diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index e4ca0eff0e..f4bf8e218e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#### 0.10.0-alpha003 - 24.10.2014
+* Fix timing issue with paket install --hard - https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/issues/293
+
 #### 0.10.0-alpha002 - 24.10.2014
 * Paket add doesn't fail on second attempt - https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/issues/295
 
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/ProjectFile.fs b/src/Paket.Core/ProjectFile.fs
index 27d383482c..87dd57ce60 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/ProjectFile.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/ProjectFile.fs
@@ -229,16 +229,21 @@ type ProjectFile =
     member this.UpdateReferences(completeModel: Map<string,InstallModel>, usedPackages : Dictionary<string,bool>, hard) = 
         this.DeletePaketNodes("Reference")  
         this.DeleteEmptyReferences()
-        for kv in usedPackages do
-            let packageName = kv.Key
-            let installModel =   completeModel.[packageName.ToLower()]
 
-            if hard then
+        if hard then
+            for kv in usedPackages do
+                let installModel = completeModel.[kv.Key.ToLower()]
                 this.DeleteCustomNodes(installModel)
 
-            if this.HasCustomNodes(installModel) then verbosefn "  - custom nodes for %s ==> skipping" packageName else
-            let chooseNode = this.GenerateXml(installModel)
-            this.ProjectNode.AppendChild(chooseNode) |> ignore        
+        for kv in usedPackages do
+            let packageName = kv.Key
+            let installModel = completeModel.[packageName.ToLower()]
+
+            if this.HasCustomNodes(installModel) then 
+                verbosefn "  - custom nodes for %s ==> skipping" packageName 
+            else
+                let chooseNode = this.GenerateXml(installModel)
+                this.ProjectNode.AppendChild(chooseNode) |> ignore
 
     member this.Save() =
         if Utils.normalizeXml this.Document <> this.OriginalText then