diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93ec9ef9..1bb85cd9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def read_to_rst(fname):
     except ImportError:
         return read(fname)
 
+read_to_rst('README.md')
+
 version_dummy = {}
 exec(read('GPy/__version__.py'), version_dummy)
 __version__ = version_dummy['__version__']
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ setup(name = 'GPy',
       include_package_data = True,
       py_modules = ['GPy.__init__'],
       test_suite = 'GPy.testing',
-      long_description=read_to_rst('README.md'),
+      long_description='https://github.com/SheffieldML/GPy',
       install_requires=['numpy>=1.7', 'scipy>=0.16', 'six', 'paramz'],
       extras_require = {'docs':['sphinx'],
                         'optional':['mpi4py',
@@ -187,4 +189,4 @@ if not os.path.exists(user_file):
                 tmp = l.read()
                 f.write(tmp)
 else:
-    print("GPy: User configuration file at location {}".format(user_file))
\ No newline at end of file
+    print("GPy: User configuration file at location {}".format(user_file))