diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25d353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Unit conversion v0.1.0
+ by Avril <flanchan@cumallover.me> with <3 (license GPL3+)
+
+This program takes a value with a unit and outputs the smallest value corresponding to that type to `stdout`. It then outputs the multiplyer used to convert this unit to `stderr`, if there is one needed.
+
+usage: units <unit> <value>
+usage: units --help
+
+Units:
+ BYTES		Convert byte unit (k, m, g, p) into single bytes