diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba0a1c3..3e44fb1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # flycheck-vale
 
+[![MELPA](http://melpa.org/packages/flycheck-vale.svg)](http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-vale)
+
 This package provides [flycheck](http://www.flycheck.org/) integration
 for [vale](https://github.com/ValeLint/vale). Flycheck is an Emacs system for
 on-the-fly syntax checking. Vale is a natural language linter. So with
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ Right now `flycheck-vale` is very new and unpolished. Ideas, PRs, etc. are welco
 
 ## Quickstart
 
+Install `flycheck-vale` from MELPA using `package-install` or something equivalent.
+
 To use `flycheck-vale` just `require` it and run `flycheck-vale-setup`:
 
 ```emacs-lisp
diff --git a/flycheck-vale.el b/flycheck-vale.el
index 8199f08..097a371 100644
--- a/flycheck-vale.el
+++ b/flycheck-vale.el
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-;;; flycheck-vale.el --- flycheck integration for vale
+;;; flycheck-vale.el --- flycheck integration for vale -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 ;; Copyright (c) 2017 Austin Bingham
 ;;
 ;; Author: Austin Bingham <austin.bingham@gmail.com>
 ;; Version: 0.1
 ;; URL: https://github.com/abingham/flycheck-vale
-;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.4") (flycheck "0.22"))
+;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.4") (flycheck "0.22") (let-alist "1.0.4"))
 ;;
 ;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
 ;;
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 ;;
 ;;; Code:
 
+(require 'cl-lib)
 (require 'flycheck)
+(require 'let-alist)
 
 (defgroup flycheck-vale nil
   "Variables related to flycheck-vale."