diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb8f092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Django migration linter
+=======================
+
+Detect backward incompatible migrations for your django project. It will save you time by making sure migrations will not break anything.
+
+`The source and README for this project is available here
+<https://github.com/3YOURMIND/django-migration-linter>`_.
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c6ab81..a400095 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 PROJECT_DIR = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-try:
-    import pypandoc
-    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
-except(IOError, ImportError):
-    long_description = open('README.md').read()
+long_description = open('README.rst').read()
 
 install_requirements = [
     'django>=1.10',