diff --git a/makephar.sdl b/makephar.sdl
index dffab2f..100b2ab 100644
--- a/makephar.sdl
+++ b/makephar.sdl
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 
 phar "makephar.phar" {
 
-    // Set to true to build a library-only phar
-    library false;
-
     // Set stub
     stub "src/bootstrap.php";
 
@@ -13,4 +10,8 @@ phar "makephar.phar" {
         dir "src";
     }
 
+    exclude {
+        dir ".git";
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/MakePhar/Application.php b/src/MakePhar/Application.php
index 076e68c..38d0653 100644
--- a/src/MakePhar/Application.php
+++ b/src/MakePhar/Application.php
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class Application
         $manifests = Manifest::createFromFile($this->config->manifest);
 
         foreach ($manifests as $manifest) {
-            log_info("Building %s", $manifest->getOutput());
+            $type = $manifest->getIsLibrary()?"library":"application";
+            log_info("Building %s %s", $type, $manifest->getOutput());
             $builder = new PharBuilder($manifest);
             $builder->prepare();
             $builder->build();
diff --git a/src/MakePhar/Manifest.php b/src/MakePhar/Manifest.php
index a2d6395..4b34fc4 100644
--- a/src/MakePhar/Manifest.php
+++ b/src/MakePhar/Manifest.php
@@ -57,13 +57,19 @@ class Manifest
 
         foreach ($tag->getChildren() as $child) switch ($child->getTagName()) {
             case 'library':
-                $mf->setIsLibrary($child->getValue()?:true);
+                $val = $child->getValue();
+                if ($val === null) $val = true;
+                $mf->setIsLibrary($val);
                 break;
             case 'compress':
-                $mf->setCompression($child->getValue()?:true);
+                $val = $child->getValue();
+                if ($val === null) $val = true;
+                $mf->setCompression($val);
                 break;
             case 'verbatim':
-                $mf->setVerbatim($child->getValue()?:true);
+                $val = $child->getValue();
+                if ($val === null) $val = true;
+                $mf->setVerbatim($val);
                 break;
             case 'stub':
                 $mf->setStubFile($child->getValue());