diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 27fe8bc..1046644 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
 setup(
     name = 'pyremotenode',
     packages = [
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@
     author = 'James Byrne',
     author_email = 'jambyr@bas.ac.uk',
     url = 'http://www.github.com/antarctica/pyremotenode',
+    description="A service library for controlling low power devices",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=[
         # TODO: need to sort this out, comes from jimcircadian/apscheduler for python3.2 compatibility
         "apscheduler==3.0.8",