diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce10706..c88c2de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # mapca
 A Python implementation of the moving average principal components analysis methods from GIFT
 
+[![Latest Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mapca.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mapca/)
+[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/mapca.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mapca/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--2.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0)
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7db9c4d..aa578e1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==40.8", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 99
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6872cfb..2903c50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def main():
         version=vars["VERSION"],
         description=vars["DESCRIPTION"],
         long_description=vars["LONGDESC"],
+        long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
         author=vars["AUTHOR"],
         author_email=vars["EMAIL"],
         maintainer=vars["MAINTAINER"],