diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
index 73a8c8e4..32d4337a 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ class ResolveDependency @Inject constructor(val repoFinder: RepoFinder,
         val repoResult = repoFinder.findCorrectRepo(id)
 
         val indent = -1
-        val mavenId = MavenId.create(id)
-        val originalDep = mdFactory.create(mavenId, executors.dependencyExecutor, true, true)
+
+        val originalId = MavenId.create(id)
+        val mavenId = MavenId.create(originalId.groupId, originalId.artifactId, originalId.packaging,
+                originalId.version)
+
+        val originalDep = mdFactory.create(mavenId, executors.dependencyExecutor,
+                downloadSources = true, downloadJavadocs = true)
         val packaging = if (mavenId.packaging != null) "@" + mavenId.packaging else ""
 
         // We want to display the dependencies of the id we found, not the one we queries
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/SimpleDep.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/SimpleDep.kt
index 6f0e25ae..5d68fac0 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/SimpleDep.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/SimpleDep.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ open class SimpleDep(open val mavenId: MavenId) : UnversionedDep(mavenId.groupId
         }
     }
 
-    val version: String get() = mavenId.version!!
+    val version: String get() =
+        if (mavenId.version == null) {
+            ""
+//            throw AssertionError("Version should have been resolved: ${mavenId.toId}")
+        } else {
+            mavenId.version!!
+        }
 
     private fun toFile(version: Version, suffix: String): String {
         val dir = toDirectory(version.version, false, trailingSlash = false)