diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c915d1..41ce8da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ wheels/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+uv.lock
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
@@ -104,3 +105,8 @@ ENV/
 # IDE settings
 .vscode/
 .idea/
+
+# result files
+tmp/
+examples/tmp/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4a7d1f..4a8ece3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,20 @@ Hydra sweeper integration of our favorite optimization packages, utilizing ask-a
 - Documentation: https://automl.github.io/hypersweeper
 
 ## Installation 
-We recommend installing hypersweeper in a fresh conda environment:
+We recommend installing hypersweeper via a uv virtual environment:
+
+```bash
+pip install uv
+uv init
+uv sync
+```
+
+For extra dependencies, add them to the sync command like this:
+```bash
+uv sync --extra dev --extra carps
+```
+
+Alternatively you can also install in a fresh conda environment:
 
 ```bash
 conda create -n hypersweeper python=3.10
@@ -32,13 +45,14 @@ python examples/branin.py -m
 ```
 You should see the launched configurations in the terminal. 
 The results are located in 'tmp', including a record of each run, the final config and a full runhistory.
+For more information, see our example ReadMe.
 
 ## Current Sweeper Integrations
 - Random Search
 - SMAC
 - HEBO
 - PBT
-- CARP-S
+- CARP-S (whcih contains many different optimizers in itself)
 
 ## Cite Us
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6bba74f..6441212 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ dependencies = [
   "pytest>=7.0",
   "coverage",
   "ruff",
-  "hydra-core",
+  "hydra-core~=1.3.2",
   "hydra-submitit-launcher",
   "hydra_colorlog",
   "mypy",
   "tox==3.14.0",
-  "twine",
+  "twine~=5.1.1",
   "bump-my-version",
-  "configspace",
-  "numpy",
+  "configspace~=1.2.0",
+  "numpy~=1.24.4",
   "wandb==0.16.6",
-  "smac>=2.1"
+  "smac>=2.1",
+  "pandas~=2.1.0"
 ]
 
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ pbt = ["GPy"]
 carps = ["carps[dehb,hebo,nevergrad,optuna,skopt,smac,synetune]"]
 all = ["HyperSweeper[hebo,nevergrad,dehb,pbt,carps]"]
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
 # https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.2.x/reference/reference.html#ini-options-ref
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = ["tests"]