diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab4ec70..86344bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 clap = "2.33.3"
 
 # For the backend server we just use rocket
-rocket = "0.4"
+rocket = "0.5.0-rc.1"
+tokio = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
 version = "0.4.10"
 default-features = false
-features = ["serve", "json", "templates"]
+features = ["serve", "json"]
 
 [dependencies.rocket_dyn_templates]
 version = "0.1.0-rc.1"