diff --git a/couchdb-conduit.cabal b/couchdb-conduit.cabal
--- a/couchdb-conduit.cabal
+++ b/couchdb-conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           couchdb-conduit
-version:        0.3.0.0
+version:        0.3.0.1
 cabal-version:  >= 1.8
 build-type:     Simple
 stability:      Experimental
@@ -26,22 +26,22 @@
   hs-source-dirs:   src
   build-depends:   
                    base >= 4 && < 5,
-                   conduit == 0.1.*,
+                   aeson >= 0.6 && < 0.7,
                    attoparsec >= 0.8 && < 0.11,
                    attoparsec-conduit >= 0.0 && < 0.1,
-                   http-conduit == 1.2.*,
+                   bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
+                   conduit >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
+                   containers >= 0.2,
+                   http-conduit >= 1.2 && < 1.3,
                    http-types >= 0.6 && < 0.7,
                    monad-control >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
-                   transformers == 0.2.*,
-                   transformers-base == 0.4.*,
+                   transformers >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
+                   transformers-base >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                    lifted-base >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
-                   bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
                    utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
-                   aeson >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                    text >= 0.11 && < 0.12,
                    unordered-containers >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
                    syb,
-                   containers >= 0.2,
                    data-default,
                    blaze-builder >= 0.2.1 && < 0.4
   ghc-options:      -Wall
@@ -69,24 +69,25 @@
                    test-framework-quickcheck2,
                    test-framework-hunit,
                    couchdb-conduit,
-                   conduit == 0.1.*,
+                   aeson >= 0.6 && < 0.7,
                    attoparsec >= 0.8 && < 0.11,
                    attoparsec-conduit >= 0.0 && < 0.1,
-                   http-conduit == 1.2.*,
+                   bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
+                   conduit >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
+                   containers >= 0.2,
+                   http-conduit >= 1.2 && < 1.3,
                    http-types >= 0.6 && < 0.7,
                    monad-control >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
-                   transformers == 0.2.*,
-                   transformers-base == 0.4.*,
+                   transformers >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
+                   transformers-base >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
                    lifted-base >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
-                   bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.10,
                    utf8-string >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
-                   aeson >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                    text >= 0.11 && < 0.12,
                    unordered-containers >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
                    syb,
-                   containers >= 0.2,
                    data-default,
                    blaze-builder >= 0.2.1 && < 0.4
+                   
   ghc-options:     -Wall -rtsopts -threaded
   hs-source-dirs:  test
   main-is:         Main.hs
@@ -95,5 +96,6 @@
                    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Util,
                    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.View,
                    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Generic,
-                   CouchDBAuth
+                   CouchDBAuth,
+                   Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Base
 
diff --git a/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/Base.hs b/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/Base.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/Base.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-} 
+
+-- | base tests
+module Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Base (tests) where
+
+import Test.Framework (testGroup, mutuallyExclusive, Test)
+import Test.Framework.Providers.HUnit (testCase)
+import Test.HUnit (Assertion, (@=?))
+
+import CouchDBAuth
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+--import Data.Conduit
+--import qualified Data.Conduit.List as CL
+
+import qualified Network.HTTP.Conduit as H
+import qualified Network.HTTP.Types as HT
+
+import Database.CouchDB.Conduit
+import Database.CouchDB.Conduit.DB
+import Database.CouchDB.Conduit.LowLevel
+
+tests :: Test
+tests = mutuallyExclusive $ testGroup "Base" [
+    testCase "Just connect" case_justConnect,
+    testCase "Put DB" case_dbPut
+    ]
+
+-- | Just connect
+case_justConnect :: Assertion
+case_justConnect = runCouch def $ do
+    H.Response (HT.Status sc _) _h _bsrc <- couch' HT.methodGet "" [] [] 
+                    (H.RequestBodyBS B.empty)
+    liftIO $ sc @=? 200
+
+-- | Put and delete
+case_dbPut :: Assertion    
+case_dbPut =  runCouch def {couchLogin = login, couchPass=pass} $ do
+    couchPutDB_ "cdbc_dbputdel"
+    couchDeleteDB "cdbc_dbputdel"
+    
+    
diff --git a/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/View.hs b/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/View.hs
--- a/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/View.hs
+++ b/test/Database/CouchDB/Conduit/Test/View.hs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 case_bigValues :: Assertion
 case_bigValues = bracket_
     (runCouch (conn db) $ do
-        couchPutDB db
+        couchPutDB_ db
         _ <- couchViewPut' "mydesign" "myview"
                 "function(doc){emit(doc.intV, doc);}" Nothing
         mapM_ (\n -> CCG.couchPut' (docName n) [] $ doc n) [1..20]
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 case_withReduce :: Assertion    
 case_withReduce = bracket_
     (runCouch (conn db) $ do
-        couchPutDB db
+        couchPutDB_ db
         _ <- couchViewPut' "mydesign" "myview"
                 "function(doc){emit(doc.intV, doc.intV);}" 
                 $ Just "function(keys, values){return sum(values);}"
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 
 import Test.Framework (defaultMain)
 
+import qualified Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Base
 import qualified Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Explicit
 import qualified Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Generic
 import qualified Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.View
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = defaultMain [
-    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Explicit.tests,
-    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Generic.tests,
-    Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.View.tests
+      Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Base.tests
+    , Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Explicit.tests
+    , Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.Generic.tests
+    , Database.CouchDB.Conduit.Test.View.tests
     ]