diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5374c8e..918311f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "ukaea_pyuda"
 version = "2.7.5"
+long_description="""pyuda is the the python interface to the uda (uda data access) client, which provides remote access to scientific and experimental data from a number of international labs hosting uda data servers""",
 dependencies = ["numpy>=1.7", "Cython>=0.29", "six"]
diff --git a/source/wrappers/python/setup.py.in b/source/wrappers/python/setup.py.in
index ef3677ca..6b61b98d 100644
--- a/source/wrappers/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/source/wrappers/python/setup.py.in
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ setup(
     description='Unified Data Access (UDA)',
     author='Jonathan Hollocombe',
     author_email='jonathan.hollocombe@ukaea.uk',
-    long_description="""pyuda is the the python interface to the uda (uda data access) client, which provides remote access to scientific and experimental data from a number of international labs hosting uda data servers""",
     url='https://github.com/stephen-dixon/uda',
     packages=['ukaea_pyuda'],
     ext_modules=cythonize([ext]),