diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 6f7f9cd..66137f5 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require('error-tojson');
+require('o.extend');
+
 var express = require('express');
 var socketIO = require('socket.io');
-
-var assign = require('lodash.assign');
 var socketEventHandlers = require('./socket.io-rpc-event-handlers/socket-event-handlers');
 /**
  * @param {Number} port
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ function RPCserver(port) {
 			if (typeof toExtendWith !== 'object') {
 				throw new TypeError('object expected as first argument');
 			}
-			assign(tree, toExtendWith);
+			Object.extend(tree, toExtendWith);
 		}
 	};
 	var tree = {};
 	rpcServer.io.on('connect', function(socket) {
-		assign(rpcServer, socketEventHandlers(socket, tree, 'server'));
+		socketEventHandlers(socket, tree, 'server');
 	});
 
 	rpcServer.expressApp = expApp;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8fcab0..62c96f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "socket.io-rpc",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "private": false,
   "author": "capaj <capajj@gmail.com>",
   "description": "Minimalistic remote procedure call(RPC/RMI) library bootstrapped on socket.io",
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "dom-storage": "^2.0.1",
     "error-tojson": "0.0.1",
     "express": "~4",
-    "lodash.assign": "3.2.0",
+    "o.extend": "^1.0.0",
     "socket.io": "^1",
     "traverse": "^0.6.6"
   },