diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.1.0.1
+-------
+* Fix setting default nick in configuration file
+* Dependency version constraint bumps
+
 1.1
 ---
 * Better support for Freenode's trailing spaces
diff --git a/driver/CommandArgs.hs b/driver/CommandArgs.hs
--- a/driver/CommandArgs.hs
+++ b/driver/CommandArgs.hs
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
      let username     = fromMaybe "" (lookup "USER" env)
          password     = lookup "IRCPASSWORD" env
          saslpassword = lookup "SASLPASSWORD" env
-         nick         = fromMaybe username (view cmdArgNick args)
+         nick         = fromMaybe username
+                           (view cmdArgNick args <|> defaultStr hostTxt "nick" args)
          hostTxt      = Text.pack (view cmdArgServer args)
 
      return ServerSettings
diff --git a/irc-core.cabal b/irc-core.cabal
--- a/irc-core.cabal
+++ b/irc-core.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                irc-core
-version:             1.1
+version:             1.1.0.1
 homepage:            https://github.com/glguy/irc-core
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/glguy/irc-core/issues
 license:             BSD3
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
                        bytestring       >= 0.10     && < 0.11,
                        base64-bytestring>= 1.0.0.1  && < 1.1,
                        containers       >= 0.5      && < 0.6,
-                       free             >= 4.11     && < 4.12,
-                       lens             >= 4.7      && < 4.10,
+                       free             >= 4.11     && < 4.13,
+                       lens             >= 4.7      && < 4.11,
                        text             >= 1.2.0.4  && < 1.3,
                        transformers     >= 0.2      && < 0.5
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                  deepseq          >= 1.3.0.2  && < 1.5,
                  directory        >= 1.2.1.0  && < 1.3,
                  filepath         >= 1.3.0.2  && < 1.5,
-                 lens             >= 4.7      && < 4.10,
+                 lens             >= 4.7      && < 4.11,
                  network          >= 2.6.0.2  && < 2.7,
                  old-locale       >= 1.0.0.6  && < 1.1,
                  split            >= 0.2.2    && < 0.3,