diff --git a/warp-static.cabal b/warp-static.cabal
--- a/warp-static.cabal
+++ b/warp-static.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                warp-static
-Version:             1.0.0
+Version:             1.1.0
 Synopsis:            Static file server based on Warp and wai-app-static
 Homepage:            http://github.com/yesodweb/wai
 License:             BSD3
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 Executable warp
   Main-is:       warp.hs
   Build-depends: base            >= 4                  && < 5
-               , warp            >= 1.0                && < 1.1
-               , wai-app-static  >= 1.0                && < 1.1
-               , wai-extra       >= 1.0                && < 1.1
+               , warp            >= 1.1                && < 1.2
+               , wai-app-static  >= 1.1                && < 1.2
+               , wai-extra       >= 1.1                && < 1.2
                , cmdargs         >= 0.6.7
                , directory       >= 1.0
                , containers      >= 0.2                && < 0.5
diff --git a/warp.hs b/warp.hs
--- a/warp.hs
+++ b/warp.hs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as S8
 import Control.Arrow ((***))
 import Data.Text (pack)
+import Data.String (fromString)
 
 data Args = Args
     { docroot :: FilePath
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
                . autohead
     runSettings defaultSettings
         { settingsPort = port
-        , settingsHost = host
+        , settingsHost = fromString host
         } $ middle $ staticApp defaultFileServerSettings
         { ssFolder = fileSystemLookup $ toFilePath docroot
         , ssIndices = if noindex then [] else map pack index