diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fede3f1..a2c6fcf 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ copyright = u'2010, Jonathan LaCour'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.1.0'
+version = '0.2a'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1.0'
+release = '0.2a'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/source/deployment.rst b/docs/source/deployment.rst
index f1be089..1b1598a 100644
--- a/docs/source/deployment.rst
+++ b/docs/source/deployment.rst
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ Common Recipes
 Apache + mod_wsgi
 +++++++++++++++++
 `mod_wsgi <http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/>`_ is a popular Apache module
-which can be used to host any WSGI-compatible Python applicationa.
+which can be used to host any WSGI-compatible Python application.
 
-uwsgi + cherokee
+uWSGI + cherokee
 ++++++++++++++++
 `uWSGI <http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/>`_ is a fast, self-healing and
 developer/sysadmin-friendly application container server coded in pure C.  It
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library.
 
 Gunicorn + nginx
 ++++++++++++++++
-`Gunicorn <http://gunicorn.org/'>`__, or "Green Unicorn", is a WSGI HTTP Server for
+`Gunicorn <http://gunicorn.org/>`__, or "Green Unicorn", is a WSGI HTTP Server for
 UNIX. It’s a pre-fork worker model ported from Ruby’s Unicorn project. It
 supports both eventlet and greenlet.
 
-`nginx <http://nginx.org/en/>`_ is a web and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP
+`nginx <http://nginx.org/en/>`_ is a web and reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP
 protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory
 usage. 
diff --git a/pecan/core.py b/pecan/core.py
index 2e0f29c..0184764 100644
--- a/pecan/core.py
+++ b/pecan/core.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ except ImportError:             # pragma: no cover
     from json import loads      # noqa
 
 import urllib
+import sys
 
 # make sure that json is defined in mimetypes
 add_type('application/json', '.json', True)
@@ -213,14 +214,11 @@ class Pecan(object):
             name = '.'.join(parts[:-1])
             fromlist = parts[-1:]
 
-            try:
-                module = __import__(name, fromlist=fromlist)
-                kallable = getattr(module, parts[-1])
-                msg = "%s does not represent a callable class or function."
-                assert hasattr(kallable, '__call__'), msg % item
-                return kallable()
-            except AttributeError:
-                raise ImportError('No item named %s' % item)
+            module = __import__(name, fromlist=fromlist)
+            kallable = getattr(module, parts[-1])
+            msg = "%s does not represent a callable class or function."
+            assert hasattr(kallable, '__call__'), msg % item
+            return kallable()
 
         raise ImportError('No item named %s' % item)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b9ebb8..506f702 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
-version = '0.1.0'
+version = '0.2a'
 
 #
 # determine requirements