diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8c165b2..a09d0c4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ This Tutor plugin is maintained by Régis Behmo from `Overhang.IO <https://overh
 
 
 `Max retries exceeded with url`
-+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When running in production with HTTPS enabled, you may face this error during the `init` phase of `tutor local launch`:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c85f233..183f853 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ setup(
     maintainer_email="regis@overhang.io",
     description="A Tutor plugin for course discovery, the Open edX service for providing access to consolidated course and program metadata",
     long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=["tutor>=15.0.0,<16.0.0"],