diff --git a/news/entry-point-.rst b/news/entry-point-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698b5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/entry-point-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Configure entry point in pyproject.toml to run CLI commands
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2044137..abb955f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ template = "{tag}"
 dev_template = "{tag}"
 dirty_template = "{tag}"
 
+[project.scripts]
+srmise = "diffpy.srmise.applications.extract:main"
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]  # list of folders that contain the packages (["."] by default)
 include = ["*"]  # package names should match these glob patterns (["*"] by default)