diff --git a/saferoute.cabal b/saferoute.cabal
--- a/saferoute.cabal
+++ b/saferoute.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                saferoute
-version:             0.0.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.0
 synopsis:            A simple type-safe routing library.
 description:         
   saferoute is a type-safe routing library for web applications.
diff --git a/src/Web/Saferoute.hs b/src/Web/Saferoute.hs
--- a/src/Web/Saferoute.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Saferoute.hs
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 module Web.Saferoute where
 
 import qualified Data.Map.Lazy  as M
-import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as L
+import qualified Data.Text as S
 
--- |The type for a route - just an alias for 'L.Text'
-type Route = L.Text
+-- |The type for a route - just an alias for 'S.Text'
+type Route = S.Text
 
 -- |The type class for a resource.
 class Eq r => Resource r where