diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index e9b5c95..b294c0c 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 mime_guess = "1.8.7"
 openssl-probe = "0.1.2"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
-serde = "1.0.97"
+serde = { version = "1.0.97", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.97"
 serde_json = "1.0.40"
 structopt = "0.2.18"