diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 048b72d..ad22f7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The DevCycle Python SDK used for feature management.
 
 This SDK allows your application to interface with the [DevCycle Bucketing API](https://docs.devcycle.com/bucketing-api/#tag/devcycle).
 
-## Requirements.
+## Requirements
 
 * Python 3.8+
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This SDK allows your application to interface with the [DevCycle Bucketing API](
 ```sh
 pip install devcycle-python-server-sdk
 ```
+
 (you may need to run `pip` with root permission: `sudo pip install devcycle-python-server-sdk`)
 
 ## Getting Started
@@ -65,38 +66,47 @@ When developing the SDK it is recommended that you have both a 3.8 and 3.12 pyth
 ### Dependencies
 
 To set up dependencies for local development, run:
-```
+
+```bash
 pip install -r requirements.test.txt
 ```
 
 To run the example app against the local version of the API for testing and development, run:
-```sh
+
+```bash
 pip install --editable .
 ```
-from the top level of the repo (same level as setup.py). Then run the example app as normal.
 
+from the top level of the repo (same level as setup.py). Then run the example app as normal:
+
+```bash
+python example/local_bucketing_client_example.py
+```
 
 ### Linting & Formatting
 
 Linting checks on PRs are run using [ruff](https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff), and are configured using `.ruff.toml`. To run the linter locally, run this command from the top level of the repo:
-```
+
+```bash
 ruff check .
 ```
 
 Ruff can automatically fix simple linting errors (the ones marked with `[*]`). To do so, run:
-```
+
+```bash
 ruff check . --fix
 ```
 
 Formatting checks on PRs are done using [black](https://github.com/psf/black). To run the formatter locally, run this command from the top level of the repo:
 
-```
+```bash
 black .
 ```
 
 ### Unit Tests
 
 To run the unit tests, run:
+
 ```bash
 pytest
 ```
@@ -104,6 +114,7 @@ pytest
 ### Benchmarks
 
 To run the benchmarks, run:
+
 ```bash
 pytest --benchmark-only
 ```
@@ -116,4 +127,4 @@ To generate the protobuf source files run the following from the root of the pro
 protoc --proto_path=./protobuf/ --python_out=devcycle_python_sdk/protobuf --pyi_out=devcycle_python_sdk/protobuf variableForUserParams.proto
 ```
 
-This will rebuild the `variableForUserParams_pb2.py` file. DO NOT edit this file directly.
\ No newline at end of file
+This will rebuild the `variableForUserParams_pb2.py` file. DO NOT edit this file directly.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae24d27..a0275ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ addopts = "--benchmark-skip --showlocals"
 
 # black options
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
 extend-exclude = '_pb2\.pyi?$'
 
 # mypy options
@@ -43,20 +43,17 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 [tool.ruff]
 # https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/rules/
 select = [
-	"F", # PyFlakes
-	"E", # pycodestyle error
-	"W", # pycodestyle warning
-	"N", # pep8-naming
-	"T20", # flake8-print
+	"F",      # PyFlakes
+	"E",      # pycodestyle error
+	"W",      # pycodestyle warning
+	"N",      # pep8-naming
+	"T20",    # flake8-print
 	"RUF100", # ensure noqa comments actually match an error
 ]
 ignore = [
 	"E501", # line too long
 ]
-exclude = [
-  "variableForUserParams_pb2.pyi"
-]
+exclude = ["variableForUserParams_pb2.pyi"]
 [tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
 "__init__.py" = ["F401"]
 "variableForUserParams_pb2.py" = ["F821", "N999", "E712"]
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 82b3390..e3e4bd8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ wasmtime == 23.0.0
 protobuf >= 4.23.3
 openfeature-sdk >= 0.7.0
 launchdarkly-eventsource >= 1.2.0
-responses~=0.23.1
-dataclasses~=0.6
\ No newline at end of file
+responses~=0.23.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7cf8e9..a67a2a2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     url="https://github.com/devcycleHQ/python-server-sdk",
     keywords=["DevCycle"],
     install_requires=REQUIRES,
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={
         "": ["VERSION.txt"],