diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -143,10 +143,9 @@
         liftIO $ removeTree pkgTree
 
         -- install textbase if necessary
-        case listToMaybe $ haddockHTMLs ipkg of
+        result <- runEitherT $ case listToMaybe $ haddockHTMLs ipkg of
           Just docRoot | installTextBase cfg -> fmapLT show $ tryIO $ do
             let TextBase content = tb
-                PackageName name = pkgName $ sourcePackageId ipkg
                 tbPath = docRoot </> name++".txt"
             putStrLn $ "Installing textbase to "++tbPath
             createDirectoryIfMissing True docRoot
@@ -154,9 +153,13 @@
           Nothing | installTextBase cfg -> do
             liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Can't install textbase due to missing documentation directory"
           _ -> return ()
+        case result of
+          Left e  -> liftIO $ putStrLn $ name++": Failed to install textbase: "++e
+          Right _ -> return ()
         return tb
   where
     pkg = sourcePackageId ipkg
+    PackageName name = pkgName pkg
 
 -- | A Hoogle database
 newtype Database = DB FilePath
@@ -270,10 +273,10 @@
       let failedMsg (pkgId, reason) = "  "++show (pkgName pkgId)++"\t"++reason
       putStrLn $ unlines $ map failedMsg failed
 
-    combined <- runEitherT (combineDBs idxs)
-    case combined of
-      Left e -> putStrLn $ "Error while combining databases: "++e
-      Right db -> do
-        res <- runEitherT $ installDB compiler pkgIdx db
-        either print (const $ return ()) res
+    res <- runEitherT $ do
+        combined <- fmapLT ("Error while combining databases: "++)
+                    $ combineDBs idxs
+        installDB compiler pkgIdx combined
+    either putStrLn return res
+
     mapM_ removeDB idxs
diff --git a/hoogle-index.cabal b/hoogle-index.cabal
--- a/hoogle-index.cabal
+++ b/hoogle-index.cabal
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 name:                hoogle-index
-version:             0.3.0
+version:             0.3.1
 synopsis:            Easily generate Hoogle indices for installed packages
-description:         Easily generate Hoogle indices for installed packages
+description:
+    'hoogle-index' is a small utility for generating indicies for local
+    Hoogle installations.
+    .
+    > $ cabal install hoogle hoogle-index
+    > $ hoogle-index    # this will take a while
+    .
+    Your Hoogle index now covers all of the packages locally installed.
+
 homepage:            http://github.com/bgamari/hoogle-index
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
-author:              Ben Gamari
-maintainer:          ben@smart-cactus.org
+author:              Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>
+maintainer:          Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>
 copyright:           (c) 2014 Ben Gamari
 category:            Documentation
 build-type:          Simple