diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf27295..d147b71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,22 +20,33 @@ Homepage: https://weechat.org/
 QWeeChat requires:
 
 - Python ≥ 3.7
-- PyQt5
+- PyQt5 or PyQt5 and maybe PySide2 and PySide2 using qtpy
 - [WeeChat](https://weechat.org) ≥ 0.3.7, on local or remote machine, with relay plugin enabled and listening on a port with protocol "weechat"
 
+
 ### Install via source distribution
 
+Look at the Makefile and customize the variables; then
 ```
-$ pip install .
+$ make install
 ```
 
 ## WeeChat setup
 
-You have to add a relay port in WeeChat, for example on port 1234:
-
+You have to add a relay port in WeeChat.
+Follow the normal instructions for adding a ```relay``` to
+[weechat](https://github.com/weechat/weechat)
+```
+/relay add weechat 9000
+/relay start weechat
+```
+or
 ```
-/set relay.network.password "mypass"
-/relay add weechat 1234
+weechat -r '/relay add weechat 9000;/relay start weechat'
+```
+and run qweechat either under toxygen, or standalone
+```
+python3 -m qweechat
 ```
 
 ## Connect to WeeChat
@@ -68,4 +79,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with QWeeChat.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+## Updates
+
 Up-to-date code is on https://git.plastiras.org/emdee/qweechat
diff --git a/qweechat/__main__.py b/qweechat/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73872d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qweechat/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import logging
+
+from  qtpy import QtWidgets, QtGui, QtCore
+from  qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication
+
+global LOG
+LOG = logging.getLogger('qweechat')
+
+def iMain(lArgs=None):
+    try:
+        from qweechat import qweechat
+        from qweechat.config import write
+        LOG.info("Loading WeechatConsole")
+    except ImportError as e:
+        LOG.error(f"ImportError Loading import qweechat {e} {sys.path}")
+        LOG.debug(traceback.print_exc())
+        text = f"ImportError Loading import qweechat {e} {sys.path}"
+        title = util_ui.tr('Error importing qweechat')
+        util_ui.message_box(text, title)
+        return 1
+
+    from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication
+    _app = QApplication([])
+
+    # is this still needed?
+    if sys.platform == 'Linux' and \
+          hasattr(QtCore.Qt, 'AA_X11InitThreads'):
+            QtCore.QCoreApplication.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.AA_X11InitThreads)
+
+    try:
+        # WeeChat backported from PySide6 to PyQt5
+        LOG.info("Adding WeechatConsole")
+        class WeechatConsole(qweechat.MainWindow):
+            def __init__(self, *args):
+                qweechat.MainWindow.__init__(self, *args)
+
+            def closeEvent(self, event):
+                """Called when QWeeChat window is closed."""
+                self.network.disconnect_weechat()
+                if self.network.debug_dialog:
+                    self.network.debug_dialog.close()
+                write(self.config)
+    except Exception as e:
+        LOG.exception(f"ERROR WeechatConsole {e}")
+        MainWindow = None
+        return 2
+    size = 12
+    font_name = "Courier New"
+    font_name = "DejaVu Sans Mono"
+
+    try:
+        LOG.info("Creating WeechatConsole")
+        _we = WeechatConsole()
+        _we.show()
+        _we.setWindowTitle('File/Connect to 127.0.0.1:9000')
+        # Fix the pyconsole geometry
+        try:
+            font = _we.buffers[0].widget.chat.defaultFont()
+            font.setFamily(font_name)
+            font.setBold(True)
+            if font_width is None:
+                font_width = QFontMetrics(font).width('M')
+            _we.setFont(font)
+        except Exception as e:
+#                LOG.debug(e)
+            font_width = size
+        geometry = _we.geometry()
+        # make this configable?
+        geometry.setWidth(int(font_width*70))
+        geometry.setHeight(int(font_width*(2+24)*11/8))
+        _we.setGeometry(geometry)
+        #? QtCore.QSize()
+        _we.resize(int(font_width*80+20), int(font_width*(2+24)*11/8))
+
+        _we.list_buffers.setSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred,
+                                            QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
+        _we.stacked_buffers.setSizePolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding,
+                                               QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+
+        LOG.info("Showing WeechatConsole")
+        _we.show()
+        # or _we.eval_in_thread()
+#?        return 0
+    except Exception as e:
+        LOG.exception(f"Error creating WeechatConsole {e}")
+        return 4
+ 
+    LOG.info("_execute_app")
+
+    # self._app.lastWindowClosed.connect(self._app.quit)
+    while True:
+        try:
+            _app.exec_()
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error('Unhandled exception: ' + str(ex))
+            return 5
+        else:
+            pass # break
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    iRet = 0
+    try:
+        iRet = iMain(sys.argv[1:])
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        iRet = 0
+    except SystemExit as e:
+        iRet = e
+    except Exception as e:
+        import traceback
+        sys.stderr.write(f"Exception from main  {e}" \
+                         +'\n' + traceback.format_exc() +'\n' )
+        iRet = 1
+
+    # Exception ignored in: <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py'>
+    # File "/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 1428, in _shutdown
+    # lock.acquire()
+    # gevent.exceptions.LoopExit as e:
+    # This operation would block forever
+#    sys.stderr.write('Calling sys.exit' +'\n')
+#    sys.exit(iRet)
+