diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ChangeLog
 
+v0.1.0.1 2014/10/08
+	(2014/10/07) PS1 - added Applicative and Functor instances to
+	silence compiler warnings.
+	(2014/10/07) PS1 - updated dependencies to permit base 4.7.
+
 v0.1.0.0 2013/12/14
 	(2013/12/15) PS1 - converted to Cabal package.
 
diff --git a/Graphics/EasyRender/Internal.hs b/Graphics/EasyRender/Internal.hs
--- a/Graphics/EasyRender/Internal.hs
+++ b/Graphics/EasyRender/Internal.hs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 import System.IO
 import Text.Printf
 
+import Control.Applicative (Applicative(..))
+import Control.Monad (liftM, ap)
+
 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- * Types
 
@@ -249,6 +252,13 @@
         (x, y, f') <- draw
         return (x, y, f' >>= g)
                      
+instance Applicative Document where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
+instance Functor Document where
+  fmap = liftM
+
 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- ** A vacuous run function
         
@@ -373,6 +383,13 @@
         f' <- draw
         return (f' >>= g)
 
+instance Applicative Draw where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
+instance Functor Draw where
+  fmap = liftM
+
 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- ** Low-level operations for the Draw monad
 
@@ -813,6 +830,13 @@
     Writer_PutChar c f' -> Writer_PutChar c (f' >>= g)
     Writer_PutStr s f' -> Writer_PutStr s (f' >>= g) 
     
+instance Applicative Writer where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
+instance Functor Writer where
+  fmap = liftM
+
 instance WriterMonad Writer where
   wPutChar c = Writer_PutChar c (Writer_Return ())
   wPutStr s = Writer_PutStr s (Writer_Return ())
@@ -881,6 +905,13 @@
 instance Monad m => Monad (Boxed m) where
   return a = Boxed (return a)
   f >>= g = Boxed (unbox f >>= (unbox . g))
+
+instance Applicative m => Applicative (Boxed m) where
+  pure a = Boxed (pure a)
+  f <*> x = Boxed (unbox f <*> unbox x)
+
+instance Functor m => Functor (Boxed m) where
+  fmap f x = Boxed (fmap f (unbox x))
 
 instance WriterMonad m => WriterMonad (Boxed m) where
   wPutChar c = Boxed (wPutChar c)
diff --git a/easyrender.cabal b/easyrender.cabal
--- a/easyrender.cabal
+++ b/easyrender.cabal
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.1
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            User-friendly creation of EPS, PostScript, and PDF files
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 maintainer:          selinger@mathstat.dal.ca
 
 -- A copyright notice.
-copyright:           Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Peter Selinger
+copyright:           Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Peter Selinger
 
 -- A classification category for future use by the package catalogue
 -- Hackage. These categories have not yet been specified, but the
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@
   -- other-modules:       
   
   -- Other library packages from which modules are imported.
-  build-depends:       base ==4.6.*, zlib ==0.5.*, mtl ==2.1.*, bytestring ==0.10.*, containers ==0.5.*, superdoc ==0.1.*
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.6 && < 4.8, zlib ==0.5.*, mtl ==2.1.*, bytestring ==0.10.*, containers ==0.5.*, superdoc ==0.1.*