diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7b56c0d..8f15855 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 usefuldb gem CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 0.0.9
+- Added require statements for rubygems to ensure the system will work on ruby 1.8.7
+- Slightly updated README, COPYING and gemspec content
+- Executing the usefuldb script with no parameters now displays usage information.
+
 ## Version 0.0.8
 - Fixed issue introduced in 0.0.7 with deleting elements 
 - Added logging to many parts of the UsefulDB system to aid debugging, and provide support for verbose mode 
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index f5f023f..9036c8b 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-usefuldb - simple commands and or urls database for storage of useful information.
+usefuldb - simple database for storage of useful commands and or urls.
 
 usefuldb is released under the creative commons attribution-sharealike 3.0 unported (cc by-sa 3.0) licence.
 for more information see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 74%
rename from README
rename to README.md
index b1b5ab7..0af0f6a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Readme - v0.0.8
+## Readme - v0.0.9
 
 ### Install
 To run the unit tests use the following rake target
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ If you cloned the repository, or downloaded this gem as an archive, you can inst
 
 This gem is also stored on rubygems.org and can be installed with the following command:
 gem install usefuldb
+
+### Usage
+To run the system, simply call the _usefuldb_ script at the commandline for instructions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 0b3c1eb..5b06b1a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'bundler'
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
diff --git a/bin/usefuldb b/bin/usefuldb
index 0a721d6..1b4682c 100755
--- a/bin/usefuldb
+++ b/bin/usefuldb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 # Require statements
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb'
 require 'optparse'
 require 'logger'
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ log.level = Logger::WARN
 
 options = {}
 optparse = nil
+welcome = nil
 
 # Setup the system for use
 UsefulDB.setup(log)
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ begin
 UsefulDB - a simple command and URL database (#{UsefulDB::Version})
 
    Useage:  usefuldb <searchtag1> <searchtag2> .. <searchtagN>
+            usefuldb -a
+            usefuldb -d
+            usefuldb -l
 
 WELCOME
   
@@ -61,15 +66,18 @@ WELCOME
       options[:v] = arg
     end
     
+    welcome = opts
+    
     opts.on('-h', '--help', "Print out this message") do |arg|
       log.debug "help parameter passed"
       puts opts
       exit
     end
-    
+
   end.parse!
 rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption => e
-  puts e.message + "\n\nUseage: usefuldb -h or --help for help using the system"
+  puts "[" + e.message + "} Please see the following for usage instructions: \n"
+  puts welcome
   log.fatal e.message
   exit()
 end
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ if options.empty?
   log.debug "Checking if ARGV is empty"
   if ARGV.empty?
     log.debug "No parameters of any kind were passed, exiting"
-    puts "Useage: usefuldb -h or --help for help using the system"
+    puts welcome
     exit()
   else
     log.debug "At least one non flag parameter was passed, launching the search system"
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb.rb b/lib/usefuldb.rb
index 417922d..1765bcc 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb/settings'
 require 'usefuldb/utilities'
 require 'usefuldb/exceptions'
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb/exceptions.rb b/lib/usefuldb/exceptions.rb
index 22f65dd..58c5571 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb/exceptions.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb/exceptions.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb'
 
 module UsefulDB
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb/gui.rb b/lib/usefuldb/gui.rb
index 29d9562..8056db8 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb/gui.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb/gui.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb/utilities'
 
 module UsefulDB
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb/settings.rb b/lib/usefuldb/settings.rb
index 457571b..266a00a 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb/settings.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'yaml'
 
 module UsefulDB
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb/utilities.rb b/lib/usefuldb/utilities.rb
index 46b198a..183023c 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb/utilities.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb/utilities.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb/exceptions'
 require 'logger'
 
diff --git a/lib/usefuldb/version.rb b/lib/usefuldb/version.rb
index abb3627..6345ba8 100644
--- a/lib/usefuldb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/usefuldb/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'usefuldb'
 
 module UsefulDB
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ class << self
       
       MAJOR = 0 unless defined? MAJOR
       MINOR = 0 unless defined? MINOR
-      PATCH = 8 unless defined? PATCH
+      PATCH = 9 unless defined? PATCH
 
       def to_s
         [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].compact.join('.')
diff --git a/test/main_test.rb b/test/main_test.rb
index 8d13b10..ce98498 100644
--- a/test/main_test.rb
+++ b/test/main_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'rack/test'
 require 'fileutils'
diff --git a/usefuldb.gemspec b/usefuldb.gemspec
index 20ad524..6f7021d 100644
--- a/usefuldb.gemspec
+++ b/usefuldb.gemspec
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 #$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../lib/usefuldb/version', __FILE__)
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 
 
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'usefuldb'
-  s.version     = UsefulDB::Version
+  s.version     = '0.0.9'
   s.date        = '2012-08-01'
-  s.summary     = "A simple commands and URLs database for storage of useful information"
-  s.description = "usefuldb is a simple database which is designed to store useful commands and URLs"
+  s.summary     = "usefuldb - simple database for storage of useful commands and or urls."
+  s.description = "Accessible through a commandline script, UsefulDB allows the user to store information about a useful command or useful url"
   s.authors     = ["David Kirwan"]
   s.email       = ['00346128@mail.wit.ie']
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables << 'usefuldb'
   s.post_install_message = <<-INSTALL
   
-usefuldb - simple commands and or urls database for storage of useful information.
+usefuldb - simple database for storage of useful commands and or urls.
 
 usefuldb is released under the creative commons attribution-sharealike 3.0 unported (cc by-sa 3.0) licence.
 for more information see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/