diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8dd7cad..84db3d9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ var addInstructionsToBrowserify = require('./lib/bundler');
  * Initialize an application from an options object or
  * a set of JSON and JavaScript files.
  *
+ * > **NOTE**: This module is primarily intended for use with LoopBack 2.0.
+ * It _does_ work with LoopBack 1.x applications, but
+ * none of the LoopBack 1.x examples or generated code (scaffolding) use it.
+ *
  * This function takes an optional argument that is either a string
  * or an object.
  *
@@ -37,11 +41,11 @@ var addInstructionsToBrowserify = require('./lib/bundler');
  *  dataSource and extra relations. To define a model, create a per-model
  *  JSON file in `models/` directory.
  *
- *  **NOTE:** mixing `app.boot()` and `app.model(name, config)` in multiple
- *  files may result in models being **undefined** due to race conditions.
- *  To avoid this when using `app.boot()` make sure all models are passed
- *  as part of the `models` configuration.
- *
+ *  **NOTE:** Mixing `bootLoopBackApp(app, bootConfig)` and
+ *  `app.model(name, modelConfig)` in multiple
+ *  files may result in models being undefined due to race conditions.
+ *  To avoid this when using `bootLoopBackApp()` make sure all models are passed
+ *  as part of the `models` definition.
  *
  * Throws an error if the config object is not valid or if boot fails.
  *
diff --git a/lib/executor.js b/lib/executor.js
index b9cbcb1..221e55e 100644
--- a/lib/executor.js
+++ b/lib/executor.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var _ = require('underscore');
 var loopback = require('loopback');
+var semver = require('semver');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:executor');
 
 /**
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:executor');
  */
 
 module.exports = function execute(app, instructions) {
+  assertLoopBackVersion(app);
+
   setHost(app, instructions);
   setPort(app, instructions);
   setApiRoot(app, instructions);
@@ -26,6 +29,22 @@ module.exports = function execute(app, instructions) {
   enableAnonymousSwagger(app, instructions);
 };
 
+function assertLoopBackVersion(app) {
+  var RANGE = '1.x || 2.x';
+
+  // app.loopback was introduced in 1.9.0
+  var loopback = app.loopback || {};
+  var version = loopback.version || '1.0.0';
+
+  if (!semver.satisfies(version, RANGE)) {
+    throw new Error(
+        'The `app` is powered by an incompatible loopback version %s. ' +
+        'Supported versions: %s',
+        loopback.version || '<1.9',
+      RANGE);
+  }
+}
+
 function setHost(app, instructions) {
   //jshint camelcase:false
   var host =
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4c8fdd..fa19b9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/loobpack/loopback-boot"
+    "url": "https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-boot"
   },
   "main": "index.js",
   "browser": "browser.js",
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "commondir": "0.0.1",
     "debug": "^0.8.1",
+    "semver": "^2.3.0",
     "toposort": "^0.2.10",
     "underscore": "^1.6.0"
   },
@@ -35,8 +36,5 @@
     "supertest": "^0.13.0",
     "fs-extra": "^0.9.1",
     "browserify": "^4.1.8"
-  },
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "loopback": "1.x || 2.x"
   }
 }