diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index db5e773ffd705635160b0549e71fb781f014e990..b55f241b0d93b198a874c407ed10a5d691b11648 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 try:
     from pypandoc import convert_file
-    read_md = lambda f: convert_file(f, 'rst')
+    with open('README','w') as out:
+        out.write(convert_file('README.md', 'rst'))
 except ImportError:
     print("warning: pypandoc module not found, could not convert Markdown to RST")
-    read_md = lambda f: open(f, 'r').read()
 
 import numpy as np
 from distutils.extension import Extension
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def setup_package():
           cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
           ext_modules = extlist,
           use_pyscaffold=True,
-          long_description=read_md('README.md'))
+          #long_description=read_md('README.md')
+          )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":