diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96189e7..6f52837 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ Release/
 .vscode/
 venv*/
 *.pyc
+config.yml
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66a3cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+**/__pycache__/
+build/
+dist/
+**/*.egg-info
diff --git a/backend/MANIFEST.in b/backend/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a32307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include monsun_backend/defaults/config.yml
diff --git a/backend/container.py b/backend/container.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c443ff..0000000
--- a/backend/container.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import Optional
-
-from dependency_injector import containers
-from dependency_injector import providers
-from flask_api import FlaskAPI
-from serial import Serial
-
-DEFAULTS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "defaults"
-CONFIG_FILE = DEFAULTS_DIR / "config.yml"
-
-
-class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
-    config = providers.Configuration("config")
-
-    serial = providers.Factory(
-        Serial,
-        port=config.device_id.required(),
-        baudrate=config.baudrate.required(),
-    )
-
-
-__container: Optional[Container] = None
-
-
-def initialize_container(
-    config: Optional[Dict] = None,
-    config_file: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> Container:
-    global __container
-    if __container is not None:
-        raise RuntimeError("Container already initialized")
-
-    __container = Container()
-    __container.config.from_yaml(CONFIG_FILE)
-
-    if config is not None:
-        __container.config.from_dict(config)
-
-    if config_file is not None:
-        __container.config.from_yaml(config_file)
-
-    return __container
-
-
-def init_app(app: FlaskAPI):
-    initialize_container(
-        config=app.config.get("DI_CONFIG"),
-        config_file=app.config.get("DI_CONFIG_FILE"),
-    )
-
-
-def get_container() -> Container:
-    global __container
-    if __container is None:
-        raise RuntimeError("Container not initialized")
-    return __container
diff --git a/backend/__init__.py b/backend/monsun_backend/__init__.py
similarity index 59%
rename from backend/__init__.py
rename to backend/monsun_backend/__init__.py
index 32e488b..c9e1258 100644
--- a/backend/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/monsun_backend/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ from flask_api import FlaskAPI
 
 from . import command_endpoint
 from . import command_execution
-from . import container
+
+__title__ = "monsun-backend"
+__author__ = "Andreas Berthoud, Fabian Klein"
+__version__ = "0.0.0"
+__email__ = "andreasberthoud@gmail.com"
+__copyright__ = f"2021 {__author__}"
 
 
 def create_app() -> FlaskAPI:
@@ -15,23 +20,30 @@ def create_app() -> FlaskAPI:
     dictConfig(
         {
             "version": 1,
+            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
             "formatters": {
                 "default": {
                     "format": "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s in %(module)s: %(message)s",
                 },
             },
             "handlers": {
-                "wsgi": {
+                "console": {
                     "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-                    "stream": "ext://flask.logging.wsgi_errors_stream",
                     "formatter": "default",
+                    "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
+                },
+            },
+            "root": {"level": "NOTSET", "handlers": ["console"]},
+            "logger": {
+                "monsun_backend": {
+                    "level": "DEBUG",
+                    "propagate": "no",
                 },
             },
-            "root": {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": ["wsgi"]},
         },
     )
 
-    container.init_app(app)
+    # container.init_app(app)
 
     if os.environ.get("WERKZEUG_RUN_MAIN") != "true":
         # prevent from be called twice in debug mode
diff --git a/backend/command_endpoint.py b/backend/monsun_backend/command_endpoint.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/command_endpoint.py
rename to backend/monsun_backend/command_endpoint.py
diff --git a/backend/command_execution.py b/backend/monsun_backend/command_execution.py
similarity index 96%
rename from backend/command_execution.py
rename to backend/monsun_backend/command_execution.py
index ca44356..1a33cf0 100644
--- a/backend/command_execution.py
+++ b/backend/monsun_backend/command_execution.py
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ from .commands import Command
 from .commands import CommandId
 from .commands import Request
 from .commands import Response
-from .container import get_container
-from .container import initialize_container
+from .container import get_initialize_container
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ class State(Enum):
 
 def worker_process(
     queue: Queue,
-    config,
 ):
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG,
@@ -43,8 +41,7 @@ def worker_process(
     logger = logging.getLogger("Command Loop")
     logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-    initialize_container(config)
-    container = get_container()
+    container = get_initialize_container()
     heartbeat_interval = container.config.heartbeat_interval()
     serial_reconnection_wait_timeout = (
         container.config.serial_reconnection_wait_timeout()
@@ -231,15 +228,12 @@ def _end_running_process():
 
 
 def start_backgroup_process():
-    _logger.warning("start_backgroup_process called")
+    _logger.info("start_backgroup_process called")
     global _process
 
     _process = Process(
         target=worker_process,
-        args=(
-            _command_queue,
-            get_container().config(),
-        ),
+        args=(_command_queue,),
     )
     _process.start()
     atexit.register(_end_running_process)
diff --git a/backend/commands.py b/backend/monsun_backend/commands.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/commands.py
rename to backend/monsun_backend/commands.py
diff --git a/backend/monsun_backend/container.py b/backend/monsun_backend/container.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f410006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/monsun_backend/container.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from pprint import pformat
+from typing import Dict
+from typing import Optional
+
+from dependency_injector import containers
+from dependency_injector import providers
+from serial import Serial
+
+from .util import log_function_call
+
+DEFAULTS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "defaults"
+CONFIG_FILE = DEFAULTS_DIR / "config.yml"
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Container(containers.DeclarativeContainer):
+    config = providers.Configuration("config")
+
+    serial = providers.Factory(
+        Serial,
+        port=config.device_id.required(),
+        baudrate=config.baudrate.required(),
+    )
+
+
+@log_function_call
+def get_initialize_container(
+    config: Optional[Dict] = None,
+    config_file: Optional[Path] = None,
+) -> Container:
+    logger = _logger.getChild("initialize_container")
+
+    logger.debug("initialize container...")
+    container = Container()
+
+    logger.debug(f"initialize container from config file: {CONFIG_FILE}")
+    container.config.from_yaml(CONFIG_FILE, required=True)
+
+    user_config = Path.cwd() / "config.yml"
+    if user_config.is_file():
+        logger.debug(f"initialize container from user config file: {user_config}")
+        container.config.from_yaml(user_config, required=True)
+
+    if config is not None:
+        logger.debug(f"initialize container with config: {config}")
+        container.config.from_dict(config)
+
+    if config_file is not None:
+        logger.debug(f"initialize container from config file: {config_file}")
+        container.config.from_yaml(config_file)
+
+    logger.debug(f"container config:\n{pformat(container.config())}")
+    return container
diff --git a/backend/defaults/config.yml b/backend/monsun_backend/defaults/config.yml
similarity index 51%
rename from backend/defaults/config.yml
rename to backend/monsun_backend/defaults/config.yml
index 232414b..3294877 100644
--- a/backend/defaults/config.yml
+++ b/backend/monsun_backend/defaults/config.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-device_id: /dev/tty.usbmodem2067368F32521
-# device_id: /dev/tty.usbmodem207E3283544E1
 baudrate: 115200
 header_size: 4
 heartbeat_interval: 1
diff --git a/backend/monsun_backend/util.py b/backend/monsun_backend/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5631bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/monsun_backend/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import functools
+import logging
+
+function_call_logger = logging.getLogger("call")
+
+
+# decorator
+def log_function_call(func):
+    if logging.getLogger().level != logging.DEBUG:
+        return func
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        function_call_logger.debug(
+            "calling {func}({arguments})".format(
+                func=func.__name__,
+                arguments=", ".join(
+                    [str(value) for value in args]
+                    + [f"{key}={value}" for key, value in kwargs.items()],
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        return_val = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        function_call_logger.debug(f"{func.__name__}() returned {return_val}")
+        return return_val
+
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd17f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dependency-injector[yaml]>=4.34.0,<5
+flask-api>=3.0.post1,<4
+pyserial>=3.5,<4
+uwsgi
diff --git a/backend/runsever.py b/backend/runsever.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a316945..0000000
--- a/backend/runsever.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from . import create_app
-
-application = create_app()
diff --git a/backend/setup.py b/backend/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1fecc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import setuptools
+from monsun_backend import __author__
+from monsun_backend import __email__
+from monsun_backend import __version__
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="monsun-backend",
+    version=__version__,
+    author=__author__,
+    author_email=__email__,
+    description="Monsun backend",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    include_package_data=True,
+)
diff --git a/backend/wsgi.py b/backend/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0572266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from monsun_backend import create_app
+
+application = create_app()
diff --git a/config_example.yml b/config_example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..028ae0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+device_id: /dev/tty.usbmodem207E3283544E1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88ebcb4..416634f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-dependency-injector[yaml]>=4.34.0,<5
-flask-api>=3.0.post1,<4
 pre-commit
-pyserial>=3.5,<4