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-[![pipeline status](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/commits/master)
-[![coverage report](https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/coverage_badge.svg)](
-https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/htmlcov/)
-
-# Tupak
-
-Fulfilling all your gravitational wave dreams.
-
-* [Installation instructions](https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/installation.html)
-* [Documentation](https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/index.html).
-* [Issue tracker](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/issues)
-
-We encourage you to contribute to the development via a merge request (for help
-in creating a merge request, see [this
-page](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/add-merge-request.html) or
-contact us directly.
-
-## Examples
-
-To get started with `tupak`, we have a few examples and tutorials:
-
-1. [Examples of injecting and recovering data](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/injection_examples)
-    * [A basic tutorial](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/basic_tutorial.py)
-    * [Create your own source model](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/create_your_own_source_model.py)
-    * [Create your own time-domain source model](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/create_your_own_time_domain_source_model.py)
-    * [How to specify the prior](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/how_to_specify_the_prior.py)
-    * [Using a partially marginalized likelihood](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/marginalized_likelihood.py)
-
-2. [Examples using open data](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/open_data_examples)
-    * [Analysing the first Binary Black hole detection, GW150914](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/open_data_examples/GW150914.py)
-
-3. [Notebook-style tutorials](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/tutorials)
-    * [Comparing different samplers](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/tutorials/compare_samplers.ipynb)
-    * [Visualising the output](https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/tutorials/visualising_the_results.ipynb)
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+|pipeline status| |coverage report|
+
+Tupak
+=====
+
+Fulfilling all your gravitational wave dreams.
+
+-  `Installation
+   instructions <https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/installation.html>`__
+-  `Documentation <https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/index.html>`__.
+-  `Issue tracker <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/issues>`__
+
+We encourage you to contribute to the development via a merge request.  For
+help in creating a merge request, see `this page
+<https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/add-merge-request.html>`__ or contact
+us directly.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+To get started with ``tupak``, we have a few examples and tutorials:
+
+1. `Examples of injecting and recovering
+   data <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/injection_examples>`__
+
+   -  `A basic
+      tutorial <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/basic_tutorial.py>`__
+   -  `Create your own source
+      model <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/create_your_own_source_model.py>`__
+   -  `Create your own time-domain source
+      model <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/create_your_own_time_domain_source_model.py>`__
+   -  `How to specify the
+      prior <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/how_to_specify_the_prior.py>`__
+   -  `Using a partially marginalized
+      likelihood <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/injection_examples/marginalized_likelihood.py>`__
+
+2. `Examples using open
+   data <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/open_data_examples>`__
+
+   -  `Analysing the first Binary Black hole detection,
+      GW150914 <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/open_data_examples/GW150914.py>`__
+
+3. `Notebook-style
+   tutorials <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/tree/master/examples/tutorials>`__
+
+   -  `Comparing different
+      samplers <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/tutorials/compare_samplers.ipynb>`__
+   -  `Visualising the
+      output <https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/blob/master/examples/tutorials/visualising_the_results.ipynb>`__
+
+.. |pipeline status| image:: https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/badges/master/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak/commits/master
+.. |coverage report| image:: https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/coverage_badge.svg
+   :target: https://monash.docs.ligo.org/tupak/htmlcov/
diff --git a/docs/installation.txt b/docs/installation.txt
index ed0034def928f3db49b747c0103e245bf0c72b42..8e52d0134770ce190a1bed1c26891c2e2c699f53 100644
--- a/docs/installation.txt
+++ b/docs/installation.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
+The lastes stable release of Tupak can be installed simply from
+
+.. code-block: console
+
+   $ pip install tupak
+
+If you would like to install the development version, see the instructions
+below.
+
+Install tupak from source
+-------------------------
+
 :code:`tupak` is developed to work with both Python 2.7+ and Python 3+. In the
 following, we assume you have a working python installation, `python pip
 <https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#use-pip-for-installing)>`_,
 and `git <https://git-scm.com/>`_.
 
-Install tupak
--------------
-
 Clone the repository, install the requirements, and then install the software:
 
 .. code-block:: console
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cfa2439c3ef3ebff138051a105bc5b1287621b3c..e5811cb1cbafe535e24eac8e8d3afe84de5723c8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 import subprocess
+from os import path
 
 # Write a version file containing the git hash and info
 try:
@@ -22,13 +23,18 @@ with open('tupak/' + version_file, 'w+') as f:
     f.write(status)
 
 
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst')) as f:
+        long_description = f.read()
+
 setup(name='tupak',
       description='The User friendly Parameter estimAtion Kode',
+      long_description=long_description,
       url='https://git.ligo.org/Monash/tupak',
-      author='Greg Ashton, Moritz Hübner, Paul Lasky, Colm Talbot',
+      author='Greg Ashton, Moritz Hubner, Paul Lasky, Colm Talbot',
       author_email='paul.lasky@monash.edu',
       license="MIT",
-      version='0.1',
+      version='0.1.3',
       packages=['tupak', 'tupak.core', 'tupak.gw'],
       package_dir={'tupak': 'tupak'},
       package_data={'tupak.gw': ['prior_files/*', 'noise_curves/*.txt'],