diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86d80ca..6011ef1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name='umbra',
         url='https://github.com/eldondev/umbra',
         author='Eldon Stegall',
         author_email='eldon@archive.org',
-        long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+        long_description=open('README.md').read(),
         license='GPL',
         packages=['umbra'],
         install_requires=['kombu', 'websocket-client','psutil','argparse'],