diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c51f60d..fc9523f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ Most of the flags mirror the arguments you would use with `requests.request`. Se
 
 ### Changelog
 
-* [0.1.5](https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/compare/0.1.4...0.1.5) (2012-03-04)
+* [0.1.6](https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/compare/0.1.4...0.1.6) (2012-03-04)
diff --git a/httpie/__init__.py b/httpie/__init__.py
index 56f70955..1bf9b61b 100644
--- a/httpie/__init__.py
+++ b/httpie/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ HTTPie - cURL for humans.
 
 """
 __author__ = 'Jakub Roztocil'
-__version__ = '0.1.5'
+__version__ = '0.1.6'
 __licence__ = 'BSD'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 80f0a57c..75e23255 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     requirements.append('argparse>=1.2.1')
 
 
+try:
+    long_description = open('README.md').read()
+except IOError:
+    long_description = ''
+
+
 setup(
     name='httpie',version=httpie.__version__,
     description=httpie.__doc__.strip(),
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    long_description=long_description,
     url='http://httpie.org/',
     download_url='https://github.com/jkbr/httpie',
     author=httpie.__author__,
@@ -48,5 +54,5 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: System :: Networking',
         'Topic :: Terminals',
         'Topic :: Text Processing',
-    ]
+    ],
 )