diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 60e0eab04..1b996a635 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import shlex
+import telegram
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ author = u'Leandro Toledo'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.1'
+version = telegram.__version__[:3]
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '4.1.2'
+release = telegram.__version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
   (master_doc, 'PythonTelegramBot', u'Python Telegram Bot Documentation',
-   author, 'PythonTelegramBot', 'One line description of project.',
+   author, 'PythonTelegramBot', 'Not just a Python wrapper around the Telegram Bot API',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7eb3937d5..840297e7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-'''The setup and build script for the python-telegram-bot library.'''
-
-import os
+"""The setup and build script for the python-telegram-bot library."""
 
+import codecs
+import telegram
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
-def read(*paths):
-    """Build a file path from *paths* and return the contents."""
-    with open(os.path.join(*paths), 'r') as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
 def requirements():
     """Build the requirements list for this project"""
     requirements_list = []
@@ -22,33 +16,33 @@ def requirements():
 
     return requirements_list
 
-
-setup(name='python-telegram-bot',
-      version='4.1.2',
-      author='Leandro Toledo',
-      author_email='devs@python-telegram-bot.org',
-      license='LGPLv3',
-      url='https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot',
-      keywords='python telegram bot api wrapper',
-      description='A Python wrapper around the Telegram Bot API',
-      long_description=(read('README.rst')),
-      packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
-      install_requires=requirements(),
-      include_package_data=True,
-      classifiers=[
-          'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-          'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)',
-          'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-          'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-          'Topic :: Communications :: Chat',
-          'Topic :: Internet',
-          'Programming Language :: Python',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-      ],)
+with codecs.open('README.rst', 'r', 'utf-8') as fd:
+    setup(name='python-telegram-bot',
+          version=telegram.__version__,
+          author='Leandro Toledo',
+          author_email='devs@python-telegram-bot.org',
+          license='LGPLv3',
+          url='https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot',
+          keywords='python telegram bot api wrapper',
+          description='Not just a Python wrapper around the Telegram Bot API',
+          long_description=fd.read(),
+          packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
+          install_requires=requirements(),
+          include_package_data=True,
+          classifiers=[
+              'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+              'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+              'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)',
+              'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+              'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+              'Topic :: Communications :: Chat',
+              'Topic :: Internet',
+              'Programming Language :: Python',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+              'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+          ],)