diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79da01d..a87ea01 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 name = "tracing-layer-win-eventlog"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+author = ["itsscb <dev@itsscb.de>"]
+description = "Layer for the tracing_subscriber to write to the Windows EventLog"
+keywords = ["tracing", "tracing_subscriber","layer","eventlog","windows"]
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/itsscb/tracing-layer-win-eventlog"
 
 [dependencies]
 tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad86ee3..a20d14c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,18 @@
 # tracing-layer-win-eventlog
 Layer for the *tracing_subscriber* to write to the Windows EventLog
+
+## Usage
+```rust
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt as _, util::SubscriberInitExt as _};
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_layer_win_eventlog::EventLogLayer)
+        .init();
+
+    tracing::info!(id = 40, "hello world!");
+}
+
+```