diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/actions.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/actions.yaml
index 4952534..56e3165 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/actions.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/actions.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
 
   lint:
-    name: Lint with Ruff & Pylint
+    name: Lint with Ruff, Pylint, & MyPy
     runs-on: docker
     container: www.coastalcommits.com/cswimr/actions:uv
     steps:
@@ -65,7 +65,16 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Analysing code with Pylint
-        run: uv run pylint --rcfile=.forgejo/workflows/config/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py')
+        run: uv run pylint $(git ls-files '*.py')
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Type checking with MyPy
+        run: uv run mypy $(git ls-files '*.py')
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Running tests # this will be moved to a separate job once I actually migrate to a dedicated test suite
+        run: uv run tests/tests.py
+
 
   docs:
     name: Build Documentation
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/config/.pylintrc b/.forgejo/workflows/config/.pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ea99d4..0000000
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/config/.pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-  [MESSAGES CONTROL]
-  disable=
-    line-too-long,
-    missing-module-docstring,
-    too-many-arguments,
-    too-few-public-methods,
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1bda94..b9c4f53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -167,3 +167,6 @@ test.mp3
 
 # actions artifacts
 1/
+
+# automatically generated version file
+pyflowery/version.py
diff --git a/pyflowery/__init__.py b/pyflowery/__init__.py
index 1b6cb35..6296028 100644
--- a/pyflowery/__init__.py
+++ b/pyflowery/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pyflowery.exceptions import (
 )
 from pyflowery.models import FloweryAPIConfig, Language, Result, Voice
 from pyflowery.pyflowery import FloweryAPI
-from pyflowery.version import VERSION
+from pyflowery.version import __version__
 
 __all__ = [
     "FloweryAPI",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "Language",
     "Result",
     "Voice",
-    "VERSION",
+    "__version__",
     "ResponseError",
     "ClientError",
     "InternalServerError",
diff --git a/pyflowery/models.py b/pyflowery/models.py
index 4ee4772..6373f61 100644
--- a/pyflowery/models.py
+++ b/pyflowery/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from logging import Logger, getLogger
 from sys import version as pyversion
 from typing import Dict, List, Union
 
-from pyflowery.version import VERSION
+from pyflowery.version import version
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ class FloweryAPIConfig:
     @property
     def prepended_user_agent(self) -> str:
         """Return the user_agent with the PyFlowery module version prepended"""
-        return f"PyFlowery/{VERSION} {self.user_agent} (Python {pyversion})"
+        return f"PyFlowery/{version} {self.user_agent} (Python {pyversion})"
diff --git a/pyflowery/pyflowery.py b/pyflowery/pyflowery.py
index 74576b3..4374296 100644
--- a/pyflowery/pyflowery.py
+++ b/pyflowery/pyflowery.py
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ class FloweryAPI:
     async def _populate_voices_cache(self) -> None:
         """Populate the voices cache. This method is called automatically when the FloweryAPI object is created, and should not be called directly."""
         self._voices_cache = tuple([voice async for voice in self.fetch_voices()])  # pylint: disable=consider-using-generator
-        if self._voices_cache == ():
+        if not self._voices_cache:
             raise ValueError("Failed to populate voices cache! Please report this issue at https://www.coastalcommits.com/cswimr/PyFlowery/issues.")
-        else:
-            self.config.logger.info("Voices cache populated!")
+        self.config.logger.info("Voices cache populated!")
 
     def get_voices(self, voice_id: str | None = None, name: str | None = None) -> Tuple[Voice, ...] | None:
         """Get a set of voices from the cache.
@@ -150,7 +149,5 @@ class FloweryAPI:
         if request is not None:
             if isinstance(request.data, bytes):
                 return request.data
-            else:
-                raise ResponseError(f"Invalid response from Flowery API: {request.data!r}")
-        else:
-            raise ResponseError("Invalid response from Flowery API: Empty Response!}")
+            raise ResponseError(f"Invalid response from Flowery API: {request.data!r}")
+        raise ResponseError("Invalid response from Flowery API: Empty Response!}")
diff --git a/pyflowery/version.py b/pyflowery/version.py
index ce31092..e2a7983 100644
--- a/pyflowery/version.py
+++ b/pyflowery/version.py
@@ -1 +1,16 @@
-VERSION = "3.0.1"
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Tuple, Union
+    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+else:
+    VERSION_TUPLE = object
+
+version: str
+__version__: str
+__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
+version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
+
+__version__ = version = '3.0.2.dev0+ga7113ba.d20241115'
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (3, 0, 2, 'dev0', 'ga7113ba.d20241115')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 33189c8..79e12b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyflowery"
-version = "3.0.1"
 description = "A Python API wrapper for the Flowery API"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = "<4.0,>=3.11"
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
+dynamic = ["version", "urls"]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
@@ -35,6 +35,26 @@ docs = [
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 160
 
+[tool.pylint]
+max-line-length = 200
+disable = [
+    "missing-module-docstring",
+    "too-many-arguments",
+    "too-many-positional-arguments",
+    "too-few-public-methods",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "pyflowery/version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.vcs.urls]
+Homepage = "https://www.coastalcommits.com/cswimr/PyFlowery"
+Issues = "https://www.coastalcommits.com/cswimr/PyFlowery/issues"
+source_archive = "https://www.coastalcommits.com/cswimr/PyFlowery/archive/{commit_hash}.tar.gz"
+
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 185f18d..b7c69a7 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from pyflowery import VERSION, FloweryAPI, FloweryAPIConfig
+from pyflowery import FloweryAPI, FloweryAPIConfig, __version__
 
 root = logging.getLogger()
 root.setLevel(level=logging.DEBUG)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(me
 handler.setFormatter(fmt=formatter)
 root.addHandler(hdlr=handler)
 
-api = FloweryAPI(config=FloweryAPIConfig(user_agent=f"PyFloweryTests/{VERSION}"))
+api = FloweryAPI(config=FloweryAPIConfig(user_agent=f"PyFloweryTests/{__version__}"))
 
 ALEXANDER = "fa3ea565-121f-5efd-b4e9-59895c77df23"  # TikTok
 JACOB = "38f45366-68e8-5d39-b1ef-3fd4eeb61cdb"  # Microsoft Azure
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a8f0873..6b58e4e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -754,11 +754,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
-version = "24.1"
+version = "24.2"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/51/65/50db4dda066951078f0a96cf12f4b9ada6e4b811516bf0262c0f4f7064d4/packaging-24.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:026ed72c8ed3fcce5bf8950572258698927fd1dbda10a5e981cdf0ac37f4f002", size = 148788 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d0/63/68dbb6eb2de9cb10ee4c9c14a0148804425e13c4fb20d61cce69f53106da/packaging-24.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c228a6dc5e932d346bc5739379109d49e8853dd8223571c7c5b55260edc0b97f", size = 163950 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/08/aa/cc0199a5f0ad350994d660967a8efb233fe0416e4639146c089643407ce6/packaging-24.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5b8f2217dbdbd2f7f384c41c628544e6d52f2d0f53c6d0c3ea61aa5d1d7ff124", size = 53985 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/88/ef/eb23f262cca3c0c4eb7ab1933c3b1f03d021f2c48f54763065b6f0e321be/packaging-24.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:09abb1bccd265c01f4a3aa3f7a7db064b36514d2cba19a2f694fe6150451a759", size = 65451 },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyflowery"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.0.2.dev0+ga7113ba.d20241115"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },