diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 5317d03..41aa0f2 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "python",
-  "description": "Installs python packages",
+  "description": "Installs python packages. Includes LWRPs for managing `pip` packages and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments.",
   "long_description": "",
   "maintainer": "Opscode, Inc.",
   "maintainer_email": "cookbooks@opscode.com",
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
   "recipes": {
     "python": "Installs python, pip, and virtualenv"
   },
-  "version": "0.99.0"
+  "version": "1.0.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 72df4c9..d58244b 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 maintainer        "Opscode, Inc."
 maintainer_email  "cookbooks@opscode.com"
 license           "Apache 2.0"
-description       "Installs python packages"
-version           "0.99"
+description       "Installs python packages. Includes LWRPs for managing `pip` packages and `virtualenv` isolated Python environments."
+version           "1.0.0"
 
 recipe "python", "Installs python, pip, and virtualenv"
 
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 4b0fc6d..4f6a90d 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
   easy_install pip
   EOH
   not_if "which pip"
+  action :nothing
+end
+remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/distribute_setup.py" do
+  source "http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py"
+  notifies :run, "bash[install-pip]", :immediate
+  not_if "which pip"
 end
 
 python_pip "virtualenv" do