diff --git a/fortls.py b/fortls.py
deleted file mode 100755
index d181aaec..00000000
--- a/fortls.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# file used for unit testing
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import fortls
-
-    fortls.main()
diff --git a/fortls/__main__.py b/fortls/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..868d99ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fortls/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from . import main
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/test/setup_tests.py b/test/setup_tests.py
index d081fc21..f34a53eb 100644
--- a/test/setup_tests.py
+++ b/test/setup_tests.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def check_post_msg(result: dict, msg: str, severity: int):
 def run_request(request, fortls_args: list[str] = None):
     command = [
         sys.executable,
-        str(root_dir / "fortls.py"),
+        "-m",
+        "fortls",
         "--incremental_sync",
     ]
     if fortls_args: