diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc193e9..d38425a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,27 +15,26 @@ inThisBuild(List(
   semanticdbEnabled := true,
   semanticdbOptions += "-P:semanticdb:synthetics:on", // make sure to add this
   semanticdbVersion := scalafixSemanticdb.revision,
+  scalafixScalaBinaryVersion := CrossVersion.binaryScalaVersion(scalaVersion.value),
 ))
 ```
 
 Then run the desired rewrite(s) ([official docs][2]), in sbt:
 
 ```scala
-> scalafix dependency:fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply@org.scala-lang:scala-rewrites:0.1.0
-> Test/scalafix dependency:fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply@org.scala-lang:scala-rewrites:0.1.0
+> scalafixAll dependency:fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply@org.scala-lang:scala-rewrites:0.1.1
 ```
 
 You can also add the following to your `build.sbt`:
 
 ```scala
-ThisBuild / scalafixDependencies += "org.scala-lang" %% "scala-rewrites" % "0.1.0"
+ThisBuild / scalafixDependencies += "org.scala-lang" %% "scala-rewrites" % "0.1.1"
 ```
 
 and then:
 
 ```scala
-> scalafix fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply
-> Test/scalafix fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply
+> scalafixAll fix.scala213.ExplicitNonNullaryApply
 ```
 
 [1]: https://scalacenter.github.io/scalafix/docs/users/installation.html
diff --git a/rewrites/src/main/scala/fix/scala213/ExplicitNonNullaryApply.scala b/rewrites/src/main/scala/fix/scala213/ExplicitNonNullaryApply.scala
index 3a8488e..d9a09a3 100644
--- a/rewrites/src/main/scala/fix/scala213/ExplicitNonNullaryApply.scala
+++ b/rewrites/src/main/scala/fix/scala213/ExplicitNonNullaryApply.scala
@@ -94,10 +94,23 @@ final class ExplicitNonNullaryApply(global: LazyValue[ScalafixGlobal])
     case Type.Select(_, name: Type.Name) => name
   }
 
-  override def withConfiguration(config: Configuration) =
-    Configured.ok(new ExplicitNonNullaryApply(LazyValue.later { () =>
-      ScalafixGlobal.newCompiler(config.scalacClasspath, config.scalacOptions, Map.empty)
-    }))
+  override def withConfiguration(config: Configuration) = {
+    val compileSv = config.scalaVersion
+    val runtimeSv = scala.util.Properties.versionNumberString
+    if ((compileSv.take(4) != runtimeSv.take(4)) && config.scalacOptions.nonEmpty) {
+      Configured.error(
+        s"Scala version mismatch: " +
+        s"(1) the target sources were compiled with Scala $compileSv; " +
+        s"(2) Scalafix is running on Scala $runtimeSv. " +
+        s"To fix make scalafixScalaBinaryVersion == ${compileSv.take(4)}. " +
+        "Try `ThisBuild / scalafixScalaBinaryVersion := CrossVersion.binaryScalaVersion(scalaVersion.value)`."
+      )
+    } else {
+      Configured.ok(new ExplicitNonNullaryApply(LazyValue.later { () =>
+        ScalafixGlobal.newCompiler(config.scalacClasspath, config.scalacOptions, Map.empty)
+      }))
+    }
+  }
 
   override def afterComplete() = shutdownCompiler()
   def shutdownCompiler() = for (g <- global) nonFatalCatch { g.askShutdown(); g.close() }