diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7529a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: publish website
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.13'
+
+    - uses: pandoc/actions/setup@v1
+
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: pip install sphinx nbsphinx furo .
+
+    - name: Build website
+      run: sphinx-build docs docs-artifacts
+
+    - name: Upload website artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        path: docs-artifacts
+
+
+  deploy:
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
+    needs: build
+
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{steps.deployment.outputs.page_url}}
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+      id: deployment
+      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 039b2d0..16ced19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: workflow
+name: tests
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  test:
+  style:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
 
     steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -  uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: install package
-        run: pip install .
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
 
       # TODO move to pyproject.toml
       - name: install test dependencies
@@ -28,5 +28,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: style
         run: pycodestyle src/blaupause
 
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: install package
+        run: pip install .
+
       - name: test
         run: pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e749c2c..fd43e5e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 __pycache__
 .coverage
 .ipynb_checkpoints
+docs/_autosummary
+docs/_build
+venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 454d962..4d02283 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
               'nbsphinx',
               'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
-              'm2r2'
               ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+html_theme = 'furo'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 6681071..c489d44 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 Welcome to blaupause's documentation!
 =====================================
 
-.. mdinclude:: ../README.md
-   :start-line: 14
-   :end-line: 31
+``blaupause`` is a sample Python-based package that can be used a tutorial for setting up a project.
+
+Tutorials
+---------
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ Welcome to blaupause's documentation!
 
    ipynb/tutorial
 
-API-reference
+API reference
 -------------
-   
+
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _autosummary
    :caption: API Reference
diff --git a/src/blaupause/__init__.py b/src/blaupause/__init__.py
index e4fbad7..05b9130 100644
--- a/src/blaupause/__init__.py
+++ b/src/blaupause/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import pytest
 import importlib.metadata
-import pkg_resources
 from .functions import add, subtract, multiply
 from .blueprint import Blueprint