diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 493fda6..948f2cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   license='MIT', 
   description = 'Get LOC metrics for python scripts',
   long_description=long_description,
+  long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
   author = 'Bryce Vonilten',
   author_email = 'ki6bpd@gmail.com',
   url = 'https://github.com/BryceV/python_loc_counter',