diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5ded421c..08d9b5d5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include src/c2pa/libs/*.dylib
 include src/c2pa/libs/*.dll
-include src/c2pa/libs/*.so 
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+include src/c2pa/libs/*.so
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 809aa7ec..2938e3d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 build-python:
 	python3 -m pip uninstall -y maturin
 	python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+	python3 -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 	pip install -e .
 
 test:
 	python3 ./tests/test_unit_tests.py
-	python3 ./tests/test_api.py
 
 publish: release
 	python3 -m pip install twine
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31f36529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Build dependencies
+wheel==0.41.2  # For building wheels
+setuptools==68.0.0  # For building packages
+
+# Testing dependencies
+pytest==7.4.0
+
+# for downloading the library artifacts
+requests>=2.0.0
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f937501..596f3d8e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,2 @@
-
-wheel==0.41.2  # For building wheels
-setuptools==68.0.0  # For building packages
-# Testing dependencies
-pytest==7.4.0 
- # only used in the training example
-cryptography>=41.0.0 
-# for downloading the library artifacts
-requests>=2.0.0
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+# only used in the training example
+cryptography>=41.0.0
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diff --git a/src/c2pa/build.py b/src/c2pa/build.py
index 2a252925..106dab9c 100644
--- a/src/c2pa/build.py
+++ b/src/c2pa/build.py
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ def get_latest_release() -> dict:
 def download_artifact(url: str, platform_name: str) -> None:
     """Download and extract an artifact to the appropriate platform directory."""
     print(f"Downloading artifact for {platform_name}...")
-    
+
     # Create platform directory
     platform_dir = ARTIFACTS_DIR / platform_name
     platform_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    
+
     # Download the zip file
     response = requests.get(url)
     response.raise_for_status()
-    
+
     # Extract the zip file
     with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.content)) as zip_ref:
         # Extract all files to the platform directory
         zip_ref.extractall(platform_dir)
-    
+
     print(f"Successfully downloaded and extracted artifacts for {platform_name}")
 
 def download_artifacts() -> None:
@@ -44,27 +44,27 @@ def download_artifacts() -> None:
     try:
         # Create artifacts directory if it doesn't exist
         ARTIFACTS_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-        
+
         # Get latest release
         print("Fetching latest release information...")
         release = get_latest_release()
         print(f"Found release: {release['tag_name']}")
-        
+
         # Download each asset
         for asset in release['assets']:
             # Skip non-zip files
             if not asset['name'].endswith('.zip'):
                 continue
-                
+
             # Determine platform from asset name
             # Example: c2pa-rs-v1.0.0-macosx-arm64.zip
             platform_name = asset['name'].split('-')[-1].replace('.zip', '')
-            
+
             # Download and extract the artifact
             download_artifact(asset['browser_download_url'], platform_name)
-        
+
         print("\nAll artifacts have been downloaded successfully!")
-        
+
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
         print(f"Error downloading artifacts: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ def initialize_build() -> None:
     download_artifacts()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    download_artifacts() 
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+    download_artifacts()
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diff --git a/src/c2pa/lib.py b/src/c2pa/lib.py
index 880e9238..9b4bdb64 100644
--- a/src/c2pa/lib.py
+++ b/src/c2pa/lib.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def dynamically_load_library(lib_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[ctypes.
         # Package directory
         Path(__file__).parent,
         # Additional library directory
-        Path(__file__).parent / "lib",
+        Path(__file__).parent / "libs",
         # System library paths
         *[Path(p) for p in os.environ.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "").split(os.pathsep) if p],
     ]
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def dynamically_load_library(lib_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[ctypes.
             raise RuntimeError(f"Could not find {lib_name} in any of the search paths")
         return lib
 
-    # Default paht (no library name provided in the environment)
+    # Default path (no library name provided in the environment)
     c2pa_lib = _load_single_library(c2pa_lib_name, possible_paths)
     if not c2pa_lib:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Could not find {c2pa_lib_name} in any of the search paths")