diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4d218d9..bafc46a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-# Contributing
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+# Contributing
+
+:tada: Thanks for your interest in this project :tada:
+
+* Please submit an issue request for any bugs, feature requests, or questions.
+* Feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request.
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0aadc6..69e7dbd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import io
 
 setup(
     name = 'negspacy',
-    version = 'v0.1.0-alpha',
+    version = 'v0.1.1',
     url = 'https://github.com/jenojp/negspacy',
     author = 'Jeno Pizarro',
     author_email = 'jenopizzaro@gmail.com',
     description = 'A spaCy pipeline object for negation.',
-    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description=io.open("README.md", encoding="utf8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     keywords = ["nlp spacy SpaCy negation"],
     classifiers=[
         'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'Development Status :: 1 - Planning',
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence',