diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 932c128..cdff007 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ LazyData: true
 URL: https://github.com/benmarwick/rrtools
 BugReports: https://github.com/benmarwick/rrtools/issues
 Suggests: testthat, quarto, knitr
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Date: 2019-01-15
diff --git a/R/helpers_package.R b/R/helpers_package.R
index 0f39114..831a7f8 100644
--- a/R/helpers_package.R
+++ b/R/helpers_package.R
@@ -61,12 +61,16 @@ suggests_dep <- function(pkg) {
   deps[found, ]
 }
 
-# from https://github.com/r-lib/devtools/blob/master/R/utils.R
-is_installed <- function(pkg, version = 0) {
+# from https://github.com/r-lib/devtools/blob/master/R/utils.R but this
+# function was removed some time ago, so I've just updated it to keep it
+# working
+is_installed <- function(pkg, version = "0.0.0") {
   installed_version <- tryCatch(utils::packageVersion(pkg), error = function(e) NA)
-  !is.na(installed_version) && installed_version >= version
+  required_version <- as.package_version(version)
+  !is.na(installed_version) && installed_version >= required_version
 }
 
+
 # from https://github.com/r-lib/devtools/blob/master/R/pkgload.R
 check_suggested <- function(pkg, version = NULL, compare = NA) {
 
diff --git a/R/helpers_templates.R b/R/helpers_templates.R
index 2d0a805..605ff27 100644
--- a/R/helpers_templates.R
+++ b/R/helpers_templates.R
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ use_template <- function(template, save_as = template, data = list(),
 
   path <- file.path(pkg$path, out_path, save_as)
   if (!can_overwrite(path, ask = ask)) {
-    stop("`", save_as, "` already exists.", call. = FALSE)
+    stop(glue::glue("`{save_as}` already exists."), call. = FALSE)
   }
 
   template_path <- template_path_fn(template)
 
   template_out <- whisker::whisker.render(readLines(template_path), data)
 
-  usethis::ui_done("Creating {usethis::ui_value(save_as)} from template.")
+  usethis::ui_done(glue::glue("Creating {usethis::ui_value(save_as)} from template."))
   writeLines(template_out, path)
 
   if (ignore) {
-    usethis::ui_done("Adding {usethis::ui_value(save_as)} to `.Rbuildignore`.")
+    usethis::ui_done(glue::glue("Adding {usethis::ui_value(save_as)} to `.Rbuildignore`."))
     use_build_ignore(save_as, pkg = pkg)
   }
 
   if (open) {
-    usethis::ui_todo("Modify ", usethis::ui_value(save_as))
+    usethis::ui_todo(glue::glue("Modify {usethis::ui_value(save_as)}"))
     open_in_rstudio(path)
   }