diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f492c9d8..67274942 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     version="1.0.5",
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     description="Python API for the SPARC DFT Code",
+    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     author="Tian Tian, Lucas R Timmerman, Ben Comer",
     author_email="alchem0x2a@gmail.com, ltimmerman3@gatech.edu, ben.comer@gatech.edu",
     url="https://github.com/SPARC-X/SPARC-X-API",