diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bdd0f3b..84ca8b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kon"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 dependencies = [
  "cargo_toml",
  "gamedig",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aabe0ea..0bbbf4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kon"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 rust-version = "1.74"
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cargo_toml = "0.18.0"
 gamedig = "0.4.1"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 poise = "0.6.1"
-reqwest = "0.11.23"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.23", features = ["json"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.111"
 serenity = "0.12.0"
 sysinfo = "0.30.5"
diff --git a/src/commands/status.rs b/src/commands/status.rs
index 6247670..1d8055d 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.rs
+++ b/src/commands/status.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use reqwest::{
   Client,
   header::USER_AGENT
 };
+use poise::CreateReply;
+use serenity::builder::CreateEmbed;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use cargo_toml::Manifest;
 use serde_json::Value;
@@ -79,10 +81,11 @@ pub async fn status(_: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 /// Retrieve the server status from ATS
 #[poise::command(slash_command)]
 pub async fn ats(ctx: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+  let embed = CreateEmbed::new().color(EMBED_COLOR);
   match query_server() {
     Ok(response) => {
-      ctx.send(|m| m.embed(|e|
-        e.color(EMBED_COLOR)
+      ctx.send(CreateReply::default()
+        .embed(embed
           .title("American Truck Simulator Server Status")
           .fields(vec![
             ("Name", format!("{}", response.info.name), true),
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ pub async fn ats(ctx: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 pub async fn wg(ctx: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<(), Error> {
   let pms_asia = &PMS_BASE;
   let pms_eu = PMS_BASE.replace("asia", "eu");
+  let embed = CreateEmbed::new().color(EMBED_COLOR);
 
   let (servers_asia, servers_eu) = join!(pms_serverstatus(&pms_asia), pms_serverstatus(&pms_eu));
 
@@ -125,11 +129,7 @@ pub async fn wg(ctx: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     embed_fields.push((name, status, true));
   }
 
-  ctx.send(|m| m.embed(|e|
-    e.color(EMBED_COLOR)
-      .title("World of Tanks Server Status")
-      .fields(embed_fields)
-  )).await?;
+  ctx.send(CreateReply::default().embed(embed.title("World of Tanks Server Status").fields(embed_fields))).await?;
 
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8e62366..0985a75 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 mod commands;
 
-use poise::serenity_prelude::{self as serenity};
 use std::env::var;
+use poise::serenity_prelude::{self as serenity};
+use serenity::builder::{
+  CreateMessage,
+  CreateEmbed,
+  CreateEmbedAuthor
+};
 
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 
@@ -15,22 +20,19 @@ async fn on_ready(
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
   println!("Connected to API as {}", ready.user.name);
 
-  serenity::ChannelId(BOT_READY_NOTIFY).send_message(&ctx.http, |m| m.embed(|e|
-    e.color(EMBED_COLOR)
-      .thumbnail(ready.user.avatar_url().unwrap_or_default())
-      .author(|a|
-        a.name(format!("{} is ready!", ready.user.name))
-      )
-  )).await?;
+  let message = CreateMessage::new();
+  let ready_embed = CreateEmbed::new()
+    .color(EMBED_COLOR)
+    .thumbnail(ready.user.avatar_url().unwrap_or_default())
+    .author(CreateEmbedAuthor::new(format!("{} is ready!", ready.user.name)).clone());
+
+  serenity::ChannelId::new(BOT_READY_NOTIFY).send_message(&ctx.http, message.add_embed(ready_embed)).await?;
 
   let register_commands = var("REGISTER_CMDS").unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from("true")).parse::<bool>().unwrap_or(true);
 
   if register_commands {
     let builder = poise::builtins::create_application_commands(&framework.options().commands);
-    let commands = serenity::Command::set_global_application_commands(&ctx.http, |commands| {
-      *commands = builder.clone();
-      commands
-    }).await;
+    let commands = serenity::Command::set_global_commands(&ctx.http, builder).await;
 
     match commands {
       Ok(cmdmap) => for command in cmdmap.iter() {
@@ -47,8 +49,7 @@ async fn on_ready(
 async fn main() {
   let token = var("DISCORD_TOKEN").expect("Expected a \"DISCORD_TOKEN\" in the envvar but none was found");
 
-  let client = poise::Framework::builder().token(token)
-    .intents(serenity::GatewayIntents::GUILDS)
+  let framework = poise::Framework::builder()
     .options(poise::FrameworkOptions {
       commands: vec![
         commands::ping::ping(),
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@ async fn main() {
       ..Default::default()
     })
     .setup(|ctx, ready, framework| Box::pin(on_ready(ctx, ready, framework)))
-    .build().await.expect("Error while building the client");
+    .build();
+
+  let mut client = serenity::ClientBuilder::new(token, serenity::GatewayIntents::GUILDS).framework(framework).await.expect("Error creating client");
 
   if let Err(why) = client.start().await {
     println!("Client error: {:?}", why);