diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c6724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Do not export those files in the Composer archive (lighter dependency)
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.github/ export-ignore
+CHANGELOG.md export-ignore
+LICENSE.md export-ignore
+README.md export-ignore
+
+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text=auto
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 160e69a..ae58114 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "jalendport/spark-craft",
-	"version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
 	"description": "Craft CMS starter project",
+	"version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
 	"type": "project",
 	"keywords": [
 		"craft",
@@ -10,15 +10,58 @@
 		"project"
 	],
 	"license": "0BSD",
+	"authors": [
+		{
+			"name": "Jalen Davenport",
+			"email": "hello@jalendport.com",
+			"homepage": "https://jalendport.com",
+			"role": "Developer"
+		}
+	],
+	"support": {
+		"email": "support@jalendport.com",
+		"issues": "https://github.com/jalendport/spark-craft/issues",
+		"source": "https://github.com/jalendport/spark-craft",
+		"docs": "https://github.com/jalendport/spark-craft/blob/master/README.MD"
+	},
+	"funding": [
+		{
+			"type": "github",
+			"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jalendport"
+		}
+	],
+	"require": {
+		"craftcms/cms": "^5.0.0",
+		"vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.4.0"
+	},
+	"require-dev": {
+		"craftcms/generator": "^2.0.0",
+		"yiisoft/yii2-shell": "^2.0.0"
+	},
+	"autoload": {
+		"psr-4": {
+			"modules\\": "src/modules/"
+		}
+	},
+	"minimum-stability": "dev",
+	"prefer-stable": true,
+	"config": {
+		"allow-plugins": {
+			"craftcms/plugin-installer": true,
+			"yiisoft/yii2-composer": true
+		},
+		"sort-packages": true,
+		"optimize-autoloader": true,
+		"platform": {
+			"php": "8.3"
+		}
+	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"post-create-project-cmd": [
-			"@php -r \"unlink('README.md');\"",
-			"@php -r \"unlink('CHANGELOG.md');\"",
-			"@php -r \"unlink('LICENSE');\"",
-			"@php -r \"rename('.env.example', '.env');\"",
+			"@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.example.env', '.env');\"",
 			"@php -r \"unlink('composer.json');\"",
-			"@php -r \"unlink('composer.lock');\"",
-			"@php -r \"rename('composer.json.project', 'composer.json');\""
+			"@php -r \"rename('composer.json.project', 'composer.json');\"",
+			"@composer dump-autoload -o"
 		]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/composer.json.project b/composer.json.project
index 79845cf..9ecba76 100644
--- a/composer.json.project
+++ b/composer.json.project
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.4.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
-		"craftcms/generator": "^1.3.0",
+		"craftcms/generator": "^2.0.0",
 		"yiisoft/yii2-shell": "^2.0.0"
 	},
 	"autoload": {
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 			"modules\\": "src/modules/"
 		}
 	},
+	"minimum-stability": "dev",
+	"prefer-stable": true,
 	"config": {
 		"allow-plugins": {
 			"craftcms/plugin-installer": true,