diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 824a4c0..d9e310f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
         UUID            = require('node-uuid'),
 
         verbose         = false,
-        app             = express.createServer();
+        http            = require('http'),
+        app             = express(),
+        server          = http.createServer(app);
 
 /* Express server set up. */
 
@@ -26,13 +28,14 @@
 //so keep this in mind - this is not a production script but a development teaching tool.
 
         //Tell the server to listen for incoming connections
-    app.listen( gameport );
+    server.listen(gameport)
 
         //Log something so we know that it succeeded.
     console.log('\t :: Express :: Listening on port ' + gameport );
 
         //By default, we forward the / path to index.html automatically.
     app.get( '/', function( req, res ){
+        console.log('trying to load %s', __dirname + '/index.html');
         res.sendfile( __dirname + '/index.html' );
     });
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@
 //This way, when the client requests '/socket.io/' files, socket.io determines what the client needs.
         
         //Create a socket.io instance using our express server
-    var sio = io.listen(app);
+    var sio = io.listen(server);
 
         //Configure the socket.io connection settings.
         //See http://socket.io/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d86d726..e023ffd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "express": "2.5.x",
+    "express": "3.3.x",
     "socket.io": "0.9.x",
     "node-uuid": "1.3.3"
   },
   "engine": {
-    "node": "0.6.x"
+    "node": "0.10.x"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}