diff --git a/Web/Wheb/Plugins/Strapped.hs b/Web/Wheb/Plugins/Strapped.hs
--- a/Web/Wheb/Plugins/Strapped.hs
+++ b/Web/Wheb/Plugins/Strapped.hs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 import           Control.Monad.Except
-
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as T
 import           Web.Wheb
 
 import           Text.Strapped
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
     sc <- getWithApp getStrappedContainer 
     result <- render (renderconfig sc) (combineBuckets bucket (defaultBucket sc)) tName
     case result of
-        Left err -> throwError $ Error500 (show err)
+        Left err -> throwError $ Error500 (T.pack $ show err)
         Right b -> builder "text/html" b
diff --git a/wheb-strapped.cabal b/wheb-strapped.cabal
--- a/wheb-strapped.cabal
+++ b/wheb-strapped.cabal
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             0.0.1.0
+version:             0.0.2.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            Strapped templates for Wheb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   other-extensions:    OverloadedStrings, FlexibleContexts, MultiParamTypeClasses
   
   -- Other library packages from which modules are imported.
-  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8, mtl >=2.2 && <2.3, Wheb >=0.2 && <0.3, StrappedTemplates >=0.1 && <0.2
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <4.8, mtl >=2.2 && <2.3, Wheb >=0.3 && <0.4, StrappedTemplates >=0.1 && <0.2, text >=1.1 && <1.2
   
   -- Directories containing source files.
   -- hs-source-dirs: