diff --git a/Network/Wai/Handler/SimpleServer.hs b/Network/Wai/Handler/SimpleServer.hs
--- a/Network/Wai/Handler/SimpleServer.hs
+++ b/Network/Wai/Handler/SimpleServer.hs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     B.hPut h $ httpVersionToBS httpversion
     B.hPut h $ B.pack " "
     B.hPut h $ B.pack $ show $ statusCode $ status res
+    B.hPut h $ B.pack " "
     B.hPut h $ statusMessage $ status res
     B.hPut h $ B.pack "\r\n"
     mapM_ putHeader $ responseHeaders res
diff --git a/wai-extra.cabal b/wai-extra.cabal
--- a/wai-extra.cabal
+++ b/wai-extra.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                wai-extra
-Version:             0.0.0
+Version:             0.0.0.1
 Synopsis:            Provides some basic WAI handlers and middleware.
 Description:         The goal here is to provide common features without many dependencies.
 License:             BSD3