diff --git a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Bump.pm b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Bump.pm
index aaf25e3..ddea6ac 100644
--- a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Bump.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Bump.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package App::Changelord::Command::Bump;
 use 5.36.0;
 
 use Moo;
-use CLI::Osprey desc => 'bump next version';
+use CLI::Osprey desc => 'bump next version',
+description_pod => <<'END';
+Set a version for the NEXT release based on the types of its changes.
+Also set the release date of that release to today.
+END
 
 use Path::Tiny;
 use JSON;
@@ -11,15 +15,11 @@ use YAML           qw/ Bless /;
 use List::AllUtils qw/ first min uniq /;
 use Version::Dotted::Semantic;
 
+with 'App::Changelord::Role::Changelog';
 with 'App::Changelord::Role::ChangeTypes';
-
-has changelog => ( is => 'lazy' );
-
 with 'App::Changelord::Role::Versions';
 with 'App::Changelord::Role::Stats';
 
-sub _build_changelog ($self) { $self->parent_command->changelog }
-
 sub run ($self) {
     my $bump = shift @ARGV;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sub run ($self) {
         Bless($_)->keys( [ uniq qw/ version date changes /, sort keys %$_ ] );
     }
 
-    path( $self->parent_command->source )->spew( YAML::Dump($change) );
+    path( $self->source )->spew( YAML::Dump($change) );
 
     say "new version minted: $version";
 }
diff --git a/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Versions.pm b/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Versions.pm
index bc37c83..b852eeb 100644
--- a/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Versions.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Versions.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use feature 'try';
 requires 'changelog';
 
 sub latest_version($self){
-    first { $_ } grep { $_ ne 'NEXT' } map { eval { $_->{version} } } $self->changelog->{releases}->@*;
+    first { $_ } grep { $_ ne 'NEXT' } map { eval { $_->{version} || '' } } $self->changelog->{releases}->@*, 'v0.0.0';
 }
 
 sub next_version($self) {
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ sub next_version($self) {
         map { $_ => $level } $_->{keywords}->@*
     } $self->change_types->@*;
 
-    my $bump =min 2, map { $_ eq 'major' ? 0 : $_ eq 'minor' ? 1 : 2 } map { $mapping{$_->{type}} || 'patch' } $upcoming->{changes}->@*;
+    no warnings;
+    my $bump =min 2, map { $_ eq 'major' ? 0 : $_ eq 'minor' ? 1 : 2 } map { $mapping{$_->{type}} || 'patch' }
+    map { ref ? $_ : { desc => $_ } }
+    $upcoming->{changes}->@*;
 
     $version->bump($bump);