diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index 7bdaf7b558..533322c8f5 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -7,3 +7,13 @@ __all__ = [
     'LightningModule',
     'data_loader',
 ]
+
+__version__ = '0.5.2.1'
+__author__ = ' William Falcon et al.'
+__author_email__ = 'waf2107@columbia.edu'
+__license__ = 'Apache-2.0'
+__homepage__ = 'https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning',
+__doc__ = """# PyTorch Lightning
+
+The lightweight PyTorch wrapper for ML researchers. Scale your models. Write less boilerplate.
+"""
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 883e71cd21..869fed186d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 # http://blog.ionelmc.ro/2014/05/25/python-packaging/
 
+import pytorch_lightning
+
 # https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements /
 # keep the meta-data here for simplicity in reading this file... it's not obvious
 # what happens and to non-engineers they won't know to look in init ...
@@ -14,13 +16,13 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 # engineer specific practices
 setup(
     name='pytorch-lightning',
-    version='0.5.2.1',
-    description='The Keras for ML researchers using PyTorch',
-    author='William Falcon',
-    author_email='waf2107@columbia.edu',
-    url='https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning',
+    version=pytorch_lightning.__version__,
+    description=pytorch_lightning.__doc__,
+    author=pytorch_lightning.__author__,
+    author_email=pytorch_lightning.__author_email__,
+    url=pytorch_lightning.__homepage__,
     download_url='https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning',
-    license='Apache-2',
+    license=pytorch_lightning.__license__,
     packages=find_packages(),
     long_description=open('README.md', encoding='utf-8').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',