]
+          python --version
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build
+          pip install .
+          pip install .[package]
           doit version
           python -m build
       - name: Publish distribution 📦 to Test PyPI
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2-tests.yml
index 0bf4c3ea..ec1262af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2-tests.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python --version
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .[build]
-        pip install -e .[test]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build
+        pip install .
+        pip install .[test]
         doit version
         python -m build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 9c981c75..bad6a73b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python --version
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .[build]
-        pip install -e .[test]
+        python -m pip install --upgrade build
+        pip install .
+        pip install .[test]
         doit version
         python -m build
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 485decd9..77c00308 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,73 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["build", "setuptools>=62", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-"local_scheme"= "no-local-version"  # require pypi supported versions always
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"  # require pypi supported versions always
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["tabcmd"]
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+tabcmd = ["tabcmd.locales/**/*.mo"]
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
+target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310']
 extend-exclude = '^/bin/*'
+[tool.mypy]
+disable_error_code = [
+    'misc',
+    'import'
+]
+files = ["tabcmd", "tests"]
+show_error_codes = true
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+addopts = "--junitxml=./test.junit.xml"
+
+[project]
+name="tabcmd"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description="A command line client for working with Tableau Server."
+authors = [{name="Tableau", email="github@tableau.com"}]
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    'argparse',
+    "appdirs",
+    "doit",
+    "ftfy",
+    "polling2",
+    "pyinstaller_versionfile",
+    "requests>=2.11,<3.0",
+    "setuptools_scm",
+    "types-appdirs",
+    "types-mock",
+    "types-requests",
+    "types-setuptools",
+    "tableauserverclient>=0.19",
+    "urllib3>=1.24.3,<2.0",
+]
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "black",
+    "mock",
+    "mypy",
+    "pytest>=7.0",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-order",
+    "pytest-runner",
+    "requests-mock>=1.0,<2.0"]
+localize = ["doit", "ftfy"]
+package = ["pyinstaller>=5.1"]
+[project.urls]
+repository = "https://github.com/tableau/tabcmd"
+[project.scripts]
+tabcmd = "tabcmd.tabcmd:main"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index d4230e64..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[pycodestyle]
-max_line_length = 120
-[mypy]
-exclude = tests/e2e
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[tool:pytest]
-# useful settings for debugging
-# log_cli = True
-# log_cli_level = DEBUG
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d834b82..914e6b5d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,63 +1,4 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+# legacy stub setup.py, do not add configuration here
+from setuptools import setup
 
-setup(
-    name="tabcmd",
-    author="Tableau",
-    author_email="github@tableau.com",
-    description="A command line client for working with Tableau Server.",
-    long_description="A command line client for working with Tableau Server.",
-    license="MIT",
-    url="https://github.com/tableau/tabcmd",
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    package_data={"tabcmd": ["tabcmd.locales/**/*.mo"]},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["tabcmd = tabcmd.tabcmd:main"]},
-    setup_requires=[
-        # copy of pyproject.toml for back compat
-        "build",
-        "setuptools>=62",
-        "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
-        "wheel",
-    ],
-    install_requires=[
-        "polling2",
-        "requests>=2.11,<3.0",
-        "tableauserverclient>=0.19",
-        "urllib3>=1.24.3,<2.0",
-    ],
-    extras_require={
-        "localize": [
-            "doit",
-            "ftfy",
-        ],
-        "build": [
-            "appdirs",
-            "black",
-            "doit",
-            "ftfy",
-            "mypy",
-            "pyinstaller_versionfile",
-            "setuptools>=62",
-            "setuptools_scm",
-            "types-appdirs",
-            "types-mock",
-            "types-requests",
-            "types-setuptools",
-        ],
-        "package": [
-            "pyinstaller>=5.1",
-            "pyinstaller-versionfile",
-        ],
-        "test": [
-            "mock",
-            "pytest",
-            "pytest-cov",
-            "pytest-order",
-            "pytest-runner",
-            "requests-mock>=1.0,<2.0",
-        ],
-    },
-    test_suite="tests",
-    zip_safe=False,
-)
+setup()
diff --git a/tabcmd-linux.spec b/tabcmd-linux.spec
index d71fd83e..c5e367fc 100644
--- a/tabcmd-linux.spec
+++ b/tabcmd-linux.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
     datas=datas,
-    hiddenimports=[],
+    hiddenimports=['tableauserverclient', 'requests.packages.urllib3', 'pkg_resources'],
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=[],
diff --git a/tabcmd-mac.spec b/tabcmd-mac.spec
index fcce4bfe..fee41fa8 100644
--- a/tabcmd-mac.spec
+++ b/tabcmd-mac.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
     datas=datas,
-    hiddenimports=[],
+    hiddenimports=['tableauserverclient', 'requests.packages.urllib3', 'pkg_resources'],
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=[],
diff --git a/tabcmd-windows.spec b/tabcmd-windows.spec
index d71fd83e..03f1dfd1 100644
--- a/tabcmd-windows.spec
+++ b/tabcmd-windows.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
     datas=datas,
-    hiddenimports=[],
+    hiddenimports=['tableauserverclient', 'requests', 'pkg_resources'],
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=[],
diff --git a/tabcmd.spec b/tabcmd.spec
index 650b541a..a1e0421c 100644
--- a/tabcmd.spec
+++ b/tabcmd.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     pathex=[],
     binaries=[],
     datas=[],
-    hiddenimports=[],
+    hiddenimports=['tableauserverclient', 'requests.packages.urllib3', 'pkg_resources'],
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=[],
diff --git a/tabcmd/execution/localize.py b/tabcmd/execution/localize.py
index a53e43f1..ec70ee30 100644
--- a/tabcmd/execution/localize.py
+++ b/tabcmd/execution/localize.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+from os import listdir
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def _(string_key: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _identity_func(x: Any) -> Any:
-    return x
+    return "++" + x + "++"
 
 
 # The client should present text in the OS language, or english if not present.
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def set_client_locale(lang: str = None, logger=None) -> Callable:
     for lang in locale_options:
         try:
             if lang:
-                translate = _load_language(lang, domain)
+                translate = _load_language(lang, domain, logger)
                 break
         except Exception as e:
             print("Failed to load language '", lang, "':", e)
@@ -49,23 +50,32 @@ def set_client_locale(lang: str = None, logger=None) -> Callable:
     return translate or _identity_func
 
 
-# Handling file locations in unbundled (e.g dev) layout and when bundled by pyinstaller
+"""Get absolute path to resource, works for unbundled (e.g dev) and when bundled by PyInstaller"""
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7674790/bundling-data-files-with-pyinstaller-onefile/13790741#13790741
-def resource_path(relative_path):
-    """Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller"""
-    base_path = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
-
-
-def _load_language(current_locale, domain):
-    locale_path = os.path.join("..", "locales")
-
-    # fallback=True means if loading the translated files fails, strings will be returned
-    # we use the identity function above instead
-    locale_dir = resource_path(locale_path)
-    language: gettext.NullTranslations = gettext.translation(
-        domain, locale_dir, languages=[current_locale], fallback=False
-    )
+def define_locale_dir(logger):
+    try:
+        base_path = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS")
+    except AttributeError:  # sys._MEIPASS will only exist in bundled pyinstaller exe,
+        # in unbundled src code we take the location of the current file
+        # and go 2 dirs up so that the relative path /tabcmd/locales is still correct
+        base_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..")
+    relative_path = os.path.join(".", "tabcmd", "locales")
+    locale_dir = os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
+    logger.debug("Checking for language resources at " + locale_dir)
+    """ to debug pyinstaller file bundling, try something like this example debug line
+    try:
+        logger.debug(listdir(sys._MEIPASS))
+    except AttributeError as e:
+        logger.debug(e)
+    """
+    print(locale_dir)
+    print(listdir(locale_dir))
+    return locale_dir
+
+
+def _load_language(current_locale, domain, logger):
+    locale_dir = define_locale_dir(logger)
+    language: gettext.NullTranslations = gettext.translation(domain, locale_dir, languages=[current_locale])
     language.install()  # I believe this is the expensive call
     _ = language.gettext
     return _
diff --git a/tabcmd/execution/logger_config.py b/tabcmd/execution/logger_config.py
index 96f7f067..8a42e2cb 100644
--- a/tabcmd/execution/logger_config.py
+++ b/tabcmd/execution/logger_config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 FORMATS = {
     logging.ERROR: "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-5s:(%(name)-10s %(filename)-10s: %(lineno)d): %(message)-30s",
     logging.WARN: "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-5s: (%(name)-10s %(filename)-10s: %(lineno)d): %(message)-30s",
-    logging.INFO: "%(message)-30s",
+    logging.INFO: "%(filename)-10s: %(message)-30s",
     logging.DEBUG: "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-5s: (%(name)-10s %(filename)-10s: %(lineno)d): %(message)-30s",
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup_e2e.py b/tests/e2e/setup_e2e.py
index ddbe1573..4edecf7c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup_e2e.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import subprocess
 import os
-import pytest
 
 try:
-    from tests.e2e import credentials
+    from tests.e2e import credentials  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
     credentials = None  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests_integration.py b/tests/e2e/tests_integration.py
index d41070a1..e18c38b6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests_integration.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests_integration.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 try:
-    from tests.e2e import credentials
+    from tests.e2e import credentials  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
     credentials = None  # type: ignore