diff --git a/build-dist b/build-dist
index f547ced..28855ec 100755
--- a/build-dist
+++ b/build-dist
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-## requires python-pip & python-wheel
+## requires python-pip & python-wheel unless --no-python-deps
 set -eu
 APART_CORE_VERSION="0.1.0"
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
+pack_dependencies=true
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if [ "$arg" == '--no-python-deps' ]; then
+    pack_dependencies=false
+    echo 'Skipping python dependency inclusion'
+  fi
+done
+
 cd $DIR
 rm -rf target
 mkdir -p $DIR/target/lib/apart-gtk/src
@@ -22,26 +30,27 @@ cp apart-core-$APART_CORE_VERSION/target/release/apart-core lib/apart-gtk/
 rm core.tar.gz
 rm -rf apart-core-$APART_CORE_VERSION
 
+if $pack_dependencies ; then
+  echo 'Pack dependiencies'
+  cd $DIR/target/lib/apart-gtk/src
+  pip wheel -r $DIR/dev-requirements.txt
+  wheel unpack humanize-*.whl
+  mv humanize-*/humanize ./
+  rm -rf humanize-*
 
-echo 'Pack dependiencies'
-cd $DIR/target/lib/apart-gtk/src
-pip wheel -r $DIR/dev-requirements.txt
-wheel unpack humanize-*.whl
-mv humanize-*/humanize ./
-rm -rf humanize-*
-
-pip wheel pyzmq
-wheel unpack pyzmq-*.whl
-mv pyzmq-*/zmq ./
-rm -rf pyzmq-*
-
-pip wheel PyYAML
-wheel unpack PyYAML-*.whl
-mv PyYAML-*/yaml ./
-rm -rf PyYAML-*
+  pip wheel pyzmq
+  wheel unpack pyzmq-*.whl
+  mv pyzmq-*/zmq ./
+  rm -rf pyzmq-*
 
+  pip wheel PyYAML
+  wheel unpack PyYAML-*.whl
+  mv PyYAML-*/yaml ./
+  rm -rf PyYAML-*
+fi
 
 echo 'Copy & compile sources'
+cd $DIR/target/lib/apart-gtk/src
 cp -r $DIR/src/* ./
 python -m compileall ./
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 6d3b2db..7b8aec1 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Apart GTK
 =========
-Linux GUI for cloning disk partitions to images using the GTK toolkit.
+Linux GUI for cloning & restoring disk partitions to & from compressed image files.
 
 ![Usage](apart-gtk-usage.gif?raw=true "Usage")
 
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ Available on the [Arch Linux AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apart-gtk),
   * pigz
 
 ## Dev Dependencies
-See dev-requirements.txt for python requirements, these can be installed with `pip install -r dev-requirements.txt`.
+See dev-requirements.txt for python requirements, these can be installed with `pip install -r dev-requirements.txt` or similar.
 
 The apart-core project is written in Rust, so will require rustup and uses cargo to build.
 
 ## Run in test mode
-With the dev dependencies installed run `./start-test-app` to run from src/ a version of the code with 
-partclone & partition info mocked. This is useful for GUI development, as you can clone and restore without actual 
+With the dev dependencies installed run `./start-test-app` to run from src/ a version of the code with
+partclone & partition info mocked. This is useful for GUI development, as you can clone and restore without actual
 data risk
 
 ## Build
-Run `./build-dist` to build the distribution files to ./target
+Run `./build-dist` to build the distribution files to ./target. Optionally `./build-dist --no-python-deps` can be called to skip the python dependency bundling.
 
 ## Manual Install
 An install looks like the following,after running `./build-dist` copy from ./target to /usr
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ An install looks like the following,after running `./build-dist` copy from ./tar
 │  ├─ apart-core
 │  └─ src
 │     ├─ app.py
-│     ...
-│     └─ python files & dependencies
+│     └─ ... python files
 └─ share
    ├─ applications/apart-gtk.desktop
    ├─ icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/apart.svg
diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index dc1701a..aa9a27c 100755
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 # App versions, "major.minor", major => new stuff, minor => fixes
-__version__ = '0.5'
+__version__ = '0.6'
 
 
 class LoadingBody(Gtk.Grid):