diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 333ebd7..48c4a69 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
 
 setup(
     name='llnl-scraper',
-    version='0.8.0',
+    version='0.8.1',
     description='Package for extracting software repository metadata',
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='Ian Lee',
     author_email='lee1001@llnl.gov',
     url='https://github.com/llnl/scraper',