diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Referencing or including CSV
+
 There are three ways to include CSV in your markdown.
 
 1.  **Referencing CSV file in Image Links:**
@@ -56,6 +58,18 @@
 
 CSV file or content can contain pandoc markdown. It will be parsed by the Pandoc Markdown
 Reader before being inserted as a table into the document.
+
+### Running the filter
+
+Given the filename `test.md`, run the filter using command
+
+    pandoc --filter pandoc-csv2table -o test.html test.md
+
+or
+
+    pandoc -t json test.md | pandoc-csv2table | pandoc -f json -o test.html
+
+## Examples
 
 See [example.md][md] and the rendered [pdf][] version in the Examples folder
 for more details on usage.
diff --git a/pandoc-csv2table.cabal b/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
--- a/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-csv2table.cabal
@@ -1,39 +1,9 @@
 Name:                 pandoc-csv2table
-Version:              1.0.1
+Version:              1.0.2
 Synopsis:             Convert CSV to Pandoc Table Markdown
 Description:          A Pandoc filter that replaces image inline or fenced code
-                      blocks with pandoc markdown tables.
-                      .
-                      Image links must have a "csv" extension.
-                      Include the csv file in markdown as
-                      .
-                      @
-                        ![This is the table caption.](table.csv)
-                      @
-                      .
-                      You can also use fenced code blocks to reference an
-                      external CSV file using the "source" attribute.
-                      .
-                      > ```{.table caption="This is the **caption**" source="table.csv"}
-                      > ```
-                      .
-                      You can include the CSV contents inside fenced code blocks
-                      and omit the source attribute.
-                      .
-                      > ```{.table caption="This is the **caption**"}
-                      > Fruit, Quantity, Price
-                      > apples, 15, 3.24
-                      > oranges, 12, 2.22
-                      > ```
-                      .
-                      CSV contents will be parsed by the pandoc markdown reader.
-                      .
-                      You can see a rendered PDF file with tables generated from
-                      CSV files at <https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/blob/master/Examples/example.pdf Example>.
-                      .
-                      For more information, see <https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/blob/master/README.md README>
-                      at project's source repository.
-
+                      blocks with pandoc table markdown. CSV contents will be
+                      parsed by the pandoc markdown reader.
 Homepage:             https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter
 Bug-Reports:          https://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter/issues
 License:              MIT
@@ -52,7 +22,7 @@
   location:           git://github.com/baig/pandoc-csv2table-filter.git
 
 Library
-  Build-Depends:      base >=4.8 && <4.9,
+  Build-Depends:      base >=4.6 && <4.9,
                       csv >= 0.1.2,
                       text >= 0.11 && < 1.3,
                       pandoc >= 1.13.0.0,
@@ -66,7 +36,7 @@
   Default-Language:   Haskell2010
 
 Executable pandoc-csv2table
-  Build-Depends:      base >=4.8 && <4.9,
+  Build-Depends:      base >=4.6 && <4.9,
                       csv >= 0.1.2,
                       pandoc >= 1.13.0.0,
                       pandoc-types >= 1.12.0.0,
diff --git a/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs b/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
--- a/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Table/Builder.hs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 ) where
 
 import Data.List
-import Data.Text (pack, unpack, justifyLeft, justifyRight, center)
+import Data.Text (pack, unpack, strip, justifyLeft, justifyRight, center)
 
 -- Local import
 import Text.Table.Definition
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@
 addGutter g (x:xs) = x : map ((replicate g ' ')++) xs
 
 alignText :: Width -> Align -> String -> String
-alignText w (LeftAlign)    = unpack . justifyLeft   w ' ' . pack
-alignText w (RightAlign)   = unpack . justifyRight  w ' ' . pack
-alignText w (CenterAlign)  = unpack . center        w ' ' . pack
-alignText w (DefaultAlign) = unpack . justifyLeft   w ' ' . pack
+alignText w (LeftAlign)    = unpack . justifyLeft   w ' ' . strip . pack
+alignText w (RightAlign)   = unpack . justifyRight  w ' ' . strip . pack
+alignText w (CenterAlign)  = unpack . center        w ' ' . strip . pack
+alignText w (DefaultAlign) = unpack . justifyLeft   w ' ' . strip . pack
 
 row2Md :: TableType -> Row -> String
 row2Md (Grid) (Row cs) = flatten $ transpose $ appendPipes $ map (cellToLines Grid) cs