diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49b8edc2f..8030d64c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "laminarmq"
+description = "A scalable, distributed message queue powered by a segmented, partitioned, replicated and immutable log."
+repository = "https://github.com/arindas/laminarmq"
+license = "MIT"
+categories = ["web-programming"]
+keywords = ["message-queue", "distributed-systems", "segmented-log", "io-uring"]
+exclude = [".github/"]
 version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad871bff5..bd153a0e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-A scalable message queue powered by a segmented, partitioned, replicated and immutable log.
+A scalable, distributed message queue powered by a segmented, partitioned, replicated and immutable log.
 <br><i>This is currently a work in progress.</i>
 </p>