diff --git a/examples/getting-started/Cargo.toml b/examples/getting-started/Cargo.toml
index 1632b62..fee4ef7 100644
--- a/examples/getting-started/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/getting-started/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = "../"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-web = "1.0"
+actix-web = "2.0"
+actix-rt = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/getting-started/src/main.rs b/examples/getting-started/src/main.rs
index 8208bae..107788b 100644
--- a/examples/getting-started/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/getting-started/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // <setup>
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
 
-fn index() -> impl Responder {
+async fn index() -> impl Responder {
     HttpResponse::Ok().body("Hello world!")
 }
 
-fn index2() -> impl Responder {
+async fn index2() -> impl Responder {
     HttpResponse::Ok().body("Hello world again!")
 }
 // </setup>
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ fn index2() -> impl Responder {
 use actix_web::get;
 
 #[get("/hello")]
-fn index3() -> impl Responder {
+async fn index3() -> impl Responder {
     HttpResponse::Ok().body("Hey there!")
 }
 // </macro-attributes>
 
 // <main>
-fn main() {
+#[actix_rt::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
             .route("/", web::get().to(index))
             .route("/again", web::get().to(index2))
     })
-    .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
-    .unwrap()
+    .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")?
     .run()
-    .unwrap();
+    .await
 }
 // </main>