diff --git a/messagebird/client.py b/messagebird/client.py
index 1b9fc48..42d6b04 100644
--- a/messagebird/client.py
+++ b/messagebird/client.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from messagebird.verify       import Verify
 
 ENDPOINT       = 'https://rest.messagebird.com'
-CLIENT_VERSION = '1.3.0'
+CLIENT_VERSION = '1.3.1'
 PYTHON_VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1], sys.version_info[2])
 USER_AGENT = 'MessageBird/ApiClient/%s Python/%s' % (CLIENT_VERSION, PYTHON_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bcb1abe..e21ddbb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
+from os import path
 from setuptools import setup
 
+def get_description():
+    working_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+    readme_path = path.join(working_directory, 'README.md')
+    with open(readme_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return (f.read(), 'text/markdown')
+
+description, description_content_type = get_description()
+
 setup(
-    name             = 'messagebird',
-    packages         = ['messagebird'],
-    version          = '1.3.0',
-    description      = "MessageBird's REST API",
-    author           = 'MessageBird',
-    author_email     = 'support@messagebird.com',
-    url              = 'https://github.com/messagebird/python-rest-api',
-    download_url     = 'https://github.com/messagebird/python-rest-api/tarball/1.3.0',
-    keywords         = ['messagebird', 'sms'],
-    install_requires = ['requests>=2.4.1'],
-    license          = 'BSD-2-Clause',
-    classifiers      = [
+    name                          = 'messagebird',
+    packages                      = ['messagebird'],
+    version                       = '1.3.1',
+    description                   = "MessageBird's REST API",
+    author                        = 'MessageBird',
+    author_email                  = 'support@messagebird.com',
+    long_description              = description,
+    long_description_content_type = description_content_type,
+    url                           = 'https://github.com/messagebird/python-rest-api',
+    download_url                  = 'https://github.com/messagebird/python-rest-api/tarball/1.3.1',
+    keywords                      = ['messagebird', 'sms'],
+    install_requires              = ['requests>=2.4.1'],
+    license                       = 'BSD-2-Clause',
+    classifiers                   = [
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',