diff --git a/template_tera/Cargo.toml b/template_tera/Cargo.toml
index 71ad8b95..607801c6 100644
--- a/template_tera/Cargo.toml
+++ b/template_tera/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.6"
-tera = "0.11"
+tera = "1.0"
 actix-web = "2.0.0-alpha.6"
 actix-rt = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/template_tera/src/main.rs b/template_tera/src/main.rs
index fac0ac79..c2123edc 100644
--- a/template_tera/src/main.rs
+++ b/template_tera/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate tera;
-
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use actix_web::{error, middleware, web, App, Error, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use tera::Tera;
 
 // store tera template in application state
 async fn index(
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         let tera =
-            compile_templates!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/templates/**/*"));
+            Tera::new(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/templates/**/*")).unwrap();
 
         App::new()
             .data(tera)
diff --git a/todo/Cargo.toml b/todo/Cargo.toml
index ae1f3598..43ac6b4b 100644
--- a/todo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/todo/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ log = "0.4.3"
 serde = "1.0.69"
 serde_derive = "1.0.69"
 serde_json = "1.0.22"
-tera = "0.11.8"
+tera = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies.diesel]
 features = ["postgres", "r2d2"]
diff --git a/todo/src/api.rs b/todo/src/api.rs
index 990af651..dd1d826b 100644
--- a/todo/src/api.rs
+++ b/todo/src/api.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub async fn index(
 
     let rendered = tmpl
         .render("index.html.tera", &context)
-        .map_err(|e| error::ErrorInternalServerError(e.description().to_owned()))?;
+        .map_err(|e| error::ErrorInternalServerError(e))?;
 
     Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().body(rendered))
 }
diff --git a/todo/src/main.rs b/todo/src/main.rs
index 5fc60974..54481e4e 100644
--- a/todo/src/main.rs
+++ b/todo/src/main.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ extern crate diesel;
 extern crate log;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate tera;
 
 use std::{env, io};
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     let app = move || {
         debug!("Constructing the App");
 
-        let templates: Tera = compile_templates!("templates/**/*");
+        let templates: Tera = Tera::new("/templates/**/*").unwrap();
 
         let session_store = CookieSession::signed(SESSION_SIGNING_KEY).secure(false);