diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7210e90d6c27d1abd3acc3b271870ab7dd20e01..2f460324b46044b79c956021247f67ec9f40773d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 # before uploading package
 try:
     import pypandoc
-    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+    long_description = pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst')
 except ImportError:
     long_description = ''