diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccc2c87..580089d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ at the [blog post for the project][blog].
 
 ## Help
 ```
-Markdown Resume Generator version 2.0.1 by Craig Davis
+Markdown Resume Generator version 2.0.4 by Craig Davis
 
 Usage:
   [options] command [arguments]
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ The application is deployed as a compiled phar file. In order to add new
 commands, you'll need to first install the dependencies:
 
 * `composer install`
-* [install pake][pake]
 
 After that, you can run the `md2resume_dev.php` file from the command line.
-Check out the pake tooling for more information about the build.
+Check out the pake tooling for more information about the build. Pake will be
+installed to `./vendor/bin/pake`. So for instance a complete phar file build
+looks like `./vendor/bin/pake build`.
 
 ## Acknowledgments
 
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ are a more comfortable with html than markdown, you should use it.
 
 ## Changelog
 
+* __2.0.4__ : Fix path resolution problem with absolute paths to close #16
+* __2.0.3__ : Add optional duration to the `--refresh` option to close #15
+* __2.0.2__ : Add new dependency check for `mbstring` to close #20
 * __2.0.1__ : Add new `swissen` template with Helvetica styling (@beautifulcode)
 * __2.0.0__ : Complete rewrite with the [symfony console component][console].
   Deployment is now done with a compiled phar file, and development dependencies
diff --git a/bin/md2resume b/bin/md2resume
index 35e49ae..c2ddb11 100755
Binary files a/bin/md2resume and b/bin/md2resume differ
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 63c9ca8..85a3191 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         "html5"
     ],
     "license": "MIT",
-    "version": "2.0.1",
+    "version": "2.0.4",
     "selfupdatepath": "://github.com/there4/markdown-resume/raw/master/bin/md2resume",
     "selfupdateversion": "://github.com/there4/markdown-resume/raw/master/version",
     "authors": [
diff --git a/md2resume_dev.php b/md2resume_dev.php
index a0fbe94..b1e4d11 100755
--- a/md2resume_dev.php
+++ b/md2resume_dev.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $app->add('Resume', __DIR__ . '/src');
 $console = new Resume\Cli\Resume();
 
 // If we're running from phar, we get these values from the stub
-if (!defined("IN_PHAR")) {
+if (!defined('IN_PHAR')) {
     $project = json_decode(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/composer.json'));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Resume/Cli/Resume.php b/src/Resume/Cli/Resume.php
index dc025ce..394f4f4 100644
--- a/src/Resume/Cli/Resume.php
+++ b/src/Resume/Cli/Resume.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class Resume extends Application
         // the alternative is OutputInterface::OUTPUT_PLAIN;
         $this->outputFormat = OutputInterface::OUTPUT_NORMAL;
 
+        // Exits on missing dependencies
+        $this->checkDependencies();
+
         // We do this now because we've loaded the project info from the composer file
         $this->setName($this->project->description);
         $this->setVersion($this->project->version);
@@ -65,6 +68,19 @@ class Resume extends Application
         return parent::getLongVersion().' by <comment>Craig Davis</comment>';
     }
 
+    public function checkDependencies()
+    {
+        $output = new ConsoleOutput();
+        if (!extension_loaded('mbstring')) {
+            $output->writeln(
+                "\n<error>Missing Dependency: Please install the Multibyte String Functions.</error>\n" .
+                "More help: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php\n",
+                $this->outputFormat
+            );
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function registerStyles(&$output)
     {
         // https://github.com/symfony/Console/blob/master/Formatter/OutputFormatterStyle.php
diff --git a/src/Resume/Command/HtmlCommand.php b/src/Resume/Command/HtmlCommand.php
index a52e1c1..5aa0fa7 100644
--- a/src/Resume/Command/HtmlCommand.php
+++ b/src/Resume/Command/HtmlCommand.php
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
             ->addOption(
                 'refresh',
                 'r',
-                InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
-                'If set, the html will include a meta command to refresh the ' .
-                'document every 5 seconds.'
+                InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+                'Regenerate the html and include a meta command to refresh the ' .
+                'document every periodically. Measured in seconds. Defaults to' .
+                '5 seconds',
+                5
             );
     }
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
     {
         $this->app    = $this->getApplication();
         $source       = $input->getArgument('source');
-        $destination  = trim($input->getArgument('destination'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+        $destination  = rtrim($input->getArgument('destination'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         $template     = $input->getOption('template');
         $refresh      = $input->getOption('refresh');
         $destFilename = join(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($destination, pathinfo($source, PATHINFO_FILENAME) . '.html'));
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
         file_put_contents($destFilename, $rendered);
         $output->writeln(
             sprintf(
-                "Wrote resume to: <info>%s</info>",
+                'Wrote resume to: <info>%s</info>',
                 $destFilename
             ),
             $this->app->outputFormat
@@ -71,15 +73,7 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
     {
         // Check that the source file is sane
         if (!file_exists($source)) {
-            $output->writeln(
-                sprintf(
-                    "<error>Unable to open source file: %s</error>",
-                    $source
-                ),
-                $this->app->outputFormat
-            );
-
-            return false;
+            throw new \Exception("Unable to open source file: $source");
         }
 
         // Check that our template is sane, or set to the default one
@@ -88,16 +82,9 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
         }
         $templatePath = join(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($this->app->templatePath, basename($template)));
         $templateIndexPath = join(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($templatePath, 'index.html'));
-        if (!file_exists($templateIndexPath)) {
-            $output->writeln(
-                sprintf(
-                    "<error>Unable to open template file: %s</error>",
-                    $templateIndexPath
-                ),
-                $this->app->outputFormat
-            );
 
-            return false;
+        if (!file_exists($templateIndexPath)) {
+            throw new \Exception("Unable to open template file: $templateIndexPath");
         }
 
         // We build these into a single string so that we can deploy this resume as a
@@ -127,7 +114,7 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
         $resumeHtml = MarkdownExtra::defaultTransform($resumeContent);
         $resumeHtml = SmartyPants::defaultTransform($resumeHtml);
 
-        // We'll construct the title for the html document from the h1 and h2 tags
+        // Construct the title for the html document from the h1 and h2 tags
         $simpleDom = new \simple_html_dom();
         $simpleDom->load($resumeHtml);
         $title = sprintf(
@@ -136,17 +123,15 @@ class HtmlCommand extends Command
             $simpleDom->find('h2', 0)->innertext
         );
 
-        // We'll now render the Markdown into an html file with Mustache Templates
+        // Render the Markdown into an html file with Mustache Templates
         $m = new \Mustache_Engine;
-        $rendered = $m->render(
-            $templateContent,
-            array(
-                'title'  => $title,
-                'style'  => $style,
-                'resume' => $resumeHtml,
-                'reload' => $refresh
-            )
-        );
+        $rendered = $m->render($templateContent, array(
+            'title'        => $title,
+            'style'        => $style,
+            'resume'       => $resumeHtml,
+            'reload'       => (bool) $refresh,
+            'refresh_rate' => $refresh
+        ));
 
         return $rendered;
     }
diff --git a/src/Resume/Command/PdfCommand.php b/src/Resume/Command/PdfCommand.php
index 9f9778b..72211f7 100644
--- a/src/Resume/Command/PdfCommand.php
+++ b/src/Resume/Command/PdfCommand.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class PdfCommand extends HtmlCommand
     {
         $this->app    = $this->getApplication();
         $source       = $input->getArgument('source');
-        $destination  = trim($input->getArgument('destination'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+        $destination  = rtrim($input->getArgument('destination'), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         $template     = $input->getOption('template');
         $pdfSource    = join(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($destination, '.tmp_pdf_source.html'));
         $destFilename = join(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($destination, pathinfo($source, PATHINFO_FILENAME) . '.pdf'));
diff --git a/templates/blockish/index.html b/templates/blockish/index.html
index 59eb35b..cea6ed4 100644
--- a/templates/blockish/index.html
+++ b/templates/blockish/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 {{#reload}}
-<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2">
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{{refresh_rate}}">
 {{/reload}}
 
 <title>{{title}}</title>
diff --git a/templates/modern/index.html b/templates/modern/index.html
index 59eb35b..cea6ed4 100644
--- a/templates/modern/index.html
+++ b/templates/modern/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 {{#reload}}
-<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2">
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{{refresh_rate}}">
 {{/reload}}
 
 <title>{{title}}</title>
diff --git a/templates/swissen/index.html b/templates/swissen/index.html
index 59eb35b..cea6ed4 100644
--- a/templates/swissen/index.html
+++ b/templates/swissen/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 {{#reload}}
-<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2">
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{{refresh_rate}}">
 {{/reload}}
 
 <title>{{title}}</title>
diff --git a/templates/unstyled/index.html b/templates/unstyled/index.html
index 59eb35b..cea6ed4 100644
--- a/templates/unstyled/index.html
+++ b/templates/unstyled/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 {{#reload}}
-<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2">
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{{refresh_rate}}">
 {{/reload}}
 
 <title>{{title}}</title>
diff --git a/version b/version
index 10bf840..26e3379 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+2.0.4
\ No newline at end of file