diff --git a/Network/Wai/Handler/FastCGI.hsc b/Network/Wai/Handler/FastCGI.hsc
--- a/Network/Wai/Handler/FastCGI.hsc
+++ b/Network/Wai/Handler/FastCGI.hsc
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
      -> W.Application
      -> IO ()
 run' vars inputH hPut app = do
-    let rmethod = safeRead "GET" $ lookup' "REQUEST_METHOD" vars
+    let rmethod = B8.pack $ lookup' "REQUEST_METHOD" vars
         pinfo = lookup' "PATH_INFO" vars
         qstring = lookup' "QUERY_STRING" vars
         servername = lookup' "SERVER_NAME" vars
diff --git a/wai-handler-fastcgi.cabal b/wai-handler-fastcgi.cabal
--- a/wai-handler-fastcgi.cabal
+++ b/wai-handler-fastcgi.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            wai-handler-fastcgi
-version:         0.2.0
+version:         0.2.0.1
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>