diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index b017ae7..e0de7d9 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   version = '0.1.4',      
   license='GGPLv3',        
   description = 'LivePNG is a format to create avatars based on PNG images with lipsync support',
+  long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+  long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
   author = 'Francesco Caracciolo',
   author_email = 'francescocaracciolo78@gmail.com',
   url = 'https://github.com/francescocaracciolo/livepng',