diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Revision history for shh
 
+## 0.7.0.8 -- 2020-05-28
+
+* Flush std buffers before executing a process to make interaction
+  with Haskells standard IO system more predictable.
+* Various bug fixes
+
 ## 0.7.0.3 -- 2019-08-21
 
 Allow optionally capturing stdout on failure exceptions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/shh.svg?colorB=%23999&label=shh)](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shh)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/shh-extras.svg?colorB=%23999&label=shh-extras)](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shh-extras)
-[![](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml?)
+[![](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/commits/nix.yml)
 
 <details><summary>
 Shh is a library to enable convenient shell-like programming in Haskell.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 using the [Glob](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Glob) package, it is
 possible to do something like
 
-    wc =<< glob "*.md"
+    wc "--" =<< glob "*.md"
 
 Certainly more verbose than the Bash equivalent, however, also more explicit,
 which is probably a good thing. If this turns out to be too cumbersome, we
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
+Some of the features in Shh require that you use the threaded runtime.
+Please compile with the `-threaded` flag to avoid deadlocks.
+
 Enable Template Haskell and load the environment. It is also strongly
-recommended to use `ExtendedDefaultRules`.
+recommended to use `ExtendedDefaultRules`. This is especially important
+if you want to use `OverloadedStrings`.
 
     {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
     {-# LANGUAGE ExtendedDefaultRules #-}
diff --git a/shh.cabal b/shh.cabal
--- a/shh.cabal
+++ b/shh.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                shh
-version:             0.7.0.7
+version:             0.7.0.8
 synopsis:            Simple shell scripting from Haskell
 description:         Provides a shell scripting environment for Haskell. It
                      helps you use external binaries, and allows you to
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   exposed-modules:     Shh
                      , Shh.Internal
   build-depends:
-    base             >= 4.9 && < 4.13,
+    base             >= 4.9 && < 4.15,
     async            >= 2.2.1 && < 2.3,
     bytestring,
     deepseq          >= 1.4.3 && < 1.5,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     process          >= 1.6.3 && < 1.7,
     split            >= 0.2.3 && < 0.3,
     stringsearch     >= 0.3.6.6 && < 0.4,
-    template-haskell >= 2.13.0 && < 2.15,
+    template-haskell >= 2.13.0 && < 2.17,
     containers       >= 0.5.11 && < 0.7,
     unix             >= 2.7.2 && < 2.8,
     utf8-string
diff --git a/src/Shh/Internal.hs b/src/Shh/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Shh/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Shh/Internal.hs
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@
 -- so we ignore that corner case (see `hDup`).
 runProc' :: Handle -> Handle -> Handle -> Proc a -> IO a
 runProc' i o e (Proc f) = do
+    -- Flush stdout and stderr so that sequencing commands with
+    -- Haskell IO functions looks right.
+    hFlush stdout
+    hFlush stderr
     r <- f i o e
     -- Evaluate to WHNF to uncover any ResourceVanished exceptions
     -- that may be hiding in there from `nativeProc`. These should
diff --git a/test/Readme.lhs b/test/Readme.lhs
--- a/test/Readme.lhs
+++ b/test/Readme.lhs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/shh.svg?colorB=%23999&label=shh)](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shh)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/shh-extras.svg?colorB=%23999&label=shh-extras)](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/shh-extras)
-[![](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml?)
+[![](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/nix.yml.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~lukec/shh/commits/nix.yml)
 
 <details><summary>
 Shh is a library to enable convenient shell-like programming in Haskell.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 using the [Glob](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Glob) package, it is
 possible to do something like
 
-    wc =<< glob "*.md"
+    wc "--" =<< glob "*.md"
 
 Certainly more verbose than the Bash equivalent, however, also more explicit,
 which is probably a good thing. If this turns out to be too cumbersome, we
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
+Some of the features in Shh require that you use the threaded runtime.
+Please compile with the `-threaded` flag to avoid deadlocks.
+
 Enable Template Haskell and load the environment. It is also strongly
-recommended to use `ExtendedDefaultRules`.
+recommended to use `ExtendedDefaultRules`. This is especially important
+if you want to use `OverloadedStrings`.
 
     {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
     {-# LANGUAGE ExtendedDefaultRules #-}