diff --git a/fractal-matrix-api/src/backend/room.rs b/fractal-matrix-api/src/backend/room.rs
index 15101705..34d41bef 100644
--- a/fractal-matrix-api/src/backend/room.rs
+++ b/fractal-matrix-api/src/backend/room.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-extern crate urlencoding;
-
+use urlencoding;
 use serde_json;
 
 use std::fs::File;
diff --git a/fractal-matrix-api/src/lib.rs b/fractal-matrix-api/src/lib.rs
index 9b137354..477c9967 100644
--- a/fractal-matrix-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fractal-matrix-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 
+extern crate urlencoding;
 extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate md5;
 extern crate cairo;