diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 70bf22e..e70c253 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
   ],
   "keywords": [ "purescript" ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "purescript-eff": "^0.1.2",
-    "purescript-contravariant": "^0.2.3",
-    "purescript-invariant": "^0.3.0"
+    "purescript-eff": "^1.0.0",
+    "purescript-contravariant": "^1.0.0",
+    "purescript-invariant": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "purescript-console": "^0.1.1"
+    "purescript-console": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Eff/Var.purs b/src/Control/Monad/Eff/Var.purs
index 76fd7cc..6829c6f 100644
--- a/src/Control/Monad/Eff/Var.purs
+++ b/src/Control/Monad/Eff/Var.purs
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 -- | ```
 
 module Control.Monad.Eff.Var
-  ( Gettable
+  ( class Gettable
   , get
-  , Settable
+  , class Settable
   , set
   , ($=)
-  , Updatable
+  , class Updatable
   , update
   , ($~)
   , Var()
@@ -44,13 +44,16 @@ module Control.Monad.Eff.Var
 
 import Prelude
 
-import Control.Monad.Eff
+import Control.Monad.Eff (Eff)
+import Data.Decidable (class Decidable)
+import Data.Decide (class Decide)
+import Data.Divide (class Divide)
+import Data.Divisible (class Divisible)
+import Data.Tuple (Tuple(..))
+import Data.Either (either)
+import Data.Functor.Contravariant (class Contravariant, (>$<))
+import Data.Functor.Invariant (class Invariant)
 
-import Data.Tuple
-import Data.Either
-import Data.Functor.Contravariant
-import Data.Functor.Contravariant.Divisible
-import Data.Functor.Invariant
 
 -- | Typeclass for vars that can be read.
 class Gettable (eff :: # !) (var :: * -> *) (a :: *) where
@@ -61,20 +64,14 @@ class Settable (eff :: # !) (var :: * -> *) (a :: *) where
   set :: var a -> a -> Eff eff Unit
 
 -- | Alias for `set`.
-infixr 2 $=
-($=) :: forall eff var a. (Settable eff var a)
-     => var a -> a -> Eff eff Unit
-($=) = set
+infixr 2 set as $=
 
 -- | Typeclass for vars that can be updated.
 class Updatable (eff :: # !) (var :: * -> *) (a :: *) where
   update :: var a -> (a -> a) -> Eff eff Unit
 
 -- | Alias for `get`
-infixr 2 $~
-($~) :: forall eff var a. (Updatable eff var a)
-     => var a -> (a -> a) -> Eff eff Unit
-($~) = update
+infixr 2 update as $~
 
 -- | Read/Write var which holds a value of type `a` and produces effects `eff`
 -- | when read or written.
@@ -138,10 +135,11 @@ instance divideSettableVar :: Divide (SettableVar eff) where
         setc c
 
 instance divisibleSettableVar :: Divisible (SettableVar eff) where
-  conquer = SettableVar \_ -> return unit
+  conquer = SettableVar \_ -> pure unit
 
 instance decideSettableVar :: Decide (SettableVar eff) where
-  decide f (SettableVar setb) (SettableVar setc) = SettableVar (either setb setc <<< f)
+  choose f (SettableVar setb) (SettableVar setc) = SettableVar (either setb setc <<< f)
 
 instance decidableSettableVar :: Decidable (SettableVar eff) where
-  lose = SettableVar
+--  lose :: forall a. (a -> Void) -> f a
+  lose f = SettableVar (absurd <<< f)
diff --git a/test/Main.purs b/test/Main.purs
index a9593a2..66e97ff 100644
--- a/test/Main.purs
+++ b/test/Main.purs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Test.Main where
 
 import Prelude
-
 import Control.Monad.Eff
 import Control.Monad.Eff.Var
 import Control.Monad.Eff.Console
@@ -18,5 +17,8 @@ main = do
   get counter >>= print -- => 0
   counter $= 2          -- set counter to 2
   get counter >>= print -- => 2
-  counter $~ (* 5)      -- multiply counter by 5
+  counter $~ (_ * 5)      -- multiply counter by 5
   get counter >>= print -- => 10
+
+print :: forall eff a. Show a => a -> Eff (console :: CONSOLE | eff) Unit
+print = log <<< show