diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3749482..30945f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,osx,windows,intellij
 
+README.rst
+
 ### Python ###
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/register.py b/register.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..778e643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/register.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import pandoc
+import os
+
+pandoc.core.PANDOC_PATH = '/usr/local/bin/pandoc'
+
+doc = pandoc.Document()
+doc.markdown = open('README.md').read()
+f = open('README.rst','w+')
+f.write(doc.rst)
+f.close()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e10ab5..d8a5e1d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
+long_description = ''
+if path.exists('README.rst'):
+    with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name='moesifdjango',
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
     # Versions should comply with PEP440.  For a discussion on single-sourcing
     # the version across setup.py and the project code, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-    version='1.1.3',
+    version='1.2.0',
 
     description='Moesif Middleware for Python Django',
     long_description=long_description,