diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 `git-brunch` can installed with the Haskell build tool stack
 
 ```sh
-stack install git-brunch # --resolver=lts-17.4
+stack install git-brunch # --resolver=lts-17.11
 ```
 
 ### Install from source
diff --git a/git-brunch.cabal b/git-brunch.cabal
--- a/git-brunch.cabal
+++ b/git-brunch.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           git-brunch
-version:        1.5.0.0
+version:        1.5.1.0
 synopsis:       git checkout command-line tool
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/andys8/git-brunch>
 category:       Git
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     , vector
     , vty
   if flag(static)
-    ghc-options: -static -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall -O2
+    ghc-options: -static -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -Wall -O2 -optl-fuse-ld=bfd
     cc-options: -static
     ld-options: -static -pthread
   else