diff --git a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
index d39dca41..b6ccb129 100644
--- a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_macros = { path = "../../macros" }
 lazy_static = "*"
 tera = "*"
-serde = { git = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde" }
-serde_json = { git = "https://github.com/serde-rs/json" }
-serde_macros = { git = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde" }
-diesel = { version = "*", features = ["sqlite"] }
-diesel_codegen = { git = "https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel/", default_features = false, features = ["nightly", "sqlite"] }
+serde = "0.8"
+serde_json = "0.8"
+serde_macros = "0.8"
+diesel = { git = "https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel.git", features = ["sqlite"] }
+diesel_codegen = { git = "https://github.com/diesel-rs/diesel.git", default_features = false, features = ["sqlite"] }
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/main.rs b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
index 46bd7690..bcaa125a 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #![feature(plugin, custom_derive, custom_attribute)]
-#![plugin(rocket_macros, diesel_codegen, serde_macros)]
+#![plugin(rocket_macros, serde_macros, diesel_codegen)]
 
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate tera;
 #[macro_use] extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate serde_json;
-extern crate serde;
 
 mod static_files;
 mod task;
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/task.rs b/examples/todo/src/task.rs
index 447a8401..17a74128 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/task.rs
+++ b/examples/todo/src/task.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use diesel;
-use serde::Serialize;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use diesel::sqlite::SqliteConnection;
 use self::schema::tasks;