diff --git a/xpcs/setup.py b/xpcs/setup.py
index c661daafc6896e02099b9a25b24fe242636e3fb0..e5d8a05858990fc69952eba588e7ecae7c304cdc 100644
--- a/xpcs/setup.py
+++ b/xpcs/setup.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ scm_version = device_scm_version(ROOT_FOLDER, join(ROOT_FOLDER, "src", "_version
 setup(
     name="xpcs",
     use_scm_version=scm_version,
-    author="James Wrigley",
+    author="James Wrigley, Mads Jakobsen",
     author_email="da-support@xfel.eu",
-    description="",
+    description="this is a plugin to calng to perform xpcs computations on the fly",
     long_description="",
     url="",
     package_dir={"": "src"},