diff --git a/src/access.rs b/src/access.rs
index a71a0a4..58196aa 100644
--- a/src/access.rs
+++ b/src/access.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ use slog::Logger;
 
 use casbin::prelude::*;
 
-use futures_signals::signal::Mutable;
-
-use crate::api::api;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::auth::Authentication;
 use crate::error::Result;
@@ -58,10 +55,6 @@ impl Permissions {
     }
 }
 
-impl api::permissions::Server for Permissions {
-
-}
-
 /// This line documents init
 pub async fn init(log: Logger, config: &Config) -> std::result::Result<PermissionsProvider, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let model = Model::from_file(config.access.model.clone()).await?;
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 1a4c133..ba37aae 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // module needs to be top level for generated functions to be in scope:
 // https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto-rust/issues/16
-pub mod api {
+pub mod gen {
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/schema/api_capnp.rs"));
 }
 
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ use capnp_rpc::rpc_twoparty_capnp::Side;
 
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
-use api::diflouroborane;
-
 pub async fn handle_connection(log: Logger, socket: TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
     unimplemented!()
 }
diff --git a/src/machine.rs b/src/machine.rs
index ec61f26..e45770e 100644
--- a/src/machine.rs
+++ b/src/machine.rs
@@ -8,22 +8,16 @@ use slog::Logger;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 use toml;
 
-use futures_signals::signal::Mutable;
-
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::config::Config;
-use crate::api::api;
 use crate::access::Permissions;
 
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use async_std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
-use capnp::capability::Promise;
 use capnp::Error;
-use capnp_rpc::Server;
 
 use uuid::Uuid;
-use std::ops::DerefMut;
 
 /// Status of a Machine
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -115,13 +109,13 @@ impl GiveBack {
     }
 }
 
-fn uuid_from_api(uuid: api::u_u_i_d::Reader) -> Uuid {
+fn uuid_from_api(uuid: crate::api_capnp::u_u_i_d::Reader) -> Uuid {
     let uuid0 = uuid.get_uuid0() as u128;
     let uuid1 = uuid.get_uuid1() as u128;
     let num: u128 = (uuid1 << 64) + uuid0;
     Uuid::from_u128(num)
 }
-fn api_from_uuid(uuid: Uuid, mut wr: api::u_u_i_d::Builder) {
+fn api_from_uuid(uuid: Uuid, mut wr: crate::api_capnp::u_u_i_d::Builder) {
     let num = uuid.to_u128_le();
     let uuid0 = num as u64;
     let uuid1 = (num >> 64) as u64;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 820302f..f7c766a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use signal_hook::iterator::Signals;
 
 use clap::{App, Arg};
 
-use api::api as api_capnp;
+use api::gen as api_capnp;
 
 use futures::prelude::*;
 use futures::executor::{LocalPool, ThreadPool};