diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0c43ea..83c5c34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "shout",
   "description": "The self-hosted web IRC client",
-  "version": "0.35.1",
+  "version": "0.36.0",
   "author": "Mattias Erming",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "bin": {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "bcrypt": "^0.8.0",
     "commander": "^2.3.0",
     "connect": "~2.19.6",
+    "express": "^4.9.5",
     "lodash": "~2.4.1",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "moment": "~2.7.0",
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 01a9011..d599615 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ var bcrypt = require("bcrypt");
 var Client = require("./client");
 var ClientManager = require("./clientManager");
 var config = require("../config");
+var express = require("express");
 var fs = require("fs");
-var http = require("connect");
 var io = require("socket.io");
 var Helper = require("./helper");
 
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ module.exports = function(port, host, isPublic) {
 	config.host = host;
 	config.public = isPublic;
 
-	var app = http()
+	var app = express()
 		.use(index)
-		.use(http.static("client"))
-		.use(http.static(Helper.resolveHomePath("cache")))
+		.use(express.static("client"))
+		.use(express.static(Helper.resolveHomePath("cache")))
 		.listen(config.port, config.host);
 
 	sockets = io(app);