diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0d7341..c39c65f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 import codecs
 import os
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
+import pathlib
 
-version = '?'
+version = '1.7.4+1.0.0'
 root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 # Path to __version__ module
 version_file = os.path.join(root, 'roberta', '__version__.py')
@@ -12,17 +13,28 @@
 # If not create the __version__ module containing the version
 if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(root, 'PKG-INFO')):
     fd = codecs.open(version_file, 'w', 'utf-8')
-    fd.write('version = %r\n' % os.getenv('VERSION', '?'))
+    fd.write('version = %r\n' % os.getenv('VERSION', version))
     fd.close()
 # Load version
+
 exec(open(version_file).read())
 
 # TODO: convert README.md to long_desc
 # https://gist.github.com/aubricus/9184003#file-setup_snippet-py
 
+HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+
+# The text of the README file
+path = HERE/"README.md"
+
+with path.open(mode='r') as fid:
+    README = fid.read()
+
 setup(name='openrobertalab',
       version=version,
       description='lab.open-roberta.org connector for ev3dev.org',
+      long_description=README,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       author='Stefan Sauer',
       author_email='ensonic@google.com',
       url='https://www.open-roberta.org/',