diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 module Main where
 
-import AWS.Lambda.Runtime (simpleLambdaRuntime)
+import AWS.Lambda.Runtime (pureRuntime)
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON, ToJSON)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 idHandler Request { input } = Response { output = input }
 
 main :: IO ()
-main = simpleLambdaRuntime idHandler
+main = pureRuntime idHandler
 ```
 
 Don't forget to define your [CloudFormation] stack:
diff --git a/hal.cabal b/hal.cabal
--- a/hal.cabal
+++ b/hal.cabal
@@ -1,52 +1,57 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.28.2.
---
--- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
---
--- hash: 9e95d1b7a42420d7a38abcd2683add3ad06324396c38400f285f6ef0dea5ec98
-
-name:           hal
-version:        0.1.0
-synopsis:       Please see the README.md file for this project.
-description:    A runtime environment for Haskell applications running on AWS Lambda.
-category:       Web,AWS
-homepage:       https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal#readme
-bug-reports:    https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal/issues
-author:         Nike, Inc.
-maintainer:     nikeoss
-copyright:      2018 Nike, Inc.
-license:        BSD3
-license-file:   LICENSE
-build-type:     Simple
-cabal-version:  >= 1.10
+cabal-version: >=1.10
+name: hal
+version: 0.1.1
+license: BSD3
+license-file: LICENSE
+copyright: 2018 Nike, Inc.
+maintainer: nikeoss
+author: Nike, Inc.
+homepage: https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal#readme
+bug-reports: https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal/issues
+synopsis: A runtime environment for Haskell applications running on AWS Lambda.
+description:
+    This library uniquely supports different types of AWS Lambda Handlers for your
+    needs/comfort with advanced Haskell. Instead of exposing a single function
+    that constructs a Lambda, this library exposes many.
+category: Web,AWS
+build-type: Simple
 extra-source-files:
     README.md
 
 source-repository head
-  type: git
-  location: https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal
+    type: git
+    location: https://github.com/Nike-inc/hal
 
 library
-  exposed-modules:
-      AWS.Lambda.Context
-      AWS.Lambda.Internal
-      AWS.Lambda.Runtime
-      AWS.Lambda.RuntimeClient
-  other-modules:
-      Paths_hal
-  hs-source-dirs:
-      src
-  default-extensions: OverloadedStrings BangPatterns DefaultSignatures DeriveFoldable DeriveFunctor DeriveGeneric DeriveLift DeriveTraversable DerivingStrategies EmptyCase GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving InstanceSigs LambdaCase MultiParamTypeClasses MultiWayIf OverloadedStrings PatternSynonyms ScopedTypeVariables
-  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints -fno-warn-partial-type-signatures -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fwarn-tabs -fwarn-unused-imports -fwarn-missing-signatures -fwarn-incomplete-patterns
-  build-depends:
-      aeson <2.0.0
-    , base >=4.7 && <5
-    , bytestring <1.0.0
-    , containers <1.0.0
-    , envy <2.0.0
-    , exceptions <1.0.0
-    , http-conduit <3.0.0
-    , http-types <1.0.0
-    , mtl <3.0.0
-    , text <2.0.0
-    , time <2.0.0
-  default-language: Haskell2010
+    exposed-modules:
+        AWS.Lambda.Context
+        AWS.Lambda.Internal
+        AWS.Lambda.Runtime
+        AWS.Lambda.RuntimeClient
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+    other-modules:
+        Paths_hal
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    default-extensions: OverloadedStrings BangPatterns
+                        DefaultSignatures DeriveFoldable DeriveFunctor DeriveGeneric
+                        DeriveLift DeriveTraversable DerivingStrategies EmptyCase
+                        GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving InstanceSigs LambdaCase
+                        MultiParamTypeClasses MultiWayIf OverloadedStrings PatternSynonyms
+                        ScopedTypeVariables
+    ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -Wincomplete-record-updates
+                 -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -Wredundant-constraints
+                 -fno-warn-partial-type-signatures -fno-warn-name-shadowing
+                 -fwarn-tabs -fwarn-unused-imports -fwarn-missing-signatures
+                 -fwarn-incomplete-patterns
+    build-depends:
+        aeson >=1.3.1.1 && <1.4,
+        base >=4.7 && <5,
+        bytestring >=0.10.8.2 && <0.11,
+        containers >=0.5.11.0 && <0.6,
+        envy >=1.5.1.0 && <1.6,
+        exceptions >=0.10.0 && <0.11,
+        http-conduit >=2.3.2 && <2.4,
+        http-types >=0.12.2 && <0.13,
+        mtl >=2.2.2 && <2.3,
+        text >=1.2.3.1 && <1.3,
+        time >=1.8.0.2 && <1.9
diff --git a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeClient.hs b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeClient.hs
--- a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeClient.hs
+++ b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeClient.hs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 getNextEvent baseRuntimeRequest = do
   resOrEx <- runtimeClientRetryTry $ httpJSONEither $ toNextEventRequest baseRuntimeRequest
   let checkStatus res = if not $ statusIsSuccessful $ getResponseStatus res then
-        Left "Unexpected Runtime Error:  Could retrieve next event."
+        Left "Unexpected Runtime Error:  Could not retrieve next event."
       else
         Right res
   let resOrMsg = first (displayException :: HttpException -> String) resOrEx >>= checkStatus