diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index da004b13c77d986fd3717d409d317923dc305663..1c32c63fa0776473e8322d7432db2af6d7b05e86 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ deploy rrz master:
 test pip deployment:
   image: python:3
   stage: deploy-test
+  before_script:
+    - sleep 120 # wait to minutes for pip to be able to get the new version
   script:
     - pip install NQontrol==${CI_COMMIT_TAG:1}
     - python3 -c "from nqontrol import Servo"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 15a592a064e52254ea260a9459f2a325841fbf1d..c9ebdc15da68dc6f25124d7c0665bd8a483f1274 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ author = LasNQ – Uni Hamburg
 author-email = christian.darsow@physik.uni-hamburg.de
 license = GPL v3
 # url = http://
-long-description = file: README.rst
+long-description = file: README.md
 # Change if running only on Windows, Mac or Linux (comma-separated)
 platforms = any
 # Add here all kinds of additional classifiers as defined under