diff --git a/basics/Cargo.toml b/basics/Cargo.toml
index 4e288328..95c7608b 100644
--- a/basics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/basics/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ workspace = "../"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-rt = "0.1"
+actix-rt = "0.2"
 actix-web = { git="https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git", branch = "1.0" }
 actix-session = { git="https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git", branch = "1.0" }
 actix-staticfiles = { git="https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git", branch = "1.0" }
diff --git a/basics/src/main.rs b/basics/src/main.rs
index 0700d9d2..344ff49c 100644
--- a/basics/src/main.rs
+++ b/basics/src/main.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,5 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     .start();
 
     println!("Starting http server: 127.0.0.1:8080");
-    let _ = sys.run();
-    Ok(())
+    sys.run()
 }
diff --git a/r2d2/Cargo.toml b/r2d2/Cargo.toml
index b9f8de7c..7046f298 100644
--- a/r2d2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/r2d2/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 workspace = "../"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-rt = "0.1"
+actix-rt = "0.2"
 actix-web = { git="https://github.com/actix/actix-web.git", branch = "1.0" }
 
 futures = "0.1"
diff --git a/r2d2/src/main.rs b/r2d2/src/main.rs
index c594253f..05d07849 100644
--- a/r2d2/src/main.rs
+++ b/r2d2/src/main.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,5 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
     .start();
 
-    let _ = sys.run();
-    Ok(())
+    sys.run()
 }