diff --git a/src/leiningen/deps.clj b/src/leiningen/deps.clj
index dd7e786b6..fde363369 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/deps.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/deps.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (ns leiningen.deps
   (:require [lancet])
-  (:use [leiningen.pom :only [make-repository make-dependency default-repos]]
+  (:use [leiningen.pom :only [default-repos]]
         [clojure.contrib.java-utils :only [file]])
   (:import [org.apache.maven.model Dependency]
            [org.apache.maven.artifact.ant DependenciesTask RemoteRepository]
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@
 
 ;; TODO: unify with pom.clj
 
+(defn make-dependency [[dep version]]
+  (doto (Dependency.)
+    (.setGroupId (or (namespace dep) (name dep)))
+    (.setArtifactId (name dep))
+    (.setVersion version)))
+
+(defn make-repository [[id url]]
+  (doto (RemoteRepository.)
+    (.setId id)
+    (.setUrl url)))
+
 (defn deps
   "Install dependencies in lib/"
   [project & [skip-dev]]
diff --git a/src/leiningen/pom.clj b/src/leiningen/pom.clj
index de8e9e44a..3f42acf69 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/pom.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/pom.clj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     (.setId id)
     (.setUrl url)))
 
-(def default-repos {"central" "http://repo1.maven.org/maven/"
+(def default-repos {"central" "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
                     "clojure-snapshots" "http://build.clojure.org/snapshots"})
 
 (defn make-model [project]
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
 
 (defn make-pom [project]
   (doto (Pom.)
-    (.setId "leiningen-pom")
     (.setProject lancet/ant-project)
     (.setMavenProject (MavenProject. (make-model project)))))
 
 (defn pom [project & [args]]
   ;; TODO: prompt if pom.xml exists
-  (.writeModel (MavenProject. (make-model project))
-               (writer (file (:root project) "pom.xml"))))
+  (let [pom-file (file (:root project) "pom.xml")]
+    (.writeModel (MavenProject. (make-model project))
+                 (writer pom-file))
+    (println "Wrote pom.xml")
+    (.getAbsolutePath pom-file)))