diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89a723f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Sure, they aren't especially practical, but one-time pads are academically interesting :)
+
+.. vim:filetype=rst
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index d2d1baa..ca5722c 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from paver.easy import *
 from paver.setuputils import setup
 
 
+README = path.getcwd()/'README'
 SETUP_ARGS = Bunch(
     name='OneTimePad',
     version='0.1.0',
@@ -9,8 +10,10 @@ SETUP_ARGS = Bunch(
     author_email='daniel.buch@gmail.com',
     url='http://github.com/meatballhat/OneTimePad',
     description='like so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad',
-    long_description='',
+    long_description=README.bytes(),
     py_modules=['onetimepad'],
+    license='MIT',
+    platforms=['any'],
 )