diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ceedac4..9525abe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The package provides optional features that can be installed based on your needs
 
 ```python
 from PIL import Image
-from vlmrun.client import VLMRun
+from vlmrun import VLMRun
 from vlmrun.common.utils import remote_image
 
 # Initialize the client
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ print(response)
 The VLM Run SDK provides OpenAI-compatible chat completions through the agent endpoint. This allows you to use the familiar OpenAI API with VLM Run's powerful vision-language models.
 
 ```python
-from vlmrun.client import VLMRun
+from vlmrun import VLMRun
 
 client = VLMRun(
     api_key="your-key",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ For async support:
 
 ```python
 import asyncio
-from vlmrun.client import VLMRun
+from vlmrun import VLMRun
 
 client = VLMRun(api_key="your-key", base_url="https://api.vlm.run/v1")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index f70dc44..8e5db7e 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
 from vlmrun.client.exceptions import ConfigurationError, AuthenticationError
 
 
+def test_top_level_client_import():
+    """Test that the public package exposes the main client."""
+    from vlmrun import VLMRun as TopLevelVLMRun
+    from vlmrun import __version__
+    import vlmrun
+
+    assert TopLevelVLMRun is VLMRun
+    assert vlmrun.VLMRun is VLMRun
+    assert isinstance(__version__, str)
+    assert "VLMRun" in vlmrun.__all__
+
+
 def test_client_with_api_key(monkeypatch):
     """Test client initialization with API key provided in constructor."""
     monkeypatch.delenv("VLMRUN_API_KEY", raising=False)
diff --git a/vlmrun/__init__.py b/vlmrun/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ada3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlmrun/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Public package interface for the VLM Run Python SDK."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from vlmrun.client import VLMRun
+from vlmrun.version import __version__
+
+__all__ = ["VLMRun", "__version__"]