diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.1.0.0 (November 21st, 2017)
+
+- Eliminated some unnecessary `MonadIO` constraints (since they are subsumed by `MonadBaseControl IO`).
+
 ## 0.0.1.0 (April 24th, 2017)
 
 - Initial release
diff --git a/genesis.cabal b/genesis.cabal
--- a/genesis.cabal
+++ b/genesis.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.15.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.18.1.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           genesis
-version:        0.0.1.0
+version:        0.1.0.0
 synopsis:       Opinionated bootstrapping for Haskell web services.
 description:    Opinionated bootstrapping for Haskell web services.
 category:       Other
@@ -30,25 +30,30 @@
   default-extensions: ConstraintKinds DeriveGeneric DuplicateRecordFields FlexibleContexts FlexibleInstances GADTs GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving KindSignatures LambdaCase MultiParamTypeClasses NamedFieldPuns OverloadedStrings RankNTypes ScopedTypeVariables TypeApplications TypeOperators
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-depends:
-      base                   >= 4.9.0.0 && < 5
-    , directory              >= 1.2.7.0
-    , envparse               >= 0.3.0 && < 1
+      base                   >= 4.9 && < 5
+    , directory              >= 1.2.7
+    , envparse               >= 0.3 && < 1
     , file-embed             >= 0.0.10 && < 1
     , filepath
-    , monad-control          >= 1.0.0.0 && < 2
+    , monad-control          >= 1 && < 2
+    , monad-io-adapter       >= 0.1 && < 1
     , monad-logger           >= 0.3.10
-    , monad-persist          >= 0.0.1.0 && < 1
+    , monad-persist          >= 0.0.1 && < 1
     , persistent             >= 2.5 && < 3
     , persistent-postgresql  >= 2.5 && < 3
     , persistent-template    >= 2.5 && < 3
     , resource-pool
-    , template-haskell       >= 2.11.0.0 && < 2.12
+    , template-haskell       >= 2.11 && < 2.13
     , text
-    , text-conversions       >= 0.2.0 && < 1
+    , text-conversions       >= 0.2 && < 1
+    , transformers
+    , transformers-base
   exposed-modules:
       Genesis.Persist
       Genesis.Persist.Base
       Genesis.Persist.Migrate
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_genesis
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 test-suite genesis-test-suite
diff --git a/library/Genesis/Persist/Base.hs b/library/Genesis/Persist/Base.hs
--- a/library/Genesis/Persist/Base.hs
+++ b/library/Genesis/Persist/Base.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import Control.Monad ((<=<))
 import Control.Monad.Logger (MonadLogger)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Control (MonadBaseControl)
-import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Adapter (MonadIOAdapterT(..), adaptMonadIO)
 import Control.Monad.Persist (SqlBackend)
 import Data.Monoid ((<>))
 import Data.Pool (Pool)
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@
   Like 'PG.withPostgresqlPool' from "Database.Persist.Postgresql", except using
   'PostgresOptions'.
 -}
-withPostgresqlPool :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m)
+withPostgresqlPool :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, MonadLogger m)
                    => PostgresOptions -- ^ Options to connect to the database.
                    -> Int -- ^ Number of connections to be kept open in the pool.
                    -> (Pool SqlBackend -> m a) -- ^ Action to be executed that uses the connection pool.
                    -> m a
-withPostgresqlPool opts = PG.withPostgresqlPool (pgConnString opts)
+withPostgresqlPool opts n f = adaptMonadIO (PG.withPostgresqlPool (pgConnString opts) n (MonadIOAdapterT . f))
 
 {-|
-Like 'PG.withPostgresqlConn' from "Database.Persist.Postgresql", except using
-'PostgresOptions'.
+  Like 'PG.withPostgresqlConn' from "Database.Persist.Postgresql", except using
+  'PostgresOptions'.
 -}
-withPostgresqlConn :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m) => PostgresOptions -> (SqlBackend -> m a) -> m a
-withPostgresqlConn opts = PG.withPostgresqlConn (pgConnString opts)
+withPostgresqlConn :: (MonadBaseControl IO m, MonadLogger m) => PostgresOptions -> (SqlBackend -> m a) -> m a
+withPostgresqlConn opts f = adaptMonadIO (PG.withPostgresqlConn (pgConnString opts) (MonadIOAdapterT . f))
 
 pgConnString :: PostgresOptions -> PG.ConnectionString
 pgConnString PostgresOptions { host, port, user, dbName, password } =
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: genesis
-version: 0.0.1.0
+version: 0.1.0.0
 category: Other
 synopsis: Opinionated bootstrapping for Haskell web services.
 description: Opinionated bootstrapping for Haskell web services.
@@ -34,21 +34,24 @@
 
 library:
   dependencies:
-  - base                   >= 4.9.0.0 && < 5
-  - directory              >= 1.2.7.0
-  - envparse               >= 0.3.0 && < 1
+  - base                   >= 4.9 && < 5
+  - directory              >= 1.2.7
+  - envparse               >= 0.3 && < 1
   - file-embed             >= 0.0.10 && < 1
   - filepath
-  - monad-control          >= 1.0.0.0 && < 2
+  - monad-control          >= 1 && < 2
+  - monad-io-adapter       >= 0.1 && < 1
   - monad-logger           >= 0.3.10
-  - monad-persist          >= 0.0.1.0 && < 1
+  - monad-persist          >= 0.0.1 && < 1
   - persistent             >= 2.5 && < 3
   - persistent-postgresql  >= 2.5 && < 3
   - persistent-template    >= 2.5 && < 3
   - resource-pool
-  - template-haskell       >= 2.11.0.0 && < 2.12
+  - template-haskell       >= 2.11 && < 2.13
   - text
-  - text-conversions       >= 0.2.0 && < 1
+  - text-conversions       >= 0.2 && < 1
+  - transformers
+  - transformers-base
   source-dirs: library
 
 tests:
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 packages:
 - '.'
-extra-deps: [monad-persist-0.0.1.0]
+
+extra-deps: [monad-io-adapter-0.1.0.0, monad-persist-0.0.1.0]
 
 flags: {}