diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d64a175..57edacb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/NCAR/rda-python-template"
+
+[project.scripts]
+startscript = "rda_python_template.startscript:main"