diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/omero_plugin.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from .github/workflows/workflow.yml
rename to .github/workflows/omero_plugin.yml
index ad53413..e64686f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/omero_plugin.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Builds and performs various check
 
 ---
-name: Build
+name: OMERO
 
 on: 
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb4f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+name: PyPI
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build-n-publish:
+    name: Build and publish Python distribution to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        run: |
+          python -mpip install build
+          python -m build
+      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: Create a GitHub release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        run: gh release create --generate-notes "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 00d1cde..371204b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 OMEGO version history
 =====================
 
+0.8.0.rc1 (February 2026)
+-------------------------
+
+* Fix build & remove pkg_resources (#137)
+
 0.7.0 (November 2019)
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f4a88a..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-release:
-	git describe --exact
-	python setup.py sdist upload --sign
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf build dist omego.egg-info *.pyc
-
-.PHONY: register clean
diff --git a/Makefile_old b/Makefile_old
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e670fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile_old
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# release:
+# 	git describe --exact
+# 	python setup.py sdist upload --sign
+
+# clean:
+# 	rm -rf build dist omego.egg-info *.pyc
+
+# .PHONY: register clean
diff --git a/omego/RELEASE-VERSION b/omego/RELEASE-VERSION
index bdd03ff..54cb6ab 100644
--- a/omego/RELEASE-VERSION
+++ b/omego/RELEASE-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1.dev
+0.8.0.rc1