diff --git a/Demo.lhs b/Demo.lhs
--- a/Demo.lhs
+++ b/Demo.lhs
@@ -72,4 +72,8 @@
 >   fred' <- Network.Memcache.get memcache "u:fred"
 >   putStrLn ("Fred is " ++ show (fred' :: Maybe User))
 
+>   invalid <- Network.Memcache.get memcache "this key doesn't exist"
+>   putStrLn ("Unknown returns: " ++ show (invalid :: Maybe User))
+
+
 vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :
diff --git a/Network/Memcache/Protocol.hs b/Network/Memcache/Protocol.hs
--- a/Network/Memcache/Protocol.hs
+++ b/Network/Memcache/Protocol.hs
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@
   get (Server handle) key = do
     hPutCommand handle ["get", toKey key]
     val <- getOneValue handle
-    hGetNetLn handle    -- trailing \r\n
-    hGetNetLn handle    -- "END"
-    return (val >>= fromString)
+    case val of
+      Nothing -> return Nothing
+      Just val -> do
+        hGetNetLn handle
+        hGetNetLn handle
+        return $ fromString val
 
   delete (Server handle) key delta = do
     hPutCommand handle [toKey key, show delta]
diff --git a/memcached.cabal b/memcached.cabal
--- a/memcached.cabal
+++ b/memcached.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                memcached
-version:             0.1.1
+version:             0.1.2
 stability:           Alpha
 synopsis:            haskell bindings for memcached
 description:         haskell bindings for memcached
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 maintainer:          Alson Kemp <alson@alsonkemp.com>
 homepage:            http://neugierig.org/software/darcs/browse/?r=haskell-memcached;a=summary
 
-build-depends:       base>3, network
+build-depends:       base>3 && <5, network
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-source-files:  Test.hs, Demo.lhs
 tested-with:         GHC==6.8.2, GHC==6.10