diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7103ee0..5f353fb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "torch>=2.0.0",
   "tqdm>=4.65.0",
   "transformers>=4.27.4",
-  "setuptools",
 ]
 description = "A semantic search CLI tool"
 name = "semantra"
diff --git a/src/semantra/semantra.py b/src/semantra/semantra.py
index 9636117..c16987e 100644
--- a/src/semantra/semantra.py
+++ b/src/semantra/semantra.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 import json
 import math
 import os
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import click
 import numpy as np
-import pkg_resources
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, make_response, request, send_file, send_from_directory
 from tqdm import tqdm
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@
     write_embedding,
 )
 
-VERSION = pkg_resources.require("semantra")[0].version
+VERSION = version("semantra")
 DEFAULT_ENCODING = "utf-8"
 DEFAULT_PORT = 8080
 
 package_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+client_public_directory = os.path.join(package_directory, "client_public")
 
 
 class Content:
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ def get_content(filename):
     @app.route("/")
     def base():
         return send_from_directory(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename("semantra.semantra", "client_public"),
+            client_public_directory,
             "index.html",
         )
 
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ def base():
     @app.route("/<path:path>")
     def home(path):
         return send_from_directory(
-            pkg_resources.resource_filename("semantra.semantra", "client_public"),
+            client_public_directory,
             path,
         )