diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9bdb7b31..408e0033 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 license = "MIT"
 homepage = "https://gitui.org"
+readme = "README.md"
 edition = "2018"
 exclude = ["assets/*"]
 
diff --git a/scopetime/Cargo.toml b/scopetime/Cargo.toml
index f258e3b0..502f0ce2 100644
--- a/scopetime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scopetime/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 description = "log runtime of arbitrary scope"
 homepage = "https://gitui.org"
 license = "MIT"
+readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4"