diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.4 (2015-07-04)
+
+   * Added time-locale-compat for backwards compatibility
+
+
 1.3 (2015-07-03)
 
    * Most of the commented examples are now live code
diff --git a/hscrtmpl.cabal b/hscrtmpl.cabal
--- a/hscrtmpl.cabal
+++ b/hscrtmpl.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                hscrtmpl
-version:             1.3
+version:             1.4
 cabal-version:       >= 1.8
 build-type:          Simple
 license:             BSD3
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
                      , process
                      , regex-compat
                      , time
+                     , time-locale-compat
diff --git a/hscrtmpl.hs b/hscrtmpl.hs
--- a/hscrtmpl.hs
+++ b/hscrtmpl.hs
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 
    Dino Morelli <dino@ui3.info>
    http://hub.darcs.net/dino/hscrtmpl
-   version: 1.3
+   version: 1.4
 -}
 
 import Control.Monad
 import Data.Time
+-- For backwards compatibility with GHC < 7.10
+import Data.Time.Locale.Compat ( defaultTimeLocale )
 import System.Directory
 import System.Environment
 import System.Exit
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
    putStrLn =<< getEnv "SHELL"               -- echo $SHELL
 
    -- arguments (System.Environment)
-   --(args1 : args2 : _) <- getArgs            -- arg1=$1 ; arg2=$2
+   --(arg1 : arg2 : _) <- getArgs              -- arg1=$1 ; arg2=$2
 
    -- string interpolation (Text.Printf)
    printf "The %s is %d\n"                   -- S="answer" ; D=42
diff --git a/util/prefs/boring b/util/prefs/boring
--- a/util/prefs/boring
+++ b/util/prefs/boring
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 # cabal intermediates
 \.installed-pkg-config
 \.setup-config
+# cabal sandbox
+^\.cabal-sandbox(/|$)
+cabal\.sandbox\.config
 # standard cabal build dir, might not be boring for everybody
 ^dist(/|$)
 # autotools