diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ef97a3b..939b9af 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
     max-line-length = 100
     max-complexity = 18
     select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9
+    exclude = .git,__pycache__,.venv,venv,.tox,build,dist,*.egg-info,docs/_build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index caef45b..3d92dd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
+        python-version: [3.11]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements/requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Check code format and style
         run: |
-          isort **/*.py -c -v
-          black --check colordetect/ tests/
-          flake8 colordetect/ tests/
+          isort src/colordetect/ tests/ docs/conf.py -c -v
+          black --check src/colordetect/ tests/
+          flake8 src/colordetect/ tests/
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0945288..cb5df9e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 ColorDetect Changelog
 =====================
 
+.. _1.6.6:
+1.6.6 (28-08-2026)
+==================
+Feat
+---------
+
+- Migration to recommended packaging
+
 .. _1.6.5:
 1.6.5 (28-02-2026)
 ==================
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ Fix
 Features
 ---------
 
-- Perform color recognition on a video at a specific time 
+- Perform color recognition on a video at a specific time
 - Extract image from video at a specific time
 
 
@@ -65,12 +73,12 @@ Docs
 ----
 
 - Update contribution readme with pre-commit configuration.
-  
+
 Fix
 ---
 
 - Linting of code
-  
+
 .. _1.5.0:
 1.5.0 (11-08-2021)
 =======================
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0344d52..cb36276 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 author = "Marvin Kweyu"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.6.5"
+release = "1.6.6"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/videocolor.rst b/docs/videocolor.rst
index 07bf156..db8a920 100644
--- a/docs/videocolor.rst
+++ b/docs/videocolor.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ We could, **alternatively**, handle the saving ourselves and go as below:
 
 
     >>> image.write_color_count(font_color=(255,255,255))
-    >>> image.save_image(location='path/to/directory/of/choice', filename='filenameofchoice.jpg')
+    >>> image.save_image(location='path/to/directory/of/choice', file_name='filenameofchoice.jpg')
 
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea1e8e0..3407a6e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["uv_build"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ColorDetect"
-version = "1.6.5"
+version = "1.6.6"
 authors = [
     {name = "Marvin Kweyu", email = "hello@marvinkweyu.net"},
 ]
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-where = ["."]
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = ["src"]
diff --git a/colordetect/__init__.py b/src/colordetect/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from colordetect/__init__.py
rename to src/colordetect/__init__.py
diff --git a/colordetect/col_share.py b/src/colordetect/col_share.py
similarity index 100%
rename from colordetect/col_share.py
rename to src/colordetect/col_share.py
diff --git a/colordetect/color_detect.py b/src/colordetect/color_detect.py
similarity index 95%
rename from colordetect/color_detect.py
rename to src/colordetect/color_detect.py
index 90758f1..ef1a98b 100644
--- a/colordetect/color_detect.py
+++ b/src/colordetect/color_detect.py
@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@ def get_segmented_image(
 
         segmented = cv2.bitwise_and(self.image_original, self.image_original, mask=mask)
 
-        for i in range(len(mask)):
-            for j in range(len(mask[i])):
-                if mask[i][j] != 0:
-                    output_image[i][j] = self.image_original[i][j]
+        output_image[mask != 0] = self.image_original[mask != 0]
 
         return output_image, gray, segmented, mask
 
     def get_color_count(
-        self, color_count: int = 5, color_format: str = "human_readable"
+        self,
+        color_count: int = 5,
+        color_format: str = "human_readable",
+        max_pixels: int = 10_000,
     ) -> dict:
         """
         .. _get_color_count:
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ def get_color_count(
                 * rgb - rgb(255, 255, 0) for yellow
                 * hex - #FFFF00 for yellow
                 * human_readable - yellow for yellow
+        max_pixels: int
+            Maximum number of pixels sampled for clustering. Reduces memory and
+            CPU usage on large images with negligible impact on color accuracy.
+            Set to None to disable downsampling.
         :return: color description
         """
 
@@ -198,8 +202,11 @@ def get_color_count(
 
         # convert image from BGR to RGB for better accuracy
         rgb = cv2.cvtColor(self.image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
-        reshape = rgb.reshape((rgb.shape[0] * rgb.shape[1], 3))
-        cluster = KMeans(n_clusters=color_count).fit(reshape)
+        reshape = rgb.reshape((-1, 3))
+        if max_pixels is not None and len(reshape) > max_pixels:
+            indices = np.random.choice(len(reshape), max_pixels, replace=False)
+            reshape = reshape[indices]
+        cluster = KMeans(n_clusters=color_count, n_init=10).fit(reshape)
 
         unique_colors = self._find_unique_colors(cluster, cluster.cluster_centers_)
 
@@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ def _find_unique_colors(self, cluster, centroids) -> dict:
 
         # Get the number of different clusters, create histogram, and normalize
         labels = np.arange(0, len(np.unique(cluster.labels_)) + 1)
-        (hist, _) = np.histogram(cluster.labels_, bins=labels)
+        hist, _ = np.histogram(cluster.labels_, bins=labels)
         hist = hist.astype("float")
         hist /= hist.sum()
 
diff --git a/colordetect/video_color_detect.py b/src/colordetect/video_color_detect.py
similarity index 67%
rename from colordetect/video_color_detect.py
rename to src/colordetect/video_color_detect.py
index 49b0472..7c46567 100644
--- a/colordetect/video_color_detect.py
+++ b/src/colordetect/video_color_detect.py
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@
 >>> from colordetect import VideoColor
 >>> user_video = VideoColor("<path_to_video>")
 # where frame_color_count is the target most dominant colors to be found. Default set to 5
->>> colors =  user_video.get_video_frames(frame_color_count=7)
+>>> colors = user_video.get_video_frames(frame_color_count=7)
 >>> colors
-# alternatively shorten the dictionary to get a specific number of sorted colors from the whole lot
+# shorten the result to the N most dominant colors across the whole video
 >>> from colordetect import col_share
 >>> top_colors = col_share.sort_order(object_description=colors, key_count=8)
 """
 
-import datetime
-import sys
-
 import cv2
 
 from . import col_share
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ class VideoColor:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, video):
-        # super().__init__(video)
         self.video_file = cv2.VideoCapture(video)
         self.color_description = {}
 
@@ -51,12 +47,14 @@ def get_video_frames(
         ----------
         frame_color_count: int
             The number of most dominant colors to be obtained from a single frame
-        color_format:str
+        color_format: str
             The format to return the color in.
             Options
                 * hsv - (60°,100%,100%)
                 * rgb - rgb(255, 255, 0) for yellow
                 * hex - #FFFF00 for yellow
+        progress: bool
+            Show a progress bar during processing. Default False.
           :return: color_description dictionary
         """
         if not isinstance(frame_color_count, int):
@@ -74,30 +72,29 @@ def get_video_frames(
 
         count = 0
         total_frame_count = self.video_file.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT)
-        while self.video_file.isOpened():
-            # how often to extract colors from video frames. Defaults to every 1 second
-            (success, image) = self._get_frame(time=count * 1000)
-            if not success:
-                break  # Video is complete
-            image_object = ColorDetect(image)
-            colors = image_object.get_color_count(
-                color_count=frame_color_count, color_format=color_format
-            )
-            # merge dictionaries as they are created
-            self.color_description = {**self.color_description, **colors}
-            count += 1
-            current_frame_num = self.video_file.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES)
+        try:
+            while self.video_file.isOpened():
+                success, image = self._get_frame(time=count * 1000)
+                if not success:
+                    break
+                colors = ColorDetect(image).get_color_count(
+                    color_count=frame_color_count, color_format=color_format
+                )
+                self.color_description.update(colors)
+                count += 1
+                if progress:
+                    col_share.progress_bar(
+                        position=self.video_file.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES),
+                        total_length=total_frame_count,
+                    )
             if progress:
+                # Flush bar to 100% for any trailing millis skipped at the end
                 col_share.progress_bar(
-                    position=current_frame_num, total_length=total_frame_count
+                    position=total_frame_count, total_length=total_frame_count
                 )
-        if progress:
-            col_share.progress_bar(
-                position=total_frame_count, total_length=total_frame_count
-            )  # Cater for video with extra millis at the end that don't sum upto a full sec, and are thus skipped
+        finally:
+            self.video_file.release()
 
-        self.video_file.release()
-        print("\n")
         return self.color_description
 
     def _get_frame(self, time: int = 1000) -> tuple:
@@ -112,13 +109,10 @@ def _get_frame(self, time: int = 1000) -> tuple:
         time: int
             Time to get color from in parsed image
 
-          :return: ()
+          :return: (success, image)
         """
-        #  read file every x time in milliseconds
         self.video_file.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_MSEC, time)
-        success, image = self.video_file.read()
-
-        return (success, image)
+        return self.video_file.read()
 
     def get_time_frame_color(
         self, color_count: int = 5, color_format: str = "rgb", time: int = 1000
@@ -136,7 +130,7 @@ def get_time_frame_color(
             Time to get color from in video in milliseconds
         color_count: int
             Number of colors to return at the given time frame
-        color_format:str
+        color_format: str
             The format to return the color in.
             Options
                 * hsv - (60°,100%,100%)
@@ -157,23 +151,23 @@ def get_time_frame_color(
         if time < 1:
             raise ValueError("Cannot give negative time to extract color from")
 
-        if self._get_video_length() < time:
+        video_length = self._get_video_length()
+        if video_length < time:
             raise ValueError(
-                f"The time given is longer than the video parsed. Provided {time} while length of video: {self._get_video_length()}"
+                f"The time given is longer than the video parsed. Provided {time} while length of video: {video_length}"
             )
 
-        (success, image) = self._get_frame(time)
-        if success:
-            image_object = ColorDetect(image)
-            colors = image_object.get_color_count(
-                color_count=color_count, color_format=color_format
-            )
-
-            self.color_description = colors
-
-        self.video_file.release()
+        try:
+            success, image = self._get_frame(time)
+            if success:
+                image_object = ColorDetect(image)
+                self.color_description = image_object.get_color_count(
+                    color_count=color_count, color_format=color_format
+                )
+        finally:
+            self.video_file.release()
 
-        return (image_object, self.color_description)
+        return image_object, self.color_description
 
     def _get_video_length(self) -> int:
         """
@@ -182,7 +176,7 @@ def _get_video_length(self) -> int:
         ----------------
         get the length of a video
 
-        return: the length of a video
+        return: the length of a video in milliseconds
         """
         frames = self.video_file.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT)
         fps = self.video_file.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
diff --git a/tests/test_functional.py b/tests/test_functional.py
index 54c4dfb..73f6967 100644
--- a/tests/test_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_functional.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import matplotlib.colors as mcolors
 
-from ..colordetect import ColorDetect
+from colordetect import ColorDetect
 
 
 def test_existence_of_image_vid_path(image, video):
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index 1adcc0d..5640ed4 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from ..colordetect import ColorDetect, VideoColor, col_share
+from colordetect import ColorDetect, VideoColor, col_share
 
 
 def test_image_vid_parsed_to_class(image, video):
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_get_time_frame_color_returns_video_colors_at_given_time(video):
     """
     user_video = VideoColor(video)
 
-    (image, colors_at_time) = user_video.get_time_frame_color(time=10000)
+    image, colors_at_time = user_video.get_time_frame_color(time=10000)
     assert isinstance(image, ColorDetect)
     assert isinstance(colors_at_time, dict)