diff --git a/action/get.go b/action/get.go
index d163a6f..cf08abc 100644
--- a/action/get.go
+++ b/action/get.go
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@
 		}
 
 		dep := &cfg.Dependency{
-			Name: root,
+			Name:       root,
+			Constraint: vsolver.Any(),
 		}
 
 		// When retriving from an insecure location set the repo to the
diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 458fbc8..76b23b4 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -562,7 +562,10 @@
 		// constraint information at all
 		// TODO for now, probably until we add first-class 'default branch'
 	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized constraint, cannot serialize config yaml; %s", newDep.Name)
+		// assume we have a semver range
+		// TODO really? vsolver doesn't expose a way of getting at this?
+		newDep.Reference = d.Constraint.String()
+		//return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized constraint, cannot serialize config yaml; %s", newDep.Name)
 	}
 
 	return newDep, nil
diff --git a/glide.go b/glide.go
index 1a687b0..b7b2260 100644
--- a/glide.go
+++ b/glide.go
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
 				//}
 
 				inst := repo.NewInstaller()
+				inst.Home = gpath.Home()
 				//inst.UseCacheGopath = c.Bool("cache-gopath")
 				//inst.ResolveAllFiles = c.Bool("all-dependencies")
 				packages := []string(c.Args())