diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1d04a3b2..ae08a35c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: epipredict
 Title: Basic epidemiology forecasting methods
-Version: 0.2.0
+Version: 0.2.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Daniel J.", "McDonald", , "daniel@stat.ubc.ca", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Ryan", "Tibshirani", , "ryantibs@cmu.edu", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 814bfb67..c851711c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Pre-1.0.0 numbering scheme: 0.x will indicate releases, while 0.0.x will indicate PR's.
 
+# epipredict 0.2.1
+
+- Fix bug in `flusight_hub_formatter()` so that it works as expected even if the user has not first loaded the `epidatasets` package.
+
 # epipredict 0.2
 
 ## Breaking changes
diff --git a/R/flusight_hub_formatter.R b/R/flusight_hub_formatter.R
index 3deba254..4b12c94d 100644
--- a/R/flusight_hub_formatter.R
+++ b/R/flusight_hub_formatter.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 location_to_abbr <- function(location) {
   dictionary <-
-    state_census %>%
+    epidatasets::state_census %>%
     dplyr::transmute(
       location = dplyr::case_match(fips, "00" ~ "US", .default = fips),
       abbr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ location_to_abbr <- function(location) {
 
 abbr_to_location <- function(abbr) {
   dictionary <-
-    state_census %>%
+    epidatasets::state_census %>%
     dplyr::transmute(
       location = dplyr::case_match(fips, "00" ~ "US", .default = fips),
       abbr
diff --git a/man/autoplot-epipred.Rd b/man/autoplot-epipred.Rd
index 03cba3e2..2de338e1 100644
--- a/man/autoplot-epipred.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot-epipred.Rd
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ this color.}
 
 \item{.facet_filter}{Select which facets will be displayed. Especially
 useful for when there are many \code{geo_value}'s or keys. This is a
-<\code{\link[=args_data_masking]{rlang}}> expression along the lines of \code{\link[dplyr:filter]{dplyr::filter()}}.
+<\code{\link[rlang:args_data_masking]{rlang}}> expression along the lines of \code{\link[dplyr:filter]{dplyr::filter()}}.
 However, it must be a single expression combined with the \code{&} operator. This
 contrasts to the typical use case which allows multiple comma-separated expressions
 which are implicitly combined with \code{&}. When multiple variables are selected
diff --git a/man/step_adjust_latency.Rd b/man/step_adjust_latency.Rd
index 01943440..d0d6c3ef 100644
--- a/man/step_adjust_latency.Rd
+++ b/man/step_adjust_latency.Rd
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ step_adjust_latency(
 )
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{recipe}{A recipe object. The step will be added to the
-sequence of operations for this recipe.}
+\item{recipe}{A recipe object. The step will be added to the sequence of
+operations for this recipe.}
 
-\item{...}{One or more selector functions to choose variables
-for this step. See \code{\link[recipes:selections]{selections()}} for more details.}
+\item{...}{One or more selector functions to choose variables for this step.
+See \code{\link[recipes:selections]{selections()}} for more details.}
 
 \item{method}{a character. Determines the method by which the
 forecast handles latency. The options are: