diff --git a/copyparty/web/a/__init__.py b/copyparty/web/a/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/copyparty/web/dd/__init__.py b/copyparty/web/dd/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/copyparty/web/deps/__init__.py b/copyparty/web/deps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/scripts/make-pypi-release.bat b/scripts/make-pypi-release.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a3041a5..00000000
--- a/scripts/make-pypi-release.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-cd %~dp0\..
-python setup.py clean2
-python setup.py rstconv
-python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --universal
-REM python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi
diff --git a/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
index 233b3589..74c1c005 100755
--- a/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ EOF
 	# set pypi password
 	chmod 600 ~/.pypirc
 	sed -ri 's/qwer/username/;s/asdf/password/' ~/.pypirc
-
-	# if PY2: create build env
-	cd ~/dev/copyparty && virtualenv buildenv
-	(. buildenv/bin/activate && pip install twine)
-
-	# if PY3: create build env
-	cd ~/dev/copyparty && python3 -m venv buildenv
-	(. buildenv/bin/activate && pip install twine wheel)
 }
 
 
@@ -82,15 +74,27 @@ function have() {
 	python -c "import $1; $1; $1.__version__"
 }
 
-. buildenv/bin/activate
-have setuptools
-have wheel
-have twine
+function load_env() {
+	. buildenv/bin/activate
+	have setuptools
+	have wheel
+	have twine
+}
+
+load_env || {
+	echo creating buildenv
+	deactivate || true
+	rm -rf buildenv
+	python3 -m venv buildenv
+	(. buildenv/bin/activate && pip install twine wheel)
+	load_env
+}
 
 # remove type hints to support python < 3.9
 rm -rf build/pypi
 mkdir -p build/pypi
 cp -pR setup.py README.md LICENSE copyparty tests bin scripts/strip_hints build/pypi/
+tar -c docs/lics.txt scripts/genlic.sh build/*.txt | tar -xC build/pypi/
 cd build/pypi
 f=../strip-hints-0.1.10.tar.gz
 [ -e $f ] || 
diff --git a/scripts/run-tests.sh b/scripts/run-tests.sh
index 5680749a..834137d7 100755
--- a/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ rm -rf unt
 mkdir -p unt/srv
 cp -pR copyparty tests unt/
 cd unt
+
+# resolve symlinks
+set +x
+find -type l |
+while IFS= read -r f1; do (
+    cd "${f1%/*}"
+    f1="./${f1##*/}"
+    f2="$(readlink "$f1")"
+    [ -e "$f2" ] || f2="../$f2"
+    [ -e "$f2" ] || {
+        echo could not resolve "$f1"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    rm "$f1"
+    cp -p "$f2" "$f1"
+); done
+set -x
+
 python3 ../scripts/strip_hints/a.py
 
 pids=()
@@ -12,7 +30,7 @@ for py in python{2,3}; do
     [ ${1:0:6} = python ] && [ $1 != $py ] && continue
 
     PYTHONPATH=
-    [ $py = python2 ] && PYTHONPATH=../scripts/py2
+    [ $py = python2 ] && PYTHONPATH=../scripts/py2:../sfx/py37
     export PYTHONPATH
 
     nice $py -m unittest discover -s tests >/dev/null &
diff --git a/scripts/sfx.ls b/scripts/sfx.ls
index 0827f92b..34cff932 100644
--- a/scripts/sfx.ls
+++ b/scripts/sfx.ls
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ copyparty/httpconn.py,
 copyparty/httpsrv.py,
 copyparty/ico.py,
 copyparty/mdns.py,
-copyparty/multicast.py,
 copyparty/mtag.py,
+copyparty/multicast.py,
 copyparty/res,
 copyparty/res/COPYING.txt,
 copyparty/res/insecure.pem,
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ copyparty/vend/asynchat.py,
 copyparty/vend/asyncore.py,
 copyparty/web,
 copyparty/web/a,
+copyparty/web/a/__init__.py,
 copyparty/web/a/partyfuse.py,
 copyparty/web/a/up2k.py,
 copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.bat,
@@ -67,21 +68,23 @@ copyparty/web/browser.css,
 copyparty/web/browser.html,
 copyparty/web/browser.js,
 copyparty/web/browser2.html,
-copyparty/web/copyparty.gif,
 copyparty/web/cf.html,
+copyparty/web/copyparty.gif,
 copyparty/web/dd,
 copyparty/web/dd/2.png,
 copyparty/web/dd/3.png,
 copyparty/web/dd/4.png,
 copyparty/web/dd/5.png,
+copyparty/web/dd/__init__.py,
 copyparty/web/deps,
+copyparty/web/deps/__init__.py,
 copyparty/web/deps/easymde.css,
 copyparty/web/deps/easymde.js,
 copyparty/web/deps/marked.js,
 copyparty/web/deps/mini-fa.css,
 copyparty/web/deps/mini-fa.woff,
-copyparty/web/deps/prism.js,
 copyparty/web/deps/prism.css,
+copyparty/web/deps/prism.js,
 copyparty/web/deps/prismd.css,
 copyparty/web/deps/scp.woff2,
 copyparty/web/deps/sha512.ac.js,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55322890..92d77ff9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import subprocess as sp
 from shutil import rmtree
-from setuptools import setup, Command, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, Command
 
 
 NAME = "copyparty"
@@ -120,7 +120,18 @@ args = {
     ],
     "include_package_data": True,
     "data_files": data_files,
-    "packages": find_packages(),
+    "packages": [
+        "copyparty",
+        "copyparty.bos",
+        "copyparty.res",
+        "copyparty.stolen",
+        "copyparty.stolen.dnslib",
+        "copyparty.stolen.ifaddr",
+        "copyparty.web",
+        "copyparty.web.a",
+        "copyparty.web.dd",
+        "copyparty.web.deps",
+    ],
     "install_requires": ["jinja2"],
     "extras_require": {
         "thumbnails": ["Pillow"],
diff --git a/tests/test_dxml.py b/tests/test_dxml.py
index c8ad4099..e3f67704 100644
--- a/tests/test_dxml.py
+++ b/tests/test_dxml.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class TestDXML(unittest.TestCase):
         root = mkenod("a")
         root.insert(0, parse_xml(txt))
         prop = root.find(r"./{DAV:}propertyupdate/{DAV:}set/{DAV:}prop")
-        assert prop
+        assert prop is not None
+        assert len(prop)
         for el in prop:
             el.clear()
 
diff --git a/tests/util.py b/tests/util.py
index efec3f94..4c38635e 100644
--- a/tests/util.py
+++ b/tests/util.py
@@ -98,19 +98,19 @@ class Cfg(Namespace):
     def __init__(self, a=None, v=None, c=None):
         ka = {}
 
-        ex = "e2d e2ds e2dsa e2t e2ts e2tsr e2v e2vu e2vp no_dav daw dav_inf dav_mac xdev xvol ed emp force_js ihead magic no_acode no_athumb no_del no_logues no_mv no_readme no_robots no_scandir no_thumb no_vthumb no_zip nid nih nw"
+        ex = "daw dav_inf dav_mac e2d e2ds e2dsa e2t e2ts e2tsr e2v e2vu e2vp ed emp force_js ihead magic nid nih no_acode no_athumb no_dav no_del no_dupe no_logues no_mv no_readme no_robots no_scandir no_thumb no_vthumb no_zip nw xdev xlink xvol"
         ka.update(**{k: False for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "no_rescan no_sendfile no_voldump plain_ip dotpart"
+        ex = "dotpart no_rescan no_sendfile no_voldump plain_ip"
         ka.update(**{k: True for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "css_browser hist js_browser no_hash no_idx no_forget"
+        ex = "css_browser hist js_browser no_forget no_hash no_idx"
         ka.update(**{k: None for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "re_maxage rproxy rsp_slp s_wr_slp theme themes turbo df loris"
+        ex = "df loris re_maxage rproxy rsp_slp s_wr_slp theme themes turbo"
         ka.update(**{k: 0 for k in ex.split()})
 
-        ex = "doctitle favico html_head mth textfiles log_fk"
+        ex = "doctitle favico html_head log_fk mth textfiles"
         ka.update(**{k: "" for k in ex.split()})
 
         super(Cfg, self).__init__(