diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+tidal
+-=-=-
+
+Pattern language for live performance.
+http://yaxu.org/tidal/
+
+This is all rather experimental.
+
+Dependencies:
+
+* Netclock (http://netclock.slab.org)
+* Supercollider (http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/)
+* Some software synth that is controllable by OSC messages.
+
+Tidal uses the netclock protocol (http://netclock.slab.org/) for time
+sync.  Currently the only server is written in the supercollider
+language.
+
+It comes with an emacs mode, in emacs/tidal.el , based heavily on
+Rohan Drape's hsc-mode, part of the excellent hsc library.
diff --git a/tidal.cabal b/tidal.cabal
--- a/tidal.cabal
+++ b/tidal.cabal
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 -- The package version. See the Haskell package versioning policy
 -- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy) for
 -- standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
-Version:             0.1
+Version:             0.1.0.1
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 Synopsis:            Pattern language for improvised music
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 -- Extra files to be distributed with the package, such as examples or
 -- a README.
--- Extra-source-files:  
+Extra-source-files: README 
 
 -- Constraint on the version of Cabal needed to build this package.
 Cabal-version:       >=1.4