diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/Cargo.toml b/react-rust-postgres/backend/Cargo.toml
index 36d1526..f8a7174 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,17 +7,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-diesel_migrations = "1.4.0"
-rocket = "0.4.4"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.8"
+deadpool-postgres = "0.9.0"
+env_logger = "^0.8"
+log = "^0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-serde_derive = "1.0"
-
-[dependencies.diesel]
-version = "1.0.0"
-features = ["postgres"]
-
-[dependencies.rocket_contrib]
-version = "0.4.4"
-default-features = false
-features = ["json", "diesel_postgres_pool"]
+tokio-postgres = "^0.7"
+tokio-postgres-migration = "^0.1"
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/Dockerfile b/react-rust-postgres/backend/Dockerfile
index 2f75c1a..1e0ddf9 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-FROM jdrouet/rust-nightly:buster-slim AS base
-
-RUN apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y libpq-dev \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+FROM rust:buster AS base
 
 ENV USER=root
 ENV ROCKET_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/diesel.toml b/react-rust-postgres/backend/diesel.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92267c8..0000000
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/diesel.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# For documentation on how to configure this file,
-# see diesel.rs/guides/configuring-diesel-cli
-
-[print_schema]
-file = "src/schema.rs"
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql b/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f5260..0000000
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/down.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
--- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
--- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
--- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
-
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass);
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS diesel_set_updated_at();
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql b/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index d68895b..0000000
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/00000000000000_diesel_initial_setup/up.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
--- This file was automatically created by Diesel to setup helper functions
--- and other internal bookkeeping. This file is safe to edit, any future
--- changes will be added to existing projects as new migrations.
-
-
-
-
--- Sets up a trigger for the given table to automatically set a column called
--- `updated_at` whenever the row is modified (unless `updated_at` was included
--- in the modified columns)
---
--- # Example
---
--- ```sql
--- CREATE TABLE users (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW());
---
--- SELECT diesel_manage_updated_at('users');
--- ```
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_manage_updated_at(_tbl regclass) RETURNS VOID AS $$
-BEGIN
-    EXECUTE format('CREATE TRIGGER set_updated_at BEFORE UPDATE ON %s
-                    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE diesel_set_updated_at()', _tbl);
-END;
-$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
-
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION diesel_set_updated_at() RETURNS trigger AS $$
-BEGIN
-    IF (
-        NEW IS DISTINCT FROM OLD AND
-        NEW.updated_at IS NOT DISTINCT FROM OLD.updated_at
-    ) THEN
-        NEW.updated_at := current_timestamp;
-    END IF;
-    RETURN NEW;
-END;
-$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/2020-03-26-084736_create_people/down.sql b/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/0001_create-users_down.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/2020-03-26-084736_create_people/down.sql
rename to react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/0001_create-users_down.sql
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/2020-03-26-084736_create_people/up.sql b/react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/0001_create-users_up.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/2020-03-26-084736_create_people/up.sql
rename to react-rust-postgres/backend/migrations/0001_create-users_up.sql
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/readme.md b/react-rust-postgres/backend/readme.md
index 7c12c43..ce27319 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/readme.md
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/readme.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Backend
 
-This backend is made with Rust using [Rocket](https://rocket.rs/) as a web server and [Diesel](https://diesel.rs/) as an ORM.
+This backend is made with Rust using [actix-web](https://actix.rs/) as a web server and [deadpool-postgres](https://crates.io/crates/deadpool-postgres) as a connection manager.
 
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/main.rs b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/main.rs
index c474595..149e99e 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,96 +1,45 @@
-#![feature(proc_macro_hygiene, decl_macro)]
+use actix_web::{get, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use deadpool_postgres::Pool;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate diesel;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate diesel_migrations;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate rocket;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde_derive;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate rocket_contrib;
-
-mod schema;
+mod postgres;
 mod user;
 
-use rocket::config::{Config, Environment, Value};
-use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
-use rocket_contrib::json::Json;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::env;
-
-// This macro from `diesel_migrations` defines an `embedded_migrations` module
-// containing a function named `run`. This allows the example to be run and
-// tested without any outside setup of the database.
-embed_migrations!();
-
-#[database("my_db")]
-struct MyDBConn(diesel::PgConnection);
-
-#[derive(Serialize)]
-struct HelloMessage {
-    message: String,
-}
-
-#[get("/")]
-fn index(conn: MyDBConn) -> Json<HelloMessage> {
-    let result = match user::User::all(&*conn) {
-        Ok(res) => res.len(),
-        Err(_) => 0,
+#[get("/users")]
+async fn list_users(pool: web::Data<Pool>) -> HttpResponse {
+    let client = match pool.get().await {
+        Ok(client) => client,
+        Err(err) => {
+            log::debug!("unable to get postgres client: {:?}", err);
+            return HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json("unable to get postgres client");
+        }
     };
-
-    Json(HelloMessage {
-        message: format!("Hello with {} users", result),
-    })
+    match user::User::all(&**client).await {
+        Ok(list) => HttpResponse::Ok().json(list),
+        Err(err) => {
+            log::debug!("unable to fetch users: {:?}", err);
+            return HttpResponse::InternalServerError().json("unable to fetch users");
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-fn get_config() -> Config {
-    let mut database_config = HashMap::new();
-    let mut databases = HashMap::new();
-
-    let env_address = env::var("ROCKET_ADDRESS")
-        .or::<String>(Ok(String::from("localhost")))
-        .unwrap();
-
-    let env_mode = env::var("ROCKET_ENV")
-        .or(Ok(String::from("development")))
-        .and_then(|value| value.parse::<Environment>())
-        .unwrap();
-
-    let database_url = match env::var("DATABASE_URL") {
-        Ok(value) => value,
-        Err(_) => String::from("postgres://localhost/postgres"),
-    };
-
-    database_config.insert("url", Value::from(database_url));
-    databases.insert("my_db", Value::from(database_config));
-
-    let config = Config::build(env_mode)
-        .address(env_address)
-        .extra("databases", databases)
-        .finalize()
-        .unwrap();
-
-    config
+fn address() -> String {
+    std::env::var("ADDRESS").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:8000".into())
 }
 
-fn run_db_migrations(r: rocket::Rocket) -> Result<rocket::Rocket, rocket::Rocket> {
-    let conn = MyDBConn::get_one(&r).expect("database connection");
-    match embedded_migrations::run(&*conn) {
-        Ok(()) => Ok(r),
-        Err(e) => {
-            println!("Failed to run database migrations: {:?}", e);
-            Err(r)
-        }
-    }
-}
+#[actix_web::main]
+async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    env_logger::init();
 
-fn main() {
-    let config = get_config();
-    rocket::custom(config)
-        .attach(MyDBConn::fairing())
-        .attach(AdHoc::on_attach("Database Migrations", run_db_migrations))
-        .mount("/", routes![index])
-        .launch();
+    let pg_pool = postgres::create_pool();
+    postgres::migrate_up(&pg_pool).await;
+
+    let address = address();
+    HttpServer::new(move || {
+        App::new()
+            .app_data(web::Data::new(pg_pool.clone()))
+            .service(list_users)
+    })
+    .bind(&address)?
+    .run()
+    .await
 }
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/postgres.rs b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/postgres.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a46f6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/postgres.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use deadpool_postgres::{Config, Pool};
+use tokio_postgres::NoTls;
+use tokio_postgres_migration::Migration;
+
+const SCRIPTS_UP: [(&str, &str); 1] = [(
+    "0001_create-users",
+    include_str!("../migrations/0001_create-users_up.sql"),
+)];
+
+fn create_config() -> Config {
+    let mut cfg = Config::new();
+    if let Ok(host) = std::env::var("PG_HOST") {
+        cfg.host = Some(host);
+    }
+    if let Ok(dbname) = std::env::var("PG_DBNAME") {
+        cfg.dbname = Some(dbname);
+    }
+    if let Ok(user) = std::env::var("PG_USER") {
+        cfg.user = Some(user);
+    }
+    if let Ok(password) = std::env::var("PG_PASSWORD") {
+        cfg.password = Some(password);
+    }
+    cfg
+}
+
+pub fn create_pool() -> Pool {
+    create_config()
+        .create_pool(NoTls)
+        .expect("couldn't create postgres pool")
+}
+
+pub async fn migrate_up(pool: &Pool) {
+    let mut client = pool.get().await.expect("couldn't get postgres client");
+    let migration = Migration::new("migrations".to_string());
+    migration
+        .up(&mut **client, &SCRIPTS_UP)
+        .await
+        .expect("couldn't run migrations");
+}
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/schema.rs b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/schema.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4087ca1..0000000
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/schema.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-table! {
-    users (id) {
-        id -> Int4,
-        login -> Text,
-    }
-}
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/user.rs b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/user.rs
index 6ea71b9..7e47994 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/user.rs
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/backend/src/user.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-#![allow(proc_macro_derive_resolution_fallback)]
+use tokio_postgres::{Error, GenericClient, Row};
 
-use diesel;
-use diesel::prelude::*;
-use super::schema::users;
-
-#[derive(Queryable, AsChangeset, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[table_name = "users"]
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct User {
     pub id: i32,
     pub login: String,
 }
 
+impl From<Row> for User {
+    fn from(row: Row) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            id: row.get(0),
+            login: row.get(1),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl User {
-    pub fn all(connection: &PgConnection) -> QueryResult<Vec<User>> {
-        users::table.load::<User>(&*connection)
+    pub async fn all<C: GenericClient>(client: &C) -> Result<Vec<User>, Error> {
+        let stmt = client.prepare("SELECT id, login FROM users").await?;
+        let rows = client.query(&stmt, &[]).await?;
+
+        Ok(rows.into_iter().map(User::from).collect())
     }
 }
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/docker-compose.yaml b/react-rust-postgres/docker-compose.yaml
index 263ed2b..d40cb71 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ services:
       - 3000:3000
     volumes:
       - ./frontend/src:/code/src:ro
+
   backend:
     build:
       context: backend
       target: development
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:mysecretpassword@db/postgres
+      - ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:8000
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+      - PG_DBNAME=postgres
+      - PG_HOST=db
+      - PG_USER=postgres
+      - PG_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword
     networks:
       - client-side
       - server-side
@@ -24,6 +30,7 @@ services:
       - backend-cache:/code/target
     depends_on:
       - db
+
   db:
     image: postgres:12-alpine
     restart: always
@@ -35,9 +42,11 @@ services:
       - 5432:5432
     volumes:
       - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
 networks:
   client-side: {}
   server-side: {}
+
 volumes:
   backend-cache: {}
   db-data: {}
diff --git a/react-rust-postgres/frontend/src/App.js b/react-rust-postgres/frontend/src/App.js
index f7b8ec5..af8ad01 100644
--- a/react-rust-postgres/frontend/src/App.js
+++ b/react-rust-postgres/frontend/src/App.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import "./App.css";
 function App() {
   const [message, setMessage] = useState();
   useEffect(() => {
-    fetch("/api/")
-      .then(res => res.json())
-      .then(res => setMessage(res.message))
+    fetch("/api/users")
+      .then((res) => res.json())
+      .then((res) => setMessage(res.message))
       .catch(console.error);
   }, [setMessage]);
   return (