diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index d4b52a31..804b1d75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install .
 
           pip install wheel setuptools
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          python setup.py sdist
 
       - name: Publish wheels to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4efabe64..71b8373c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+   isort:skip_file
+"""
+
 
 import os
 import sys
-from os import path
 
 import numpy as np
-from Cython.Build import cythonize
+
 from setuptools import Extension, find_packages, setup
+from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 import versioneer
 
+# read the contents of your README file
+from pathlib import Path
+
+this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
+long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
+
 
 def c_ext():
     if os.name == "nt":
@@ -33,17 +43,19 @@ def cython_ext():
     return cythonize("skbeam/**/*.pyx", compiler_directives={"language_level": "3"})
 
 
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(here, "requirements.txt")) as requirements_file:
+with open(this_directory / "requirements.txt") as requirements_file:
     # Parse requirements.txt, ignoring any commented-out lines.
     requirements = [line for line in requirements_file.read().splitlines() if not line.startswith("#")]
 
+
 setup(
     name="scikit-beam",
     version=versioneer.get_version(),
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
     author="Brookhaven National Lab",
     description="Data analysis tools for X-ray science",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["doc"]),
     include_dirs=[np.get_include()],
     package_data={"skbeam.core.constants": ["data/*.dat"]},