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diff --git a/examples/no-readme/Cargo.toml b/examples/no-readme/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a11dfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/no-readme/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "no-readme"
+description = "an example rust->wasm crate with no readme"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Ashley Williams <ashley666ashley@gmail.com>"]
+license = "WTFPL"
+repository = "https://github.com/ashleygwilliams/wasm-pack"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+wasm-bindgen = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/examples/no-readme/src/lib.rs b/examples/no-readme/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4fb8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/no-readme/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#![feature(proc_macro)]
+
+extern crate wasm_bindgen;
+
+use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+extern {
+    fn alert(s: &str);
+}
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+pub fn greet(name: &str) {
+    alert(&format!("Hello, {}!", name));
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b9552d8..98fc289 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+extern crate console;
 extern crate failure;
 extern crate indicatif;
 #[macro_use]
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod build;
 pub mod bindgen;
 pub mod readme;
 pub mod manifest;
+pub mod progressbar;
 
 use std::fs;
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dd85229..916d6bd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ extern crate indicatif;
 extern crate quicli;
 extern crate wasm_pack;
 
-mod progressbar;
+use wasm_pack::progressbar;
 
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ static TARGET: Emoji = Emoji("🎯  ", "");
 static CYCLONE: Emoji = Emoji("🌀  ", "");
 static FOLDER: Emoji = Emoji("📂  ", "");
 static MEMO: Emoji = Emoji("📝  ", "");
-static DANCERS: Emoji = Emoji("👯  ", "");
 static DOWN_ARROW: Emoji = Emoji("⬇️  ", "");
 static RUNNER: Emoji = Emoji("🏃‍♀️  ", "");
 static SPARKLE: Emoji = Emoji("✨ ", ":-)");
@@ -88,14 +87,7 @@ main!(|args: Cli, log_level: verbosity| match args.cmd {
         let pb4 = progressbar::new(step4);
         manifest::write_package_json(&crate_path)?;
         pb4.finish();
-        let step5 = format!(
-            "{} {}Copying over your README...",
-            style("[5/7]").bold().dim(),
-            DANCERS
-        );
-        let pb5 = progressbar::new(step5);
         readme::copy_from_crate(&crate_path)?;
-        pb5.finish();
         let step6 = format!(
             "{} {}Installing WASM-bindgen...",
             style("[6/7]").bold().dim(),
diff --git a/src/readme.rs b/src/readme.rs
index fcf984c..07c3770 100644
--- a/src/readme.rs
+++ b/src/readme.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
 use std::fs;
 use failure::Error;
+use console::{style, Emoji};
+use indicatif::MultiProgress;
+
+use progressbar;
+
+static WARN: Emoji = Emoji("⚠️  ", ":-)");
+static DANCERS: Emoji = Emoji("👯  ", "");
 
 pub fn copy_from_crate(path: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let m = MultiProgress::new();
+    let step = format!(
+            "{} {}Copying over your README...",
+            style("[5/7]").bold().dim(),
+            DANCERS
+    );
+    let pb = m.add(progressbar::new(step));
     let crate_readme_path = format!("{}/README.md", path);
     let new_readme_path = format!("{}/pkg/README.md", path);
-    fs::copy(&crate_readme_path, &new_readme_path)?;
+    if let Err(_) = fs::copy(&crate_readme_path, &new_readme_path) {
+        let warn = format!("{} {}: origin crate has no README", WARN, style("[WARN]").bold().dim());
+        let warn_pb = m.add(progressbar::new(warn));
+        warn_pb.finish();
+    };
+    pb.finish();
+    m.join()?;
     Ok(())
 }