diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78bbb51..c099ee3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ frontend/themes/clippable/static/js/index.js
 frontend/public/
 frontend/themes/clippable/static/js/category.js
 frontend/themes/clippable/static/js/collection.js
+api/static/js/index.js
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 468306b..72cefa2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "rocket 0.5.0-rc.1",
- "rocket_contrib",
  "rocket_dyn_templates",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
@@ -1495,6 +1494,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rocket_codegen 0.5.0-rc.1",
  "rocket_http 0.5.0-rc.1",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "state 0.5.2",
  "tempfile",
  "time 0.2.27",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 86344bc..cc6cb79 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 clap = "2.33.3"
 
 # For the backend server we just use rocket
-rocket = "0.5.0-rc.1"
+rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.1", features = [ "json" ] }
 tokio = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 1c528cf..04bf1c9 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,16 +6,12 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-rocket = "0.5.0-rc.1"
+rocket = { version = "0.5.0-rc.1", features = [ "json" ] }
 tokio = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 
-[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
-version = "0.4.10"
-default-features = false
-features = ["serve", "json"]
 
 [dependencies.rocket_dyn_templates]
 version = "0.1.0-rc.1"
-features = ["tera"]
\ No newline at end of file
+features = ["tera"]