diff --git a/chess/Cargo.toml b/chess/Cargo.toml
index 41b45fe..6371e4f 100644
--- a/chess/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chess/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 name = "owlchess"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+description = "Yet another chess library for Rust"
+authors = ["Alexander Kernozhitsky <kernalex256@yandex.by>"]
+readme = "../README.md"
+homepage = "https://github.com/alex65536/owlchess"
+repository = "https://github.com/alex65536/owlchess"
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["games", "chess"]
+categories = ["games", "parser-implementations"]
 
 [dependencies]
-owlchess_base = { path = "../chess_base" }
+owlchess_base = { path = "../chess_base", version = "0.1.0" }
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 arrayvec = "0.7.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-owlchess_base = { path = "../chess_base" }
+owlchess_base = { path = "../chess_base", version = "0.1.0" }
 rand_xoshiro = "0.6.0"
 rand_core = "0.6.3"
 
diff --git a/chess_base/Cargo.toml b/chess_base/Cargo.toml
index 684846c..7f0273a 100644
--- a/chess_base/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chess_base/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 name = "owlchess_base"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+description = "Base types for owlchess (not indended to use directly)"
+authors = ["Alexander Kernozhitsky <kernalex256@yandex.by>"]
+readme = "README.md"
+homepage = "https://github.com/alex65536/owlchess"
+repository = "https://github.com/alex65536/owlchess"
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["games", "chess"]
+categories = ["games", "parser-implementations"]
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
diff --git a/chess_base/README.md b/chess_base/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..578a98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chess_base/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Base types for owlchess
+
+This is an auxiliary crate for `owlchess`, which contains some core stuff. It was split from the main crate,
+so everything declared here can be used in the build script for `owlchess`.
+
+Normally you don't want to use this crate directly. Use `owlchess` instead.