diff --git a/hs-aws-lambda.cabal b/hs-aws-lambda.cabal
--- a/hs-aws-lambda.cabal
+++ b/hs-aws-lambda.cabal
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           hs-aws-lambda
-version:        0.1.0.1
+version:        0.1.0.2
 synopsis:       A modern and easy-to-use wrapper for Docker-based Lambda implementations
-description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/RobertFischer/aws-lambda-runtime-api#readme>
+description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/RobertFischer/hs-aws-lambda#readme>
 category:       AWS
 homepage:       https://github.com/RobertFischer/hs-aws-lambda#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/RobertFischer/hs-aws-lambda/issues
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   hs-source-dirs:
       src
   default-extensions: BangPatterns BinaryLiterals CPP ConstraintKinds DataKinds DefaultSignatures DeriveAnyClass DeriveDataTypeable DeriveFoldable DeriveFunctor DeriveGeneric DeriveLift DeriveTraversable DoAndIfThenElse EmptyDataDecls ExistentialQuantification ExtendedDefaultRules FlexibleContexts FlexibleInstances ForeignFunctionInterface FunctionalDependencies GADTs GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving InstanceSigs KindSignatures LambdaCase MagicHash MultiParamTypeClasses MultiWayIf NamedFieldPuns OverloadedLists OverloadedStrings PackageImports PartialTypeSignatures PatternGuards PolyKinds QuasiQuotes RankNTypes RecordWildCards ScopedTypeVariables StandaloneDeriving StaticPointers TemplateHaskell TupleSections TypeFamilies TypeOperators TypeSynonymInstances UnboxedTuples UnliftedFFITypes ViewPatterns TypeFamilyDependencies
-  ghc-options: -Wall -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -fprint-expanded-synonyms -fprint-explicit-coercions -fprint-equality-relations -fprint-typechecker-elaboration -freverse-errors -funclutter-valid-hole-fits -fhelpful-errors -fshow-warning-groups -fPIC -fno-warn-tabs -fno-warn-type-defaults -Werror=compat -Werror=partial-fields -Werror=missing-fields -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Werror=overlapping-patterns -Werror=redundant-constraints -feager-blackholing -fexcess-precision -flate-dmd-anal -fmax-inline-alloc-size=1024 -fmax-simplifier-iterations=16 -fsimplifier-phases=8 -fspec-constr-keen -fspec-constr-count=12 -fspecialise-aggressively -flate-specialise -fstatic-argument-transformation
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -fprint-expanded-synonyms -fprint-explicit-coercions -fprint-equality-relations -fprint-typechecker-elaboration -freverse-errors -funclutter-valid-hole-fits -fhelpful-errors -fshow-warning-groups -fPIC -fno-warn-tabs -fno-warn-type-defaults -Werror=compat -Werror=partial-fields -Werror=missing-fields -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Werror=overlapping-patterns -Werror=redundant-constraints -Werror=missing-methods -feager-blackholing -fexcess-precision -flate-dmd-anal -fmax-inline-alloc-size=1024 -fmax-simplifier-iterations=16 -fsimplifier-phases=8 -fspec-constr-keen -fspec-constr-count=12 -fspecialise-aggressively -flate-specialise -fstatic-argument-transformation
   build-depends:
       aeson
     , base >=4.7 && <5
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     , http-types
     , safe-exceptions
     , text
-    , text-conversions
     , unliftio
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -57,13 +56,11 @@
   main-is: Spec.hs
   other-modules:
       Paths_hs_aws_lambda
-  autogen-modules:
-      Paths_hs_aws_lambda
   hs-source-dirs:
       test
   default-extensions: BangPatterns BinaryLiterals CPP ConstraintKinds DataKinds DefaultSignatures DeriveAnyClass DeriveDataTypeable DeriveFoldable DeriveFunctor DeriveGeneric DeriveLift DeriveTraversable DoAndIfThenElse EmptyDataDecls ExistentialQuantification ExtendedDefaultRules FlexibleContexts FlexibleInstances ForeignFunctionInterface FunctionalDependencies GADTs GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving InstanceSigs KindSignatures LambdaCase MagicHash MultiParamTypeClasses MultiWayIf NamedFieldPuns OverloadedLists OverloadedStrings PackageImports PartialTypeSignatures PatternGuards PolyKinds QuasiQuotes RankNTypes RecordWildCards ScopedTypeVariables StandaloneDeriving StaticPointers TemplateHaskell TupleSections TypeFamilies TypeOperators TypeSynonymInstances UnboxedTuples UnliftedFFITypes ViewPatterns TypeFamilyDependencies
-  ghc-options: -Wall -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -fprint-expanded-synonyms -fprint-explicit-coercions -fprint-equality-relations -fprint-typechecker-elaboration -freverse-errors -funclutter-valid-hole-fits -fhelpful-errors -fshow-warning-groups -fPIC -fno-warn-tabs -fno-warn-type-defaults -Werror=compat -Werror=partial-fields -Werror=missing-fields -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Werror=overlapping-patterns -Werror=redundant-constraints -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wincomplete-record-updates -Wincomplete-uni-patterns -fprint-expanded-synonyms -fprint-explicit-coercions -fprint-equality-relations -fprint-typechecker-elaboration -freverse-errors -funclutter-valid-hole-fits -fhelpful-errors -fshow-warning-groups -fPIC -fno-warn-tabs -fno-warn-type-defaults -Werror=compat -Werror=partial-fields -Werror=missing-fields -Werror=incomplete-patterns -Werror=overlapping-patterns -Werror=redundant-constraints -Werror=missing-methods -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
   build-depends:
-      aws-lambda-runtime-api
-    , base >=4.7 && <5
+      base >=4.7 && <5
+    , hs-aws-lambda
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI.hs b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI.hs
--- a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI.hs
+++ b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client.Internal as HTTP
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types.Header as HTTP
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types.Status as HTTP
+import qualified Data.Text as Text
 
+cts :: Text -> String
+cts = Text.unpack
+
+cst :: String -> Text
+cst = Text.pack
+
 mkLambdaHeaderName :: (CI.FoldCase s, Semigroup s, IsString s) => s -> CI.CI s
 mkLambdaHeaderName str = CI.mk $ "Lambda-Runtime-" <> str
 
@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@
 		getNextInvocation = handleAnyDeep handleTopException ( Just <$> fetchNext ctx )
 		handler = lecHandler ctx
 		processRequest invoc = handleAnyDeep handleException $ handler invoc
-		handleException e = return $ LambdaError (ct $ exToTypeStr e, ct $ exToHumanStr e)
+		handleException e = return $ LambdaError (cst $ exToTypeStr e, cst $ exToHumanStr e)
 		handleTopException err = handleInvocationException ctx err >> return Nothing
 
 exToTypeStr :: (Exception e) => e -> String
@@ -132,23 +139,23 @@
 		response <- liftIO $ HTTP.httpLbs req lecHttpManager
 		checkResponseStatus response
 		liPayload <- readPayload response
-		liAwsRequestId <- readHeader response requestIdHeader
+		liAwsRequestId <- cst <$> readHeader response requestIdHeader
 		liDeadlineMs <- readDeadline response
-		liInvokedFunctionArn <- readHeader response invokedFunctionArnHeader
-		liTraceId <- readHeader response traceIdHeader
+		liInvokedFunctionArn <- cst <$> readHeader response invokedFunctionArnHeader
+		liTraceId <- cst <$> readHeader response traceIdHeader
 		let liMobileMetadata = readMobileMetadata response
 		return $ LambdaInvocation{..}
 	where
 		url = lecApiPrefix <> "/runtime/invocation/next"
 		readMobileMetadata response = do
-			mimClientContext <- readHeader response clientContextHeader
-			mimCognitoIdentity <- readHeader response cognitoIdentityHeader
+			mimClientContext <- cst <$> readHeader response clientContextHeader
+			mimCognitoIdentity <- cst <$> readHeader response cognitoIdentityHeader
 			return $ MobileInvocationMetadata{..}
 		readHeader response headerName =
 			let headers = HTTP.responseHeaders response in
 			let finder (otherHeaderName, _) = headerName == otherHeaderName in
 			case find finder headers of
-				Just (_,value) -> return . ct $ C8.unpack value
+				Just (_,value) -> return $ C8.unpack value
 				Nothing -> fail $ "Could not find header: " <> show headerName
 		readDeadline response = do
 			headerValue <- readHeader response "Lambda-Runtime-Deadline-Ms"
@@ -184,12 +191,12 @@
 		case result of
 			LambdaNop -> return ()
 			(LambdaSuccess payload) -> do
-				let url = lecApiPrefix <> "/runtime/invocation/" <> ct liAwsRequestId <> "/response"
+				let url = lecApiPrefix <> "/runtime/invocation/" <> cts liAwsRequestId <> "/response"
 				let body = Just payload
 				req <- addTraceId <$> makeHttpRequest "POST" url body
 				void . liftIO $ HTTP.httpNoBody req lecHttpManager
 			LambdaError (errType, errMsg) -> do
-				let url = lecApiPrefix <> "/runtime/invocation/" <> ct liAwsRequestId <> "/error"
+				let url = lecApiPrefix <> "/runtime/invocation/" <> cts liAwsRequestId <> "/error"
 				let body = Just $ Map.fromList
 					[ ( "errorMessage", errMsg )
 					, ( "errorType", errType )
@@ -199,5 +206,5 @@
 	where
 		addTraceId req = req
 			{ HTTP.requestHeaders
-				= (traceIdHeader, C8.pack $ ct liTraceId) :  HTTP.requestHeaders req
+				= (traceIdHeader, C8.pack $ cts liTraceId) :  HTTP.requestHeaders req
 			}
diff --git a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI/Types.hs b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI/Types.hs
--- a/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI/Types.hs
+++ b/src/AWS/Lambda/RuntimeAPI/Types.hs
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
 		, LambdaExecutionContext(..)
 		, MobileInvocationMetadata(..)
 		, Text
-		, ct
 		, module Control.DeepSeq
 		, module Control.Exception.Safe
 		, module Control.Monad
 		, module Data.Aeson
 		, module Data.Function
 		, module Data.String
-		, module Data.Text.Conversions
 		, module Data.Typeable
 		, module Data.Word
 		, module GHC.Generics
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@
 import Data.Function ( (&) )
 import Data.String ( fromString, IsString(..) )
 import Data.Text (Text)
-import Data.Text.Conversions ( ToText, FromText, convertText )
 import Data.Typeable (typeOf)
 import Data.Word (Word64)
 import GHC.Generics
@@ -32,10 +29,6 @@
 import qualified Data.Char as Char
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as HTTP
 
--- | Shorthand for 'convertText' from 'Data.Text.Conversions'
-ct :: (ToText a, FromText b) => a -> b
-ct = convertText
-
 -- | Our implementation of how to map the field names to JSON labels
 modifyFieldLabel :: String -> String
 modifyFieldLabel str =
@@ -62,7 +55,7 @@
 data MobileInvocationMetadata = MobileInvocationMetadata
 	{ mimClientContext :: Text -- ^ the client's execution context
 	, mimCognitoIdentity :: Text -- ^ the client's identity
-	} deriving (Eq, Generic, NFData)
+	} deriving (Show, Eq, Generic, NFData)
 
 instance ToJSON MobileInvocationMetadata where
 	toJSON = JSON.genericToJSON jsonOptions
@@ -79,7 +72,7 @@
 	, liTraceId :: Text -- ^ The details about this AWS X-Ray trace
 	, liMobileMetadata :: Maybe MobileInvocationMetadata -- ^ The mobile data if the Lambda was called from the AWS Mobile SDK
 	, liPayload :: payload -- ^ The input to the Lambda
-	} deriving (Eq, Generic, ToJSON, FromJSON, Generic1, ToJSON1, FromJSON1)
+	} deriving (Show, Eq, Generic, ToJSON, FromJSON, Generic1, ToJSON1, FromJSON1)
 
 instance (NFData payload) => NFData (LambdaInvocation payload)
 instance NFData1 LambdaInvocation
@@ -93,7 +86,7 @@
 	= LambdaSuccess payload -- ^ Denotes success and provides the value to return
 	| LambdaError ErrorInfo -- ^ Denotes failure and provides details
 	| LambdaNop             -- ^ Denotes that no invocation was provided
-	deriving (Eq, Generic, ToJSON, FromJSON, Generic1, ToJSON1, FromJSON1)
+	deriving (Show, Eq, Generic, ToJSON, FromJSON, Generic1, ToJSON1, FromJSON1)
 
 instance (NFData payload) => NFData (LambdaResult payload)
 instance NFData1 LambdaResult
