diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0e9110..fcee073 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 build: dist/setup-config
+	git pull
+	if [ $$(whoami) = root ] then apt-get install ghc cabal-install libghc-missingh-dev libansi-terminal-dev libghc-ifelse-dev libghc-unix-compat-dev libghc-hslogger-dev; fi
 	cabal build
 	$(MAKE) tags
 
-dist/setup-config:
+dist/setup-config: propellor.cabal
 	cabal configure
 
 clean:
diff --git a/README b/README
index 66b2f3d..36cbef9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 This is a work in progress configuration management system using Haskell
 and Git.
 
-The design is intentionally very bare bones: A git repository holds the
-source to a program that ensures that the system meets a set of properties,
-taking action as necessary when a property is not yet met.
+The design is intentionally very bare bones: Propellor enures that
+the system it's run in satisfies a list of properties, taking action as
+necessary when a property is not yet met.
 
-Once set up, a system will have this git repository cloned to it, and
-the program will be built and run periodically by a cron job. Or something
+Propellor lives in a git repository, and so to set it up it's cloned
+to a system, and "make" can be used to pull down any new changes,
+and compile and run propellor. This can be done by a cron job. Or something
 can ssh in and run it.
 
-For bootstrapping, the program compiles to a single binary file,
+For bootstrapping, propellor compiles to a single binary file,
 which can be transferred to a host and run.
 
 Properties are defined using Haskell. There is no special language as used