diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cc785f..12501ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/torchgan/torchgan.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/torchgan/torchgan)
-[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/lqo3bbsew83839c0/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avik-pal/torchgan/branch/master)
+[![Backers on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/torchgan/backers/badge.svg)](#backers) [![Sponsors on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/torchgan/sponsors/badge.svg)](#sponsors) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/lqo3bbsew83839c0/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avik-pal/torchgan/branch/master)
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 [![Stable Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://torchgan.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
@@ -68,4 +68,31 @@ This package has been developed by
 * Avik Pal (@avik-pal)
 * Aniket Das (@Aniket1998)
 
-We appreciate all contributors. For a full list of contributors go [here](https://github.com/torchgan/torchgan/graphs/contributors).
+This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. 
+
+<a href="https://github.com/torchgan/torchgan/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://opencollective.com/torchgan/contributors.svg?width=890&button=false" /></a>
+
+
+### Backers
+
+Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/torchgan#backer)]
+
+<a href="https://opencollective.com/torchgan#backers" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/torchgan/backers.svg?width=890"></a>
+
+
+### Sponsors
+
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+
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85a5046..463fa4c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
         return version_match.group(1)
     raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
 
-
-readme = open("README.md").read()
-
 VERSION = find_version("torchgan", "__init__.py")
 
 requirements = ["numpy", "pillow==5.3.0"]
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     author_email="avikpal@cse.iitk.ac.in",
     url="https://github.com/torchgan/torchgan",
     description="Research Framework for easy and efficient training of GANs based on Pytorch",
-    long_description=readme,
     license="MIT",
     # Package info
     packages=find_packages(exclude=("test",)),