diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b59d223..bce4882 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 import setuptools
 
+
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
 setuptools.setup(
     name = "neohubapi",
     version = "0.1",