diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f15654..8e02690 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
- "lazy_static",
  "once_cell",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c47dd84..029da94 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ serde_json = "1.0.68"
 tokio = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.7", features = ["fs"] }
 warp = "0.3.1"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/src/id_generation.rs b/src/id_generation.rs
index aca658f..65c0a5d 100644
--- a/src/id_generation.rs
+++ b/src/id_generation.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 
-
-
 const PLURALNOUN: [&'static str; 2847] = [
     "Abilities",
     "Absences",
@@ -5626,18 +5625,14 @@ const PATTERNS: [&str; 1] = [
     //    "_ADJECTIVE__PLURALNOUN_AtThe_PLACE_",
 ];
 
-
-
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref CATEGORIES: HashMap<&'static str, Vec<&'static str>> = {
-        let mut categories = HashMap::new();
-        categories.insert("_PLURALNOUN_", Vec::from(PLURALNOUN));
-        categories.insert("_VERB_", Vec::from(VERB));
-        categories.insert("_ADVERB_", Vec::from(ADVERB));
-        categories.insert("_ADJECTIVE_", Vec::from(ADJECTIVE));
-        categories
-    };
-}
+static CATEGORIES: Lazy<HashMap<&'static str, Vec<&'static str>>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let mut categories = HashMap::new();
+    categories.insert("_PLURALNOUN_", Vec::from(PLURALNOUN));
+    categories.insert("_VERB_", Vec::from(VERB));
+    categories.insert("_ADVERB_", Vec::from(ADVERB));
+    categories.insert("_ADJECTIVE_", Vec::from(ADJECTIVE));
+    categories
+});
 
 // export function generateRoomWithoutSeparator() {
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4189fe4..bbabe4b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
-
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::net::IpAddr;