diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog for passman
 
 ## Unreleased changes
+
+- corrected a bug that was causing the pwGenerate function to hang occasionally.
+  - this may cause some passwords to be generated differently
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # passman
 
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 refer to [their
 website](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-install)
 for instructions on installing Haskell Stack.  Once you have done
-this, you can simply enterg the command `stack install passman` in the
+this, you can simply enter the command `stack install passman` in the
 terminal to install passman.
 
 ## GitHub
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/app/Types.hs b/app/Types.hs
--- a/app/Types.hs
+++ b/app/Types.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/app/UI.hs b/app/UI.hs
--- a/app/UI.hs
+++ b/app/UI.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/app/Util.hs b/app/Util.hs
--- a/app/Util.hs
+++ b/app/Util.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/passman.cabal b/passman.cabal
--- a/passman.cabal
+++ b/passman.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: a473235a2ea1c6b4f7ae03fe7d61721790a46db852b52e49ea852a4b47abdd03
+-- hash: 4a0cc4498747fbf939026e1fe1ad6b24fb5999132e9af2eb12c848da6ccf7cdf
 
 name:           passman
-version:        0.1
+version:        0.1.1
 synopsis:       a simple password manager
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/jlamothe/passman#readme>
 category:       Security
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/jlamothe/passman/issues
 author:         Jonathan Lamothe
 maintainer:     jlamothe1980@gmail.com
-copyright:      (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+copyright:      (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 license:        LGPL-3
 license-file:   LICENSE
 build-type:     Simple
diff --git a/src/Password.hs b/src/Password.hs
--- a/src/Password.hs
+++ b/src/Password.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Module:      Password
 Description: a simple password manager
-Copyright:   (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright:   (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 License:     LGPLv3 (or later)
 Maintainer:  jlamothe1980@gmail.com
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 mkPool :: B.ByteString -> String
 mkPool = toB64 . raw where
   raw x = let x' = mkHash x in
-    x' `B.append` raw x
+    x' `B.append` raw x'
 
 mkSeed :: String -> PWData -> B.ByteString
 mkSeed pw d = toUTF8 pw `B.append` (d^.pwSalt)
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/JSON.hs b/test/Spec/JSON.hs
--- a/test/Spec/JSON.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/JSON.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/NewPWData.hs b/test/Spec/NewPWData.hs
--- a/test/Spec/NewPWData.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/NewPWData.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/NewPWDatabase.hs b/test/Spec/NewPWDatabase.hs
--- a/test/Spec/NewPWDatabase.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/NewPWDatabase.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/NewPWPolicy.hs b/test/Spec/NewPWPolicy.hs
--- a/test/Spec/NewPWPolicy.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/NewPWPolicy.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/NewPWSalt.hs b/test/Spec/NewPWSalt.hs
--- a/test/Spec/NewPWSalt.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/NewPWSalt.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWGenerate.hs b/test/Spec/PWGenerate.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWGenerate.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWGenerate.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWGetService.hs b/test/Spec/PWGetService.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWGetService.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWGetService.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWHasService.hs b/test/Spec/PWHasService.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWHasService.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWHasService.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWRemoveService.hs b/test/Spec/PWRemoveService.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWRemoveService.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWRemoveService.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWSearch.hs b/test/Spec/PWSearch.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWSearch.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWSearch.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/PWSetService.hs b/test/Spec/PWSetService.hs
--- a/test/Spec/PWSetService.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/PWSetService.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/ValidatePWData.hs b/test/Spec/ValidatePWData.hs
--- a/test/Spec/ValidatePWData.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/ValidatePWData.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/ValidatePWDatabase.hs b/test/Spec/ValidatePWDatabase.hs
--- a/test/Spec/ValidatePWDatabase.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/ValidatePWDatabase.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/test/Spec/ValidatePWPolicy.hs b/test/Spec/ValidatePWPolicy.hs
--- a/test/Spec/ValidatePWPolicy.hs
+++ b/test/Spec/ValidatePWPolicy.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {-
 
 passman
-Copyright (C) 2018 Jonathan Lamothe
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Jonathan Lamothe
 <jlamothe1980@gmail.com>
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
