diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 This package contains a set of utility functions that provide ability to log to
 syslog using
-(extensible-effects)[https://hackage.haskell.org/package/extensible-effects]
-and (log-effect)[https://hackage.haskell.org/package/log-effect].
+[extensible-effects](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/extensible-effects)
+and [log-effect](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/log-effect).
 
 ## Example
 
diff --git a/log-effect-syslog.cabal b/log-effect-syslog.cabal
--- a/log-effect-syslog.cabal
+++ b/log-effect-syslog.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                log-effect-syslog
-version:             0.1.0
+version:             0.2.0
 synopsis:            Syslog functions for log-effect
 description:         Utility functions for combining log-effect and syslog
 homepage:            https://github.com/greydot/log-effect-syslog
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 library
   exposed-modules:     Control.Eff.Log.Syslog
   build-depends:       base >=4.9 && <5.0,
-                       bytestring >= 0.10,
-                       extensible-effects >= 2.6.0.0,
+                       bytestring >= 0.10 && < 0.11,
+                       extensible-effects >= 5.0.0.0 && < 5.1.0.0,
                        hsyslog == 5.*,
-                       log-effect >= 1.0.0,
-                       monad-control >= 1.0,
+                       log-effect >= 1.2.0 && < 1.3.0,
+                       monad-control >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
                        transformers-base
   hs-source-dirs:      src
   default-language:    Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Control/Eff/Log/Syslog.hs b/src/Control/Eff/Log/Syslog.hs
--- a/src/Control/Eff/Log/Syslog.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Eff/Log/Syslog.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
                               ) where
 
 import Control.Eff
-import Control.Eff.Lift
 import Control.Eff.Log
 import Control.Monad (void)
 import Control.Monad.Base (MonadBase,liftBase)