diff --git a/examples/todos/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/todos/CMakeLists.txt
index da7c505..9a940af 100644
--- a/examples/todos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/todos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,73 +1,72 @@
 project (my_rust_qt_quick_project)
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0046 NEW)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0063 NEW)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0071 NEW)
 LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_UPPER STREQUAL DEBUG)
     set(RUST_TARGET_DIR target/debug/)
     set(RUST_BUILD_FLAG)
 else()
     set(RUST_TARGET_DIR target/release/)
     set(RUST_BUILD_FLAG --release)
 endif()
 
 ### find dependencies ###
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 find_package(Cargo REQUIRED)
 find_package(Rust REQUIRED)
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD TRUE)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.6.0")
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG
-    REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Quick Widgets
+    REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Quick
 )
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
-set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 find_package(RustQtBindingGenerator REQUIRED)
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
 
 ### build commands ###
 
 SET(RUST_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rust")
 SET(RUST_LIB "${RUST_DIR}/${RUST_TARGET_DIR}/librust.a")
 
 # generate c++ and rust code from bindings.json
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT "${RUST_DIR}/src/interface.rs"
          "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Bindings.h"
          "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Bindings.cpp"
   COMMAND "${RustQtBindingGenerator_EXECUTABLE}" #--overwrite-implementation
             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings.json"
   DEPENDS bindings.json
 )
 
 # compile the rust code into a static library
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT "${RUST_LIB}"
   COMMAND ${Cargo_EXECUTABLE} build ${RUST_BUILD_FLAG}
   DEPENDS rust/src/lib.rs
           rust/src/implementation.rs
           rust/src/interface.rs
   WORKING_DIRECTORY "${RUST_DIR}"
 )
 add_custom_target(rust_target DEPENDS "${RUST_LIB}")
 
 list(APPEND Libs "${RUST_LIB}")
-list(APPEND Libs Qt5::Core Qt5::Quick Qt5::Widgets Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+list(APPEND Libs Qt5::Core Qt5::Quick Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 set(SRCS src/main.cpp src/Bindings.cpp "qml.qrc")
 add_executable(todos ${SRCS})
 add_dependencies(todos rust_target)
 target_link_libraries(todos ${Libs})
 set_target_properties(todos PROPERTIES
     CXX_STANDARD 11
     CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
 )
diff --git a/examples/todos/src/main.cpp b/examples/todos/src/main.cpp
index 5b50148..3a4bc38 100644
--- a/examples/todos/src/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/todos/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 #include "Bindings.h"
 
-#include <QtQml/qqml.h>
-#include <QApplication>
+#include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
     qmlRegisterType<Todos>("RustCode", 1, 0, "Todos");
 
     QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
     engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
     if (engine.rootObjects().isEmpty())
         return -1;
 
     return app.exec();
 }