diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b9777a..4d9272c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from os import path
 this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md')) as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
+    long_description = f.read().decode('utf8')
 
 setup(name='yandex_connect',
-      version='0.22b',
+      version='0.26b',
       description='API Yandex Connect',
       url='http://github.com/zt50tz/yandex-connect',
       author='Alexeev Nick',