diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 import Data.Monoid
 import Options.Applicative
 
+-- IN PROGRESS: TODO implement startAtColumn
+
 data Options = Options {
     matchMode :: MatchMode 
   , matchStrings :: [Text]
@@ -56,8 +58,10 @@
 -- and one if it doesn't
 splitOn :: Text -> Text -> [Text]
 splitOn alignString input =
+    -- breakOn "::" "a::b::c" ==> ("a", "::b::c")
+    -- breakOn "/" "foobar"   ==> ("foobar", "")
     let (x,y) = T.breakOn alignString input
-    in [z | z <- [x, trim alignString y], z /= mempty]
+    in [z | z <- [T.stripEnd x, y], z /= mempty]
     
 -- | Makes column cells in a column the same width
 -- Used for the standard Series mode.
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@
     map maybeAdjust xs
   where maxWidth = maximum $ map (T.length . T.stripEnd) $ xs
         maybeAdjust :: Text -> Text
-        maybeAdjust cell = T.justifyLeft maxWidth ' ' . T.stripEnd $ cell
+        maybeAdjust cell = (T.justifyLeft maxWidth ' ' . T.stripEnd $ cell) <> " "
 
 alignOnAlteratives :: [Text] -> [Text] -> [Text]
 alignOnAlteratives alts lines =
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,25 @@
 align lines of code neatly on programming language operators like =>, ::, @=?,
 =, +, etc.
 
+## Installation
+
+You must first have the Haskll platform installed on your system:
+
+* [Haskell platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform)
+
+```
+cabal update
+cabal install align-text
+```
+
+This will likely install the `align` executable in ~/.cabal/bin, which should be on your PATH.
+
+
 ## Usage
 
-`align` has two modes: Series mode and Alternative mode.
+`align` has two modes: Serial mode and Alternative mode.
 
-### Series mode
+### Serial mode
 
 Assume you want to align this text:
 
@@ -100,21 +114,6 @@
 vnoremap <leader>H :AlignHaskellTest<cr>
 
 ```
-
-## Installation
-
-You must first have the Haskll platform installed on your system:
-
-* [Haskell platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform)
-
-`git clone` this project to a local directory. Then from that directory, 
-run this command:
-
-```
-cabal install
-```
-
-This will likely install the `align` executable in ~/.cabal/bin, which should be on your PATH.
 
 
 ## Author
diff --git a/align-text.cabal b/align-text.cabal
--- a/align-text.cabal
+++ b/align-text.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --  see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                align-text
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.1
 synopsis:            A simple unix filter to align text on specified substrings
 description:         A simple unix filter to align text on specified substrings 
 homepage:            https://github.com/danchoi/align-text
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   -- other-extensions:    
   build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8
                      , text
-                     , optparse-applicative
+                     , optparse-applicative == 0.11.0.1
   -- hs-source-dirs:      
   default-language:    Haskell2010