diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 738616d045f6af3e31abf411e35c0ce22d7c79ab..d18a98d257796c2f9adb1a660a9832dc0a57c565 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README.rst LICENSE requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+include README.md LICENSE requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f1c9061b2a33a0a9452804ca6236500c1bd481e2..2d5deba8b7e586566a570f39fd9db2554bae7791 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ setup(
     packages=['apex'],
     package_data={'': ['LICENSE']},
     license=open('LICENSE').read(),
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     url='https://github.com/syncleus/apex',
     setup_requires=[
       'coverage >= 3.7.1',