diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f34301..7d075e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 try:
-    README = open('README').read()
+    README = open('README.rst').read()
 except:
     README = None