diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
index 34751f2795..cbd8fb2aa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install package & dependencies
       run: |
         pip --version
-        pip install -e '.[test]' -U \
+        pip install -e . -U \
+          -r requirements/test.txt \
           --find-links=${TORCH_URL} ${PIP_EXTRA_FLAG}
         pip list
       shell: bash
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 566f2bbc40..b0ee14e897 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def _load_py_module(fname, pkg="thunder"):
 
 def _load_requirements(path_dir: str, file_name: str = "requirements.txt") -> list:
     reqs = parse_requirements(open(os.path.join(path_dir, file_name)).readlines())
-    return list(map(str, reqs))
+    return [r for r in list(map(str, reqs)) if "@" not in r]
 
 
 def _prepare_extras(
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ def _prepare_extras(
     return extras
 
 
+def _load_readme_description(path_dir: str, homepage: str, version: str) -> str:
+    """Load readme as decribtion."""
+    path_readme = os.path.join(path_dir, "README.md")
+    with open(path_readme, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+        text = fp.read()
+    # https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning-thunder/raw/master/docs/source/_static/images/lightning_module/pt_to_pl.png
+    github_source_url = os.path.join(homepage, "raw", version)
+    # replace relative repository path to absolute link to the release
+    #  do not replace all "docs" as in the readme we replace some other sources with particular path to docs
+    text = text.replace("docs/source/_static/", f"{os.path.join(github_source_url, 'docs/source/_static/')}")
+    return text
+
+
 about = _load_py_module("__about__.py")
 
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements /
@@ -58,7 +71,9 @@ def _prepare_extras(
     download_url="https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning-thunder",
     license=about.__license__,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["thunder/tests", "docs"]),
-    long_description=about.__long_doc__,
+    long_description=_load_readme_description(
+        path_dir=_PATH_ROOT, homepage=about.__homepage__, version=about.__version__
+    ),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
diff --git a/thunder/__about__.py b/thunder/__about__.py
index d9fb64ba1d..15e838ef4f 100644
--- a/thunder/__about__.py
+++ b/thunder/__about__.py
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.0dev"
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
 __author__ = "Lightning-AI et al"
 __author_email__ = "community@lightning.ai"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 __copyright__ = f"2024 {__author__}"
 __homepage__ = "https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning-thunder"
 __docs__ = "Lightning Thunder project."
-# todo: consider loading Readme here...
-__long_doc__ = """
-Lightning Thunder is a deep learning compiler for PyTorch.
-"""
+
 
 __all__ = [
     "__author__",
     "__author_email__",
     "__copyright__",
     "__docs__",
-    "__long_doc__",
     "__homepage__",
     "__license__",
     "__version__",