diff --git a/EntrezHTTP.cabal b/EntrezHTTP.cabal
--- a/EntrezHTTP.cabal
+++ b/EntrezHTTP.cabal
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             1.0.1
+version:             1.0.2
 synopsis:            Libary to interface with the NCBI Entrez REST service.
 description:         EntrezHTTP provides functions to query the NCBI entrez REST interface.
                      .
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 source-repository this
   type:     darcs
-  location: https://github.com/eggzilla/EntrezHTTP/tree/v1.0.1
-  tag:      v1.0.1
+  location: https://github.com/eggzilla/EntrezHTTP/tree/v1.0.2
+  tag:      v1.0.2
 
 library
   -- Modules exported by the library.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   -- compiler options: 
   ghc-options:         -Wall -O2
   -- Other library packages from which modules are imported.
-  build-depends:       base >=4.5 && <5, transformers >= 0.4 && <0.5, bytestring, conduit, HTTP, http-conduit, hxt, network, mtl, biocore, Taxonomy
+  build-depends:       base >=4.5 && <5, transformers, bytestring, conduit, HTTP, http-conduit, hxt, network, mtl, biocore, Taxonomy>=1.0.2, text
   
   -- Directories containing source files.
   hs-source-dirs:      src
diff --git a/src/Bio/EntrezHTTP.hs b/src/Bio/EntrezHTTP.hs
--- a/src/Bio/EntrezHTTP.hs
+++ b/src/Bio/EntrezHTTP.hs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import Bio.TaxonomyData --(Rank,SimpleTaxon)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
 import Network.HTTP.Base
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL 
       
 -- | Send query and parse return XML 
 startSession :: String -> String -> String -> IO String
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
   simple_Rank <- atTag "Rank" >>> getChildren >>> getText -< entrezSimpleTaxon
   returnA -< SimpleTaxon {
     simpleTaxId = read simple_TaxId :: Int,
-    simpleScientificName = B.pack simple_ScientificName,
+    simpleScientificName = TL.pack simple_ScientificName,
     simpleParentTaxId = read simple_ParentTaxId :: Int,
     simpleRank = read simple_Rank :: Rank
     }