diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f9f53d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Version x.y.z (unreleased)
+==========================
+
+Release date: the future
+
+New features
+------------
+
+
+API changes
+-----------
+
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+
+
+Version 0.1
+===========
+
+First light for BinderHub. Released on 2018-11-07 after over a year of running
+"live at head" on https://mybinder.org this is the first tagged release.
diff --git a/binderhub/_version.py b/binderhub/_version.py
index 5861e20b8..b794fd409 100644
--- a/binderhub/_version.py
+++ b/binderhub/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.0dev'
+__version__ = '0.1.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b49cd5f84..fbb2c8eac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
         if not l.strip().startswith('#')
     ]
 
+with open('README.rst', encoding="utf8") as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+
 # Build our js and css files before packaging
 subprocess.check_call(['npm', 'install'])
 subprocess.check_call(['npm', 'run', 'webpack'])
@@ -26,6 +29,18 @@
     author='Project Jupyter Contributors',
     author_email='jupyter@googlegroups.com',
     license='BSD',
+    url='https://binderhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/',
+    project_urls={
+        'Documentation': 'https://binderhub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/',
+        'Funding': 'https://jupyter.org/about',
+        'Source': 'https://github.com/jupyterhub/binderhub/',
+        'Tracker': 'https://github.com/jupyterhub/binderhub/issues',
+    },
+    # this should be a whitespace separated string of keywords, not a list
+    keywords="reproducible science environments docker kubernetes",
+    description="Turn a Git repo into a collection of interactive notebooks",
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requirements,