diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 [GHC](https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html) and install with
 
 ```bash
-cabal new-install ats-pkg --symlink-bindir ~/.local/bin
+cabal new-install ats-pkg --symlink-bindir ~/.local/bin --happy-options='-gcsa' --alex-options='-g'
 ```
+
+Note that `$HOME/.local/bin` will need to be on your `PATH`.
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/ats-pkg.cabal b/ats-pkg.cabal
--- a/ats-pkg.cabal
+++ b/ats-pkg.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                ats-pkg
-version:             2.0.0.7
+version:             2.0.0.8
 synopsis:            Package manager for ATS
 description:         A collection of scripts to make building ATS projects easy.
 homepage:            https://github.com/vmchale/ats-pkg#readme
diff --git a/src/Language/ATS/Package/Build.hs b/src/Language/ATS/Package/Build.hs
--- a/src/Language/ATS/Package/Build.hs
+++ b/src/Language/ATS/Package/Build.hs
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@
 pkgToAction :: [IO ()] -> [String] -> Pkg -> Rules ()
 pkgToAction setup rs (Pkg bs ts mt v v' ds cds cc cf as cdir) = do
 
-    unless (rs == ["clean"]) $
-        let cdps = if any gc bs then libcAtomicOps : libcGC (Version [7,6,4]) : cds else cds in
+    unless (rs == ["clean"]) $ do
+        want [".atspkg/config"]
+        let cdps = if any gc bs then libcAtomicOps : libcGC (Version [7,6,4]) : cds else cds
         liftIO $ fetchDeps False setup ds cdps (null as) >> stopGlobalPool
 
     mapM_ g (bs ++ ts)
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
                 gc'
                 (TL.unpack <$> ls)
                 (TL.unpack s)
-                (".atspkg/config" : (TL.unpack <$> hs'))
+                (TL.unpack <$> hs')
                 (both TL.unpack . asTuple <$> atg)
                 (TL.unpack t)