diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44780ae..d4dec4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Requires Java 17+.
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>dev.mccue</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>magic-bean</artifactId>
-	    <version>1.0.0</version>
+	    <version>1.0.1</version>
 	    <scope>provided</scope>
 	</dependency>
 ```
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Requires Java 17+.
 ### deps.edn
 ```edn
 {:mvn/repos {"jitpack" {:url "https://jitpack.io"}}
- :aliases   {:compile {:deps {dev.mccue/magic-bean {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}}}}}
+ :aliases   {:compile {:deps {dev.mccue/magic-bean {:mvn/version "1.0.1"}}}}}
 ```
 
 ## What this does
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96e39ee..996df2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>dev.mccue</groupId>
   <artifactId>magic-bean</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
+  <version>1.0.1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/mccue/magic_bean/processor/AnnotationProcessor.java b/src/main/java/dev/mccue/magic_bean/processor/AnnotationProcessor.java
index 67cdf01..8d65033 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/mccue/magic_bean/processor/AnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/mccue/magic_bean/processor/AnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ private String staticFactoryMethod(Name className, List<VariableElement> fields)
 
         for (int i = 0; i < fields.size(); i++) {
             var field = fields.get(i);
+
             staticFactoryMethod.append("        ");
             staticFactoryMethod.append(field.asType());
             staticFactoryMethod.append(" ");
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ public boolean process(
                         if (modifiers.contains(Modifier.FINAL)) {
                             messager.printMessage(
                                     Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
-                                    "Magic beans are not allowed to have any private non-static fields",
+                                    "Magic beans are not allowed to have any final non-static fields",
                                     element
                             );
 
@@ -183,10 +184,12 @@ public boolean process(
                                 constructor.getParameters().size() == 0 &&
                                         !constructor.getModifiers().contains(Modifier.PRIVATE)
                         );
-                if (!hasValidConstructor) {
+
+                var annotation = typeElement.getAnnotation(MagicBean.class);
+                if (annotation.generateAllArgsStaticFactory() && !hasValidConstructor) {
                     messager.printMessage(
                             Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
-                            "Magic beans need to have a non-private zero arg constructor",
+                            "Magic beans need to have a non-private zero arg constructor in order for a factory method to be generated.",
                             element
                     );
                     return true;
@@ -212,8 +215,6 @@ public boolean process(
                     selfExpr = "((%s) this)".formatted(className);
                 }
 
-
-                var annotation = typeElement.getAnnotation(MagicBean.class);
                 boolean useAbstractClass = annotation.generateToString() || annotation.generateEqualsAndHashCode();
 
                 BiFunction<String, String, String> methodDefinition = (fieldType, fieldName) -> {