diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             config <- readFile bashRc
             unless ("#manpath updated by madlang" `elem` lines config)
                 (appendFile bashRc "\n#manpath updated by madlang\nexport MANPATH=~/.local/share:$MANPATH\n" >>
-                 void (readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell "MANPATH=~/.local/share:$MANPATH mandb") ""))
+                 void (readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell $ "MANPATH=" ++ x ++ "/.local/share mandb") ""))
         Nothing -> pure ()
 
 writeManpages :: IO ()
diff --git a/madlang.cabal b/madlang.cabal
--- a/madlang.cabal
+++ b/madlang.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                madlang
-version:             2.4.1.6
+version:             2.4.2.0
 synopsis:            Randomized templating language DSL
 description:         Madlang is a text templating language written in Haskell,
                      meant to explore computational creativity and generative
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
                      , mtl
                      , ansi-wl-pprint
                      , containers
+                     , bytestring
+                     , http-client
+                     , tar
+                     , zlib
   default-language:    Haskell2010
   default-extensions:  OverloadedStrings
                      , DeriveGeneric
diff --git a/man/madlang.1 b/man/madlang.1
--- a/man/madlang.1
+++ b/man/madlang.1
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 madlang \- a text templating language for generative literature
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .PP
-madlang run <file> madlang debug <file> madlang lint <file>
+madlang run <file>
+.PP
+madlang debug <file>
+.PP
+madlang lint <file>
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 \f[B]madlang\f[] is an interpreted language for generative literature
 and computational creativity.
-It is implemented in Haskell.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \f[B]\-h\f[] \f[B]\-\-help\f[]
@@ -24,12 +27,42 @@
 Generate output more than once
 .RS
 .RE
+.TP
+.B \f[B]\-i\f[]
+Set an input to the template
+.RS
+.RE
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 .PP
 Place files in $HOME/.madlang for them to be available globally as
 libraries.
+You can also download prebundled packages using
+.PP
+madlang install
+.SH EDITOR INTEGRATION
+.PP
+A vim plugin is available from
+.PP
+https://github.com/vmchale/madlang\-vim
+.SH MODIFIERS
+.PP
+Strings in madlang can be followed by modifiers, for instance
+.PP
+1.0 "some very bad idea".oulipo
+.PP
+Currently supported modifiers are:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+to_lower
+.IP \[bu] 2
+to_upper
+.IP \[bu] 2
+capitalize
+.IP \[bu] 2
+reverse
+.IP \[bu] 2
+oulipo (removes all instances of the letter \[aq]e\[aq])
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .PP
-You can examine some examples by
+You can examine some examples in
 .SH AUTHORS
 Vanessa McHale<vanessa.mchale@reconfigure.io>.
diff --git a/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Helpers.hs b/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Helpers.hs
--- a/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Helpers.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Helpers.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
-module Text.Madlibs.Exec.Helpers (writeBashCompletions) where
+module Text.Madlibs.Exec.Helpers (fetchPackages) where
 
-import           System.Environment (lookupEnv)
+import qualified Codec.Archive.Tar      as Tar
+import           Codec.Compression.GZip (decompress)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy   as BSL
+import           Network.HTTP.Client    hiding (decompress)
+import           System.Environment     (getEnv)
 
--- TODO something less stupid with error messages
-writeBashCompletions :: IO ()
-writeBashCompletions = do
-    home <- lookupEnv "HOME"
-    case home of
-        Just x -> appendFile (x ++ "/.bashrc") "\n# Added by madlang\neval \"$(madlang --bash-completion-script madlang)\"\n"
-        Nothing -> pure ()
+-- TODO set remote package url flexibly
+fetchPackages :: IO ()
+fetchPackages = do
+
+    putStrLn "fetching libraries..."
+    manager <- newManager defaultManagerSettings
+    initialRequest <- parseRequest "http://vmchale.com/static/packages.tar.gz"
+    response <- httpLbs (initialRequest { method = "GET" }) manager
+    BSL.writeFile "crapfile.tar.gz" $ responseBody response
+
+    putStrLn "unpacking libraries..."
+    home <- getEnv "HOME"
+    let packageDir = home ++ "/.madlang"
+    Tar.unpack packageDir . Tar.read . decompress =<< BSL.readFile "crapfile.tar.gz"
+
+    putStrLn "done."
diff --git a/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Main.hs b/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Main.hs
--- a/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Madlibs/Exec/Main.hs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 template :: Program -> IO ()
 template rec = do
     case sub rec of
-        Install -> writeBashCompletions
+        Install -> fetchPackages
         _ -> do
             let toFolder = input . sub $ rec
             if getDir toFolder == "" then pure () else setCurrentDirectory (getDir toFolder)