diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
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+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
+setup.cfg
+setup.py
+python_progress_bar/__init__.py
+python_progress_bar/progress_bar.py
+python_progress_bar/test_bar.py
diff --git a/dist/python_progress_bar-1.0.tar.gz b/dist/python_progress_bar-1.0.tar.gz
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
+
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
 setup(
   name = 'python_progress_bar',
   packages = ['python_progress_bar'],
@@ -7,6 +12,8 @@
   description = 'A progress bar for python shell scripts (Linux)',
   author = 'Polle Vanhoof',
   author_email = 'vanhoofpolle@gmail.com',
+  long_description=long_description,
+  long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
   url = 'https://github.com/pollev/python_progress_bar',
   download_url = 'https://github.com/pollev/python_progress_bar/archive/v1.0.tar.gz',
   keywords = ['progress', 'bar', 'indicator'],