diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 5becc17c..5c4105cd 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index be80e974..3af0c286 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include doc/source/index.rst
 include doc/source/tuto*.rst
 include README.md
 include README.rst
+include AUTHORS.txt
 
 # Data and config
 recursive-include GPy *.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e415d58f..db032ea8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ If that is the case, it is best to clean the repo and reinstall.
 
 |      | Travis-CI | Codecov | RTFD |
 | ---: | :--: | :---: | :---: |
-| **master:** | [![masterstat](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy) | [![covmaster](http://codecov.io/github/SheffieldML/GPy/coverage.svg?branch=master)](http://codecov.io/github/SheffieldML/GPy?branch=master) | [![docmaster](https://readthedocs.org/projects/gpy/badge/?version=master)](http://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/master/) | 
 | **devel:**  | [![develstat](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy.svg?branch=devel)](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy) | [![covdevel](http://codecov.io/github/SheffieldML/GPy/coverage.svg?branch=devel)](http://codecov.io/github/SheffieldML/GPy?branch=devel) | [![docdevel](https://readthedocs.org/projects/gpy/badge/?version=devel)](http://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/devel/) | 
 
 ## Supported Platforms:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9436b462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# GPy
+
+The Gaussian processes framework in Python.
+
+* GPy [homepage](http://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy/)
+* Tutorial [notebooks](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/SheffieldML/notebook/blob/master/GPy/index.ipynb)
+* User [mailing-list](https://lists.shef.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/gpy-users)
+* Developer [documentation](http://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/devel/)
+* Travis-CI [unit-tests](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy)
+* [![licence](https://img.shields.io/badge/licence-BSD-blue.svg)](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) 
+
+For full description please refer to the [github page](http://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy/)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d393931e..d20b4aa8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.0
+current_version = 1.0.1
 tag = False
 commit = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e0a2bf2..450cf4fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def read_to_rst(fname):
     except ImportError:
         return read(fname)
 
-desc = read_to_rst('README.md')
+#desc = read_to_rst('README.md')
 
 version_dummy = {}
 exec(read('GPy/__version__.py'), version_dummy)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ setup(name = 'GPy',
       include_package_data = True,
       py_modules = ['GPy.__init__'],
       test_suite = 'GPy.testing',
-      long_description=desc,
+      #long_description=desc,
       install_requires=['numpy>=1.7', 'scipy>=0.16', 'six', 'paramz'],
       extras_require = {'docs':['sphinx'],
                         'optional':['mpi4py',