diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5418067e718e7ea65800773780aea5dc5153f59..b49627df575237a807c85a71059a4f6ec326630d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ data_directories = [(os.path.join(name,'config'), '.yaml')]
 script_directories = ['scripts']
 license='Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license'
 
+long_description_content_type="text/markdown"
+
 
 # Python 3.6 or later needed
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0, 0, 'final', 0):
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ setup(
     data_files=data_files,
     license=license,
     long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type=long_description_content_type,
     install_requires=install_requires, 
     dependency_links=dependency_links,   
 )
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