diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 829a1ef..a9db049 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import codecs
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
+here = os.path.abspath(os.dirname(__file__))
+
+def read(*parts):
+    return codecs.open(os.path.join(here, *parts), 'r').read()
+
 if sys.argv[-1] == "publish":
     os.system("python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload")
     sys.exit()
@@ -16,7 +22,7 @@ required = [
     'pytz',
     'dateparser',
     'iso8601',
-    'python-dateutil'
+    'python-dateutil',
     'ruamel.yaml'
 ]
 
@@ -24,7 +30,7 @@ setup(
     name='maya',
     version='0.1.1',
     description='Datetimes for Humans.',
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    long_description= '\n' + read('README.rst'),
     author='Kenneth Reitz',
     author_email='me@kennethreitz.com',
     url='https://github.com/kennethreitz/maya',