diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6bda25f..1afddad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ to run - sluice builds the image and runs it.
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pyronewbic/Sluice/main/install.sh | sh
+brew install Pyronewbic/tap/sluice
+# or:  curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Pyronewbic/Sluice/main/install.sh | sh
 # or, from a checkout:  ./install.sh
 ```
 
-Symlinks `bin/sluice` into `~/.local/bin` (ensure it's on `PATH`). Needs **docker** or
-**podman** to build and run (`sluice init` needs neither). (A Homebrew tap is coming - see
-[`packaging/`](packaging/).)
+The installer symlinks `bin/sluice` into `~/.local/bin` (ensure it's on `PATH`). Needs
+**docker** or **podman** to build and run (`sluice init` needs neither).
 
 ## Use
 
diff --git a/bin/sluice b/bin/sluice
index 8644a01..6ed85d2 100755
--- a/bin/sluice
+++ b/bin/sluice
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ CORE="$ROOT/core"
 die() { echo "[sluice] $*" >&2; exit 1; }
 
 # --- version + help ------------------------------------------------------------
-SLUICE_VERSION="0.1.0"   # fallback when not a git checkout
-sluice_version() {       # git tag if available, else the baked constant
+SLUICE_VERSION="0.1.1"   # fallback when not a git checkout
+sluice_version() {       # git tag if $ROOT is our own checkout, else the baked constant
   local v
-  if v="$(git -C "$ROOT" describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null)" && [ -n "$v" ]; then
+  if [ -e "$ROOT/.git" ] && v="$(git -C "$ROOT" describe --tags --always --dirty 2>/dev/null)" && [ -n "$v" ]; then
     printf '%s' "${v#v}"
   else
     printf '%s' "$SLUICE_VERSION"
diff --git a/packaging/homebrew/sluice.rb b/packaging/homebrew/sluice.rb
index 861cc60..1e02ab1 100644
--- a/packaging/homebrew/sluice.rb
+++ b/packaging/homebrew/sluice.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 class Sluice < Formula
   desc "Sandboxed, egress-firewalled container runner for projects and coding agents"
   homepage "https://github.com/Pyronewbic/Sluice"
-  url "https://github.com/Pyronewbic/Sluice/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.0.tar.gz"
-  sha256 "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" # TODO: fill at release
+  # Template; the live, sha-pinned formula is in the tap (github.com/Pyronewbic/homebrew-tap).
+  url "https://github.com/Pyronewbic/Sluice/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.1.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" # set in the tap at release
   license "Apache-2.0"
 
   # Runtime needs docker or podman, which Homebrew shouldn't manage - documented, not a dep.