diff --git a/GooseFEM.pc.in b/GooseFEM.pc.in
index 0728150..7ddc844 100644
--- a/GooseFEM.pc.in
+++ b/GooseFEM.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
 Description: Finite Element simulation, some simple meshes and operations.
-Version: @GooseFEM_VERSION@
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 047e3be..f957de9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from setuptools_scm import get_version
 from skbuild import setup
 
 project_name = "GooseFEM"
 
+this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
+long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
+
 setup(
     name=project_name,
     description="Finite element meshes, quadrature, and assembly tools",
-    long_description="Finite element meshes, quadrature, and assembly tools",
+    long_description=long_description,
     version=get_version(),
     license="GPLv3",
     author="Tom de Geus",
     author_email="tom@geus.me",
     url=f"https://github.com/tdegeus/{project_name}",
     packages=[f"{project_name}"],
     package_dir={"": "python"},
     cmake_install_dir=f"python/{project_name}",
     cmake_minimum_required_version="3.13...3.21",
 )