diff --git a/acrate-core/Cargo.toml b/acrate-core/Cargo.toml
index 6e6c7ac..1f94d4f 100644
--- a/acrate-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/acrate-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-diesel = { version = "2.2.4", features = ["postgres", "uuid"] }
+diesel = { version = "2.2.4", features = ["uuid"] }
+diesel-async = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["postgres"] }
 diesel_migrations = "2.2.0"
 uuid = "1.11.0"