diff --git a/.github/assets/pypi_desc.md b/.github/assets/pypi_desc.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad29898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/assets/pypi_desc.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Phaistos
+
+The main goal of this project is to provide flexibility and utility in defining data models using YAML manifests,
+to enforce data validation of objects such as ETL pipeline payloads, API requests and responses, configurations and more.
+
+These definitions are to be kept as easily versionable and maintainable files, which can be easily read and understood by
+both developers and non-developers alike.
+
+The main features of Phaistos are:
+
+* Define data models using YAML manifests for easy readability, versioning and maintainability
+* Add custom validators to data fields that are automatically injected into Pydantic models
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb3afbc..01399f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
-with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+with open(".github/assets/pypi_desc.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 if version := os.environ.get("RELEASE_VERSION"):