diff --git a/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs b/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
index e9294e8..87b3946 100644
--- a/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
+++ b/src/System/Plugins/Env.hs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ env = unsafePerformIO $ do
                 ref2  <- newIORef emptyFM
                 p     <- grabDefaultPkgConf
                 ref3  <- newIORef p               -- package.conf info
-                ref4  <- newIORef (S.fromList ["base","Cabal","haskell-src"])
+                ref4  <- newIORef (S.fromList ["base","Cabal-1.1.6","haskell-src-1.0"]) -- FIXME
                 ref5  <- newIORef emptyFM         -- merged files
                 return (mvar, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5)
 {-# NOINLINE env #-}
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ addPkgConf f = do
 union :: PkgEnvs -> [PackageConfig] -> PkgEnvs
 union ls ps' = 
         let fm = emptyFM -- new FM for this package.conf
-        in foldr (\p fm' -> addToFM fm' (packageName p) p) fm ps' : ls
+        in foldr (\p fm' -> if packageName_ p == "base"
+                            then addToFM fm' (packageName_ p) p
+                            else addToFM fm' (packageName p) p) fm ps' : ls
 
 -- 
 -- | generate a PkgEnv from the system package.conf
diff --git a/src/System/Plugins/Load.hs b/src/System/Plugins/Load.hs
index 5be2ee5..1374eb3 100644
--- a/src/System/Plugins/Load.hs
+++ b/src/System/Plugins/Load.hs
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ loadFunction_ :: String
               -> String
               -> IO (Maybe a)
 loadFunction_ m valsym
-   = do let symbol = prefixUnderscore++m++"_"++(encode valsym)++"_closure"
+   = do let symbol = prefixUnderscore++encode m++"_"++(encode valsym)++"_closure"
 #if DEBUG
         putStrLn $ "Looking for <<"++symbol++">>"
 #endif