diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dacb8dba4..b74bd29f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ lib_managed/
 src_managed/
 project/boot/
 project/plugins/project/
+project/project
 
 # intellij
 .idea/
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 8bb8d106c..d77cbf86e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ sparkVersion := sparkVer
 scalaVersion := scalaVer
 
 name := "graphframes"
-
+organization := "graphframes"
 spName := "graphframes/graphframes"
 
 // Don't forget to set the version
-version := s"0.6.0-SNAPSHOT-spark$sparkBranch"
+version := s"0.5.10-spark$sparkBranch"
 
 // All Spark Packages need a license
 licenses := Seq("Apache-2.0" -> url("http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0"))
@@ -78,3 +78,36 @@ concurrentRestrictions in Global := Seq(
 autoAPIMappings := true
 
 coverageHighlighting := false
+
+val metisArtifactRepoBaseURL = "s3://s3-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/metis-artifacts/"
+// set up publishing to our private repo on S3
+def myPublishTo = Command.command("mpublish") { state =>
+  val extracted = Project.extract(state)
+  Project.runTask(
+    publish in Compile,
+    extracted.append(List(publishTo :=  Some(Resolver.file("file", new File(System.getProperty("user.home")
+      + "/.m2/repository")))), state),
+    true
+  )
+  Project.runTask(
+    publish in Compile,
+    extracted.append(List(publishTo := {
+      if (isSnapshot.value)
+        Some("snapshots" at metisArtifactRepoBaseURL + "snapshots")
+      else
+        Some("releases"  at metisArtifactRepoBaseURL + "releases")
+    }), state),
+    true
+  )
+  state
+}
+
+commands += myPublishTo
+
+publishTo := {
+  if (isSnapshot.value)
+    Some("snapshots" at metisArtifactRepoBaseURL + "snapshots")
+  else
+    Some("releases"  at metisArtifactRepoBaseURL + "releases")
+}
+
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index ebcf48fea..49829924c 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // This file should only contain the version of sbt to use.
-sbt.version=0.13.6
+sbt.version=0.13.13
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c4170fb39..a97c65f6c 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // You may use this file to add plugin dependencies for sbt.
 resolvers += "Spark Packages repo" at "https://dl.bintray.com/spark-packages/maven/"
-
+addSbtPlugin("com.frugalmechanic" % "fm-sbt-s3-resolver" % "0.13.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.spark-packages" %% "sbt-spark-package" % "0.2.6")
 
 // scalacOptions in (Compile,doc) := Seq("-groups", "-implicits")
 
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.5.0")
+
diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 81410ca55..f6d838fc4 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 docs/_build/
 build/
 dist/
+graphframes.egg-info
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fcc66d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Graphframes
+This is a dummy readme file.
+The upstream graphframes package does not include install info for the python side of things, so this code accomplishes just that.
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 9dad5462e..f89348adf 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
-# Your python setup file. An example can be found at:
-# https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject/blob/master/setup.py
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(name='graphframes',
+      maintainer='Metismachine',  
+      maintainer_email='info@metismachine.com',
+      url='http://metismachine.com',
+      version='0.5.9',
+      packages=['graphframes', 'graphframes.lib']
+)