diff --git a/Text/StringConvert.hs b/Text/StringConvert.hs
--- a/Text/StringConvert.hs
+++ b/Text/StringConvert.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 -- implementing @StringConvert@ directly.
 {-#LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-#LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-#LANGUAGE OverlappingInstances #-}
 module Text.StringConvert
 ( FromString
 , fromString
diff --git a/string-convert.cabal b/string-convert.cabal
--- a/string-convert.cabal
+++ b/string-convert.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                string-convert
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             1.0.0
 synopsis:            Provide universal string conversions between any two string-like types
 -- description:         
 homepage:            https://bitbucket.org/tdammers/string-convert