diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Command Line Interface Tweeter
 
+![Displaying a user timeline in a terminal.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmchale/command-line-tweeter/master/screenshot.png)
 ## Config
 Generate a token to authorize access to your twitter account by following the guide [here](https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/overview/application-owner-access-tokens)
 
@@ -14,8 +15,11 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-Install [haskell stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-install); on unix systems this is as simple as
+If you're on Linux/Windows the best way is probably to download the binaries
+from the releases page [here](https://github.com/vmchale/command-line-tweeter/releases).
 
+To build from source, install [haskell stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-install); on unix systems this is as simple as
+
 ```
 wget -qO- https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh
 ```
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@
 To tweet from stderr, run a command that pipes stderr to stdin, i.e.
 
 ```
-YOUR_BUILD_COMMAND 2>&1 >/dev/null | tweet send
+YOUR_BUILD_COMMAND 2>&1 >/dev/null | tweet input
 ```
 
 The `tweet` executable reads from stdIn only, but you can view the options (replies, number of tweets to thread, etc.) with
diff --git a/bash/example b/bash/example
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/bash/example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1 +0,0 @@
-stack install 2&>1 >/dev/null | tweet -c ~/.cred input -t3
diff --git a/clit.cabal b/clit.cabal
--- a/clit.cabal
+++ b/clit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: clit
-version: 0.4.0.1
+version: 0.4.0.2
 cabal-version: >=1.10
 build-type: Simple
 license: BSD3
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     README.md
     stack.yaml
     bash/mkCompletions
-    bash/example
 
 source-repository head
     type: git
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
     main-is: Main.hs
     build-depends:
         base >=4.9.1.0 && <4.10,
-        clit >=0.4.0.1 && <0.5
+        clit >=0.4.0.2 && <0.5
     default-language: Haskell2010
     hs-source-dirs: app
 
diff --git a/src/Web/Tweet/Utils.hs b/src/Web/Tweet/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Web/Tweet/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Tweet/Utils.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
 import Text.Megaparsec.String
+import Text.Megaparsec.Lexer as L
 import Text.Megaparsec
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Maybe
@@ -61,13 +62,28 @@
     string $ "\"" <> str <> "\":"
     open <- optional $ char '\"'
     let forbidden = if (isJust open) then "\\\"" else "\\\","
-    want <- many $ noneOf forbidden <|> specialChar '\"' <|> specialChar '/' <|> specialChar 'n' <|> specialChar 'u'
+    want <- many $ noneOf forbidden <|> specialChar '\"' <|> specialChar '/' <|> newlineChar <|> unicodeChar -- specialChar 'u'
     pure want
 
+newlineChar :: Parser Char
+newlineChar = do
+    string "\\n"
+    pure '\n'
+
+unicodeChar :: Parser Char
+unicodeChar = do
+    string "\\u"
+    num <- fromHex <$> count 4 anyChar
+    pure . toEnum . fromIntegral $ num
+
 specialChar :: Char -> Parser Char
 specialChar c = do
     string $ "\\" ++ pure c
-    if c /= '\n' then pure c else pure '\n'
+    pure c
+
+fromHex :: String -> Integer
+fromHex = fromRight . (parse (L.hexadecimal :: Parser Integer) "")
+    where fromRight (Right a) = a
 
 -- | helper function to get the key as read from a file
 keyLinePie :: String -> String