diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be5a40f..e98a2a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from os import path
+
 from tornado_eventsource import __version__
 
 tests_require = [
@@ -11,11 +13,17 @@
     'mock'
 ]
 
+
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(
     name='tornado_eventsource',
     version=__version__,
     description="EventSource handler for tornado",
-    long_description="A simple EventSource handler for tornado",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords='tornado EventSource event source',
     author='Guilherme Souza',
     author_email='guivideojob@gmail.com',
diff --git a/tornado_eventsource/__init__.py b/tornado_eventsource/__init__.py
index 55de1ad..ab3b863 100644
--- a/tornado_eventsource/__init__.py
+++ b/tornado_eventsource/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '3.0.0rc1'
+__version__ = '3.0.0'