diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2377fb2..fb2bdc7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setup(
 	version = '0.2.0',
 	packages = ["IndicoIo",],
 	license = "MIT License (See LICENSE)",
-	long_description = open("README").read(),
+	long_description = open("README.md").read(),
 	url = "http://www.indico.io",
 	author = "Alec Radford, Slater Victoroff",
 	author_email = "Alec Radford <alec@indicodatasolutions.com>, Slater Victoroff <slater@indicodatasolutions.com>",