diff --git a/gen.go b/gen.go
index 5941ae0..b14cfbb 100644
--- a/gen.go
+++ b/gen.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ var genPipCmd = &cli.Command{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:    "description",
 			Aliases: []string{"d"},
-			Value:   "A Python Pip module",
 		},
 	},
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
diff --git a/pkg/gen/pip.go b/pkg/gen/pip.go
index ca2e027..6f8f984 100644
--- a/pkg/gen/pip.go
+++ b/pkg/gen/pip.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package gen
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"path"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,34 @@ type PipOptions struct {
 	Description string
 }
 
+type pypiAPIResponse struct {
+	Info pypiInfo  `json:"info"`
+	URLs []pypiURL `json:"urls"`
+}
+
+func (res pypiAPIResponse) SourceURL() (pypiURL, error) {
+	for _, url := range res.URLs {
+		if url.PackageType == "sdist" {
+			return url, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return pypiURL{}, errors.New("package doesn't have a source distribution")
+}
+
+type pypiInfo struct {
+	Name     string `json:"name"`
+	Version  string `json:"version"`
+	Summary  string `json:"summary"`
+	Homepage string `json:"home_page"`
+	License  string `json:"license"`
+}
+
+type pypiURL struct {
+	Digests     map[string]string `json:"digests"`
+	Filename    string            `json:"filename"`
+	PackageType string            `json:"packagetype"`
+}
+
 func Pip(w io.Writer, opts PipOptions) error {
 	tmpl, err := template.New("pip").
 		Funcs(funcs).
@@ -26,35 +55,30 @@ func Pip(w io.Writer, opts PipOptions) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	params := map[string]any{
-		"name":        opts.Name,
-		"version":     opts.Version,
-		"description": opts.Description,
-	}
-
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/%s/%s/%s-%s.tar.gz",
-		opts.Name[:1],
-		opts.Name,
+		"https://pypi.org/pypi/%s/%s/json",
 		opts.Name,
 		opts.Version,
 	)
 
-	res, err := http.Head(url)
+	res, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pip: %s", res.Status)
+		return fmt.Errorf("pypi: %s", res.Status)
 	}
 
-	dir := path.Dir(res.Request.URL.Path)
-	checksum := path.Base(dir)
-	dir = path.Dir(dir)
-	checksum = path.Base(dir) + checksum
-	dir = path.Dir(dir)
-	checksum = path.Base(dir) + checksum
-	params["checksum"] = "blake2b-256:" + checksum
+	var resp pypiAPIResponse
+	err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-	return tmpl.Execute(w, params)
+	if opts.Description != "" {
+		resp.Info.Summary = opts.Description
+	}
+
+	return tmpl.Execute(w, resp)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gen/tmpls/pip.tmpl.sh b/pkg/gen/tmpls/pip.tmpl.sh
index b3ad123..326ab73 100644
--- a/pkg/gen/tmpls/pip.tmpl.sh
+++ b/pkg/gen/tmpls/pip.tmpl.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-name='{{.name | tolower}}'
-version='{{.version}}'
+name='{{.Info.Name | tolower}}'
+version='{{.Info.Version}}'
 release='1'
-desc='{{.description}}'
-homepage='https://pypi.org/project/{{.name}}/'
+desc='{{.Info.Summary}}'
+homepage='{{.Info.Homepage}}'
 maintainer='Example <user@example.com>'
 architectures=('all')
-license=('custom:Unknown')
-provides=('{{.name | tolower}}')
-conflicts=('{{.name | tolower}}')
+license=('{{if .Info.License | ne ""}}{{.Info.License}}{{else}}custom:Unknown{{end}}')
+provides=('{{.Info.Name | tolower}}')
+conflicts=('{{.Info.Name | tolower}}')
 
 deps=("python3")
 deps_arch=("python")
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ build_deps=("python3" "python3-setuptools")
 build_deps_arch=("python" "python-setuptools")
 build_deps_alpine=("python3" "py3-setuptools")
 
-sources=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/{{.name | firstchar}}/{{.name}}/{{.name}}-${version}.tar.gz")
-checksums=('{{.checksum}}')
+sources=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/{{.SourceURL.Filename | firstchar}}/{{.Info.Name}}/{{.SourceURL.Filename}}")
+checksums=('blake2b-256:{{.SourceURL.Digests.blake2b_256}}')
 
 build() {
-	cd "$srcdir/{{.name}}-${version}"
+	cd "$srcdir/{{.Info.Name}}-${version}"
 	python3 setup.py build
 }
 
 package() {
-	cd "$srcdir/{{.name}}-${version}"
+	cd "$srcdir/{{.Info.Name}}-${version}"
 	python3 setup.py install --root="${pkgdir}/" --optimize=1 || return 1
 }