diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13bb2a0..48dee28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Mac
 .DS_Store
-
+# api key
+api_key
+# temporary files
+tmp/*
 # IDEs
 .idea
 .vscode
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/eln_packages_common b/eln_packages_common
index 938595a..917aa15 160000
--- a/eln_packages_common
+++ b/eln_packages_common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 938595a08bb56cf940be8f58d9578c839894d11b
+Subproject commit 917aa15ba51f969667c19f49c1f482593e98f373
diff --git a/input_process.py b/input_process.py
index 2fe88ae..6a67cda 100644
--- a/input_process.py
+++ b/input_process.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from resourcemanage import Resource_Manager
+from eln_packages_common.resourcemanage import Resource_Manager
 import webbrowser
 import print_handling
 
diff --git a/print_handling.py b/print_handling.py
index d66448b..1ddefef 100644
--- a/print_handling.py
+++ b/print_handling.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import resourcemanage
+from eln_packages_common.resourcemanage import Resource_Manager
 from pypdf import PdfMerger
 import io
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-rm = resourcemanage.Resource_Manager()
+rm = Resource_Manager()
 current_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-temp_path = str(current_dir.parent / "tmp" / "printerqueue.pdf")
+temp_path = str(current_dir / "tmp" / "printerqueue.pdf")
 
 
 def add_item(id: int):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f201b..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-setup(
-    name="ddomlab_eln_packages_frontend",
-    version="0.1.0",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    author="Kyle Hollars",
-    author_email="kmhollar@ncsu.edu",
-    python_requires=">=3.11",
-)
\ No newline at end of file