diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f2f648..0069d55 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.98",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error-attr",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.98",
+ "syn",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
@@ -308,26 +308,6 @@ version = "0.6.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.197"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.197"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.57",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -345,17 +325,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.57"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11a6ae1e52eb25aab8f3fb9fca13be982a373b8f1157ca14b897a825ba4a2d35"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-ident",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -385,14 +354,13 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wallpaper"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "ctrlc",
  "log",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand",
- "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7691c8c..4cfefc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 clap = { version = "3.2.11", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 ctrlc = { version = "3.2.2", features = ["termination"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/daemon.rs b/src/daemon.rs
index c1b192e..02c3d73 100644
--- a/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/daemon.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use log::{debug, error, info};
 
 use crate::state::*;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
 //TODO: error handling
 
 /// Struct to hold and parse cli arguments
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ pub struct DaemonArgs {
     pub wallpaper_post_change_offset: Option<usize>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// Image to show by default
     default_image: PathBuf,
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index f4476a8..808f7a4 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 use clap::clap_derive::ArgEnum;
 use log::{error, info, trace, warn};
 use rand::Rng;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{collections::VecDeque, fs, path::PathBuf, process::Command, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::daemon::{Config, DaemonArgs};
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ pub struct State {
     wallpaper_cmds: WallpaperCommands,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Copy, ArgEnum, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Copy, ArgEnum)]
 pub enum NextImage {
     Random,
     Linear,