diff --git a/clifford/_version.py b/clifford/_version.py
index 8d833eda..f6648303 100644
--- a/clifford/_version.py
+++ b/clifford/_version.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # 1) we don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
 # 2) we can import it in setup.py for the same reason
 # 3) we can import it into your module
-__version__ = '1.2.0'
+__version__ = '1.3.0dev0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f3b5bb8..b670a4ef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from distutils.core import Extension
-import os
+from os import path
 
-version_path = os.path.join('clifford', '_version.py')
-exec(open(version_path).read())
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = """
-A numerical geometric algebra module for python. BSD License.
-"""
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'clifford', '_version.py'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    exec(f.read())
+
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='clifford',
     version=__version__,
     license='bsd',
     description='Numerical Geometric Algebra Module',
-    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='Robert Kern',
     author_email='alexarsenovic@gmail.com',
     url='http://clifford.readthedocs.io',