diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.rst
rename to README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0640948d4e343323ee397a9f6c31128391db8af0..35b5e769e8e2bcbd5bbebae858458822b9691438 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 #Grab the README.md for the long description
-with open('README.rst', 'r') as f:
+with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 def setup_package():