diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d1691675..f49f17c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ setup(
     author_email="cweaver@chanzuckerberg.com",
     description="Web application for exploration of large scale scRNA-seq datasets",
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     install_requires=requirements,
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,