diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6baeaab..b2ca512 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def get_version():
 # Imports content of README.md into setuptools' long_description
 from os import path
 this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.txt'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
       long_description = f.read()