diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9eef87d..6090d1a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 try:
     import pypandoc
-    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+    long_description = pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst')
 except (IOError, ImportError):
     with open('README.md') as f:
         long_description = f.read()