diff --git a/pmc_europe/setup.py b/pmc_europe/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+
+requirements = [
+    'numpy', 'requests'
+]
+
+test_requirements = [
+    'coverage'
+]
+
+setup(
+    name='textminingservice-pmc-europe',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    description="PMC Europe implementation of the common text mining interface",
+    url='',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests*']),
+    package_dir={'textminingservice-pmc-europe':
+                 'textminingservice_pmc-europe'},
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=requirements,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    ],
+    tests_require=test_requirements,
+)
diff --git a/pmc_europe/textminingservice_pmc_europe/__init__.py b/pmc_europe/textminingservice_pmc_europe/__init__.py
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+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)   
+ 
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