diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject project-checkup "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+(defproject project-checkup "0.1.1-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "FIXME: write description"
   :url "http://example.com/FIXME"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/src/project_checkup/core.clj b/src/project_checkup/core.clj
--- a/src/project_checkup/core.clj
+++ b/src/project_checkup/core.clj
@@ -9,17 +9,28 @@
 (defn gather-project-info
   "Creates a dictionary of project information"
   []
-  (let [files (set (map str  (file-seq (clojure.java.io/file "."))))]
+  (let [all-files (set (map str  (file-seq (clojure.java.io/file "."))))
+        ; files (string/split (:out (shell/sh "hg" "st" "-m" "-a" "-r" "-d" "-c" "-n" )) #"\n")
+        files (map #(clojure.string/replace % #"./(.*)" "$1") all-files )
+        
+        ]
     {:files files   
      :extensions (frequencies (map get-extension files ))
      :path (:out (shell/sh "pwd"))
-     :untracked-files  (string/split (:out (shell/sh "hg" "st" "-u" "-n")) #"\n") }))
+     :untracked-files  (string/split (:out (shell/sh "hg" "st" "-u" "-n")) #"\n") 
+     :readme (if-let [filename (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd"} files)] (slurp filename) "") 
+     })
+  
+  )
 
 (defn color [color string]
   (let [color-sequence (case color
                          :green "\u001B[32m"
                          :yellow "\u001B[33m"
                          :blue "\u001B[34m"
+                         :red "\u001B[31m"
+                         :cyan "\u001B[36m"
+                         :magenta "\u001B[35m"
                          )
         reset "\u001B[m" ]
   (str color-sequence string reset)) )
@@ -27,19 +38,25 @@
 
 (defn check-vcs [project]
   (let [{files :files } project]
-    (boolean (some #{"./.git" "./.hg"} files)) ))
+    (boolean (some #{".git" ".hg"} files)) ))
 
 (defn check-readme [project]
   (let [{files :files } project]
-    (boolean (some #{"./README.md" "./README.txt" "./README.mkd"} files)) ))
+    (boolean (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd"} files)) ))
 
 (defn check-untracked [project]
   (let [{untracked :untracked-files } project]
     (= (count untracked) 0)) )
 
 (defn check-taskpaper [project]
-  (let [{extensions :extensions } project]
-    (>= (get ".taskpaper" extensions 0) 1) )) 
+  (let [{extensions :extensions files :files } project]
+    (or (>= (get ".taskpaper" extensions 0) 1)
+        (some #{"TODO" "TODO.txt" } files)))) 
+
+(defn check-readme-placeholders [project]
+  (= (count (re-find #"(FIXME|TODO)" (:readme project) )) 0)
+  )
+
 
 (def checks [{:name "Has VCS" 
               :description ""
@@ -64,7 +81,13 @@
               :function check-readme
               :description "Readme exists"
               :level :suggestion
-              :follow-up "Add a README." } ])
+              :follow-up "Add a README." }
+            {:name "README has no placeholders"
+             :function check-readme-placeholders
+             :description "No placeholders in README"
+             :level :error
+             :follow-up "Address placeholders or convert them to tasks."
+             } ])
 
 (defn perform-check [check project]
   (let [{check-name :name function :function follow-up :follow-up
@@ -83,8 +106,17 @@
 
 
 (defn -main
-  "I don't do a whole lot ... yet."
+  "Run checks."
   [& args]
+(try 
+  
   (doseq [check checks]
     (println (:output (perform-check check (gather-project-info) ))))
-  (shutdown-agents) ) 
+    
+    (catch Exception ex 
+     (.printStackTrace ex)
+     (str "caught exception: " (.getMessage ex)))
+    (finally (shutdown-agents) )
+    )
+  
+   )