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+|pypi| |builds| |coverage| |python| |license|
+
+
+.. image:: https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/raw/master/docs/_static/mayan_logo.png
+    :align: center
+    :width: 200
+    :height: 200
+
+Mayan EDMS is a document management system. Its main purpose is to store,
+introspect, and categorize files, with a strong emphasis on preserving the
+contextual and business information of documents. It can also OCR, preview,
+label, sign, send, and receive thoses files. Other features of interest
+are its workflow system, role based access control, and REST API.
+
+.. image:: https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/raw/master/docs/_static/overview.gif
+    :align: center
+
+
+The installation procedure uses the Docker container manager
+(docker.com). Make sure Docker is properly installed and working before
+attempting to install Mayan EDMS.
+
+Step 1- Initialize the installation
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    docker run --rm -v mayan_media:/var/lib/mayan \
+    -v mayan_settings:/etc/mayan mayanedms/mayanedms mayan:init
+
+Step 2- Deploy a container
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    docker run -d --name mayan-edms --restart=always -p 80:80 \
+    -v mayan_media:/var/lib/mayan -v mayan_settings:/etc/mayan mayanedms/mayanedms
+
+Step 3- Open a browser and go to http://localhost
+
+
+Important links
+
+- `Homepage <http://www.mayan-edms.com>`__
+- `Videos <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJOOXHP1MJ9lVA7d8ZTlHPw>`__
+- `Documentation <http://mayan.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`__
+- `Paid support <http://www.mayan-edms.com/providers/>`__
+- `Roadmap <https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/wikis/roadmap>`__
+- `Contributing <https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__
+- `Community forum <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mayan-edms>`__
+- `Community forum archive <http://mayan-edms.1003.x6.nabble.com/>`__
+- `Source code, issues, bugs <https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms>`__
+- `Plug-ins, other related projects <https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/>`__
+- `Translations <https://www.transifex.com/rosarior/mayan-edms/>`__
+
+
+
+.. |pypi| image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mayan-edms.svg
+   :target: http://badge.fury.io/py/mayan-edms
+.. |builds| image:: https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/badges/master/build.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/pipelines
+.. |coverage| image:: https://codecov.io/gitlab/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/coverage.svg?branch=master
+   :target: https://codecov.io/gitlab/mayan-edms/mayan-edms?branch=master
+.. |python| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/mayan-edms.svg
+.. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/mayan-edms.svg?style=flat
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e49324b78b..b0d2b3005d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ pytz==2016.7
 sh==1.12.11
 """.split()
 
-try:
-    import pypandoc
-    readme = pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst')
-except (IOError, ImportError):
-    with open('README.md') as f:
-        readme = f.read()
+with open('README.rst') as f:
+    readme = f.read()
 
 with open('HISTORY.rst') as f:
     history = f.read()