diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-pypi.yml
index 7b32400236..b41f6b75d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-pypi.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
     #         │  │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
     #         │  │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
     #         *  * * * *
-    - cron: "49 23 1 * *" # 11min before utc midnight
+    - cron: "49 23 13 * *" # 11min before utc midnight
 
 env:
   major: 0
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile b/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
index e2b8955927..6e8ff6da1f 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ else
 	cp -r dist/working/ifcopenshell/_ifcopenshell_wrapper.so dist/ifcopenshell/
 endif
 	rm -rf dist/working
+	# distutils cannot access anything outside the cwd, so hackishly swap out the README.md
+	cp README.md dist/README.bak
+	cp ../../README.md README.md
 	python -m build
+	cp dist/README.bak README.md
 	cd dist && mv ifcopenshell-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl ifcopenshell-0.7.0-$(VERSION)-$(PYVERSION)-none-$(PLATFORMTAG).whl
 	rm -rf dist/ifcopenshell
 	rm -rf dist/ifcopenshell.egg-info
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/pyproject.toml b/src/ifcopenshell-python/pyproject.toml
index a29ece3d6e..8d94dc23a6 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
   { name="Dion Moult", email="dion@thinkmoult.com" },
 ]
 description = "Python bindings, utility functions, and high-level API for IfcOpenShell"
-readme = "../../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)",