diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
similarity index 70%
rename from README.rst
rename to README.md
index c0ffc58b69a1f355c60e78ad0735810e5dcba849..cb3d3abebb11155cdf65e66189f302c39fd04e41 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 skais
 =====
 
+[![coverage report](https://gitlab.lis-lab.fr/raphael.sturgis/skais/badges/develop/coverage.svg)](https://gitlab.lis-lab.fr/raphael.sturgis/skais/-/commits/develop)
+[![pipeline status](https://gitlab.lis-lab.fr/raphael.sturgis/skais/badges/develop/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.lis-lab.fr/raphael.sturgis/skais/-/commits/develop)
+
 ``skais`` is a Python package for Raphael Sturgis' PhD at LIS and Searoutes.
 
 Install
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f92fc917e87c8f11a6dc42ad6f563c4d0969df1c..3b11d2f9d4eff46f07cbf4c1ada186054cfcb264 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def setup_package():
     VERSION = get_version()
 
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
         long_description = f.read()
 
     mod_dir = NAME