diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db137a0..a1a3f39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ publish = true
 
 repository = "https://github.com/TyOverby/bincode"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/bincode"
+readme = "./readme.md"
+categories = ["network-programming"]
 keywords = ["binary", "encode", "decode", "serialize", "deserialize"]
 
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbfff19..b8ed2db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <img align="right" src="./logo.png" />
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/TyOverby/bincode.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/TyOverby/bincode)
-[![](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/bincode)](https://crates.io/crates/bincode)
+[![](https://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/bincode)](https://crates.io/crates/bincode)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 A compact encoder / decoder pair that uses a binary zero-fluff encoding scheme.