diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index bf21fd4..b108fba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,21 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools twine wheel
           python -m pip install '.[dev]'
           python -m pip install -e .
       - name: Lint
         run: |
-          flake8 sprockets_statsd tests
+          flake8 sprockets_statsd tests setup.py docs/conf.py
       - name: Check format
         run: |
-          yapf -dr sprockets_statsd tests
+          yapf -dr sprockets_statsd tests setup.py docs/conf.py
+      - name: Verify distribution build
+        run: |
+          rm -fr dist
+          python setup.py bdist_wheel
+          python setup.py sdist
+          twine check dist/*
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           coverage run -m unittest
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5584c4c..882eeb4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ the payload.
 
 If you are a `python-statsd`_ user, then the method names should look very familiar.  That is quite intentional.
 I like the interface and many others do as well.  There is one very very important difference though -- the
-``timing`` method takes the duration as the number of **seconds** as a :class:`float` instead of the number of
+``timing`` method takes the duration as the number of **seconds** as a ``float`` instead of the number of
 milliseconds.
 
 .. warning::
 
    If you are accustomed to using `python-statsd`_, be aware that the ``timing`` method expects the number of
-   seconds as a :class:`float` instead of the number of milliseconds.
+   seconds as a ``float`` instead of the number of milliseconds.
 
 .. _python-statsd: https://statsd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cfe6f32..61cc244 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import setuptools
+
 setuptools.setup()
diff --git a/sprockets_statsd/statsd.py b/sprockets_statsd/statsd.py
index 9571c2c..01d3121 100644
--- a/sprockets_statsd/statsd.py
+++ b/sprockets_statsd/statsd.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class Processor:
 
     logger: logging.Logger
     protocol: typing.Optional[StatsdProtocol]
-    queue: asyncio.Queue[bytes]
+    queue: asyncio.Queue
     _create_transport: typing.Callable[[], typing.Coroutine[
         typing.Any, typing.Any, typing.Tuple[asyncio.BaseTransport,
                                              StatsdProtocol]]]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 64481a1..0bdd33d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = lint,py37,py38,py39,tornado5
+envlist = lint,distcheck,py37,py38,py39,tornado5
 toxworkdir = ./build/tox
 
 [testenv]
@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:lint]
 commands =
-	flake8 sprockets_statsd tests
-	yapf -dr sprockets_statsd tests
+	flake8 sprockets_statsd tests setup.py docs/conf.py
+	yapf -dr sprockets_statsd tests setup.py docs/conf.py
+
+[testenv:distcheck]
+deps =
+	twine
+	wheel
+commands =
+	rm -fr {envtmpdir}/dist
+	python setup.py sdist --dist-dir {envtmpdir}/dist
+	python setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir {envtmpdir}/dist
+	twine check {envtmpdir}/dist/*
+	rm -fr {envtmpdir}/dist
 
 [testenv:tornado5]
 deps =