diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15d789b..6654f60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,5 +6,20 @@ for inspecting and consuming events from [Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org).
 The primary goal of this tool is to give you real-time insight into a running
 Kafka cluster.
 
+![Watching topics in action](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/offtopic-secevents-20141125.png
+)
 
-![Watching topics in action](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/offtopic-watching-topics-20141123.png)
+## Requirements 
+
+* Java 8
+* Zookeeper
+* Kafka
+
+## Features
+
+ * **Watch**: From the `/topics` page clicking the "watch" button will set up a
+   WebSockets-based stream of events straight from Kafka to your browser
+ * **Multipass**: From the `/topics` page you can select multiple topics to
+   watch at once
+ * **Binary data support**: Clicking on a message row in the "watch" view will
+   drop down a base64-encoded version of the message data
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a3410d0..88aa5f9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ version = '0.1.0'
 group = 'offtopic'
 description =' Offtopic is a simple web application built with Ratpack for inspecting and consuming events from Kafka.'
 sourceCompatibility = '1.7'
+targetCompatibility = '1.7'
 
 
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