diff --git a/examples/actix-example/Cargo.toml b/examples/actix-example/Cargo.toml
index cf54e64..a961d31 100644
--- a/examples/actix-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/actix-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.24"
 background-jobs = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.0", path = "../.." }
 env_logger = "0.7"
+futures = "0.3"
 sled-extensions = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/actix-example/src/main.rs b/examples/actix-example/src/main.rs
index 25a7ad1..3103600 100644
--- a/examples/actix-example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/actix-example/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Error;
 use background_jobs::{create_server, Job, MaxRetries, Processor, WorkerConfig};
+use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
 
 const DEFAULT_QUEUE: &'static str = "default";
 
@@ -73,11 +74,12 @@ impl MyJob {
 impl Job for MyJob {
     type Processor = MyProcessor;
     type State = MyState;
+    type Future = Ready<Result<(), Error>>;
 
-    async fn run(self, state: MyState) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    fn run(self, state: MyState) -> Self::Future {
         println!("{}: args, {:?}", state.app_name, self);
 
-        Ok(())
+        ok(())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs b/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
index 460f7c9..06023a6 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 //! ### Example
 //! ```rust,ignore
 //! use actix::System;
-//! use background_jobs::{create_server, Backoff, Job, MaxRetries, Processor, WorkerConfig};
 //! use anyhow::Error;
-//! use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+//! use background_jobs::{create_server, Backoff, Job, MaxRetries, Processor, WorkerConfig};
+//! use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
 //!
 //! const DEFAULT_QUEUE: &'static str = "default";
 //!
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 //!     pub app_name: String,
 //! }
 //!
-//! #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+//! #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 //! pub struct MyJob {
 //!     some_usize: usize,
 //!     other_usize: usize,
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@
 //! impl Job for MyJob {
 //!     type Processor = MyProcessor;
 //!     type State = MyState;
+//!     type Future = Ready<Result<(), Error>>;
 //!
-//!     async fn run(self, state: MyState) -> Result<(), Error> {
+//!     async fn run(self, state: MyState) -> Self::Future {
 //!         println!("{}: args, {:?}", state.app_name, self);
 //!
-//!         Ok(())
+//!         ok(())
 //!     }
 //! }
 //!
diff --git a/jobs-core/src/job.rs b/jobs-core/src/job.rs
index e41dbea..f55d414 100644
--- a/jobs-core/src/job.rs
+++ b/jobs-core/src/job.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use crate::{Backoff, MaxRetries, Processor};
 use anyhow::Error;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, ser::Serialize};
+use std::future::Future;
 
 /// The Job trait defines parameters pertaining to an instance of background job
-#[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait Job: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + 'static {
     /// The processor this job is associated with. The job's processor can be used to create a
     /// JobInfo from a job, which is used to serialize the job into a storage mechanism.
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ pub trait Job: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + 'static {
     /// The application state provided to this job at runtime.
     type State: Clone + 'static;
 
+    /// The future returned by this job
+    type Future: Future<Output = Result<(), Error>> + Send;
+
     /// Users of this library must define what it means to run a job.
     ///
     /// This should contain all the logic needed to complete a job. If that means queuing more
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ pub trait Job: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + 'static {
     /// The state passed into this job is initialized at the start of the application. The state
     /// argument could be useful for containing a hook into something like r2d2, or the address of
     /// an actor in an actix-based system.
-    async fn run(self, state: Self::State) -> Result<(), Error>;
+    fn run(self, state: Self::State) -> Self::Future;
 
     /// If this job should not use the default queue for its processor, this can be overridden in
     /// user-code.
diff --git a/jobs-core/src/processor.rs b/jobs-core/src/processor.rs
index baa62e5..fb9b225 100644
--- a/jobs-core/src/processor.rs
+++ b/jobs-core/src/processor.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin};
 /// ```rust
 /// use anyhow::Error;
 /// use background_jobs_core::{Job, Processor};
+/// use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
 /// use log::info;
 ///
 /// #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
@@ -30,15 +31,15 @@ use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin};
 ///     count: i32,
 /// }
 ///
-/// #[async_trait::async_trait]
 /// impl Job for MyJob {
 ///     type Processor = MyProcessor;
 ///     type State = ();
+///     type Future = Ready<Result<(), Error>>;
 ///
-///     async fn run(self, _state: Self::State) -> Result<(), Error> {
+///     fn run(self, _state: Self::State) -> Self::Future {
 ///         info!("Processing {}", self.count);
 ///
-///         Ok(())
+///         ok(())
 ///     }
 /// }
 ///
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9ffc255..c2d9e3e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@
 //! [dependencies]
 //! actix = "0.8"
 //! background-jobs = "0.6.0"
-//! failure = "0.1"
+//! anyhow = "1.0"
 //! futures = "0.1"
-//! serde = "1.0"
-//! serde_drive = "1.0"
+//! serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 //! sled = "0.28"
 //! ```
 //!
@@ -42,11 +41,11 @@
 //! operation. They implment the `Job`, `serde::Serialize`, and `serde::DeserializeOwned`.
 //!
 //! ```rust,ignore
+//! use anyhow::Error;
 //! use background_jobs::Job;
-//! use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-//! use failure::Error;
+//! use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
 //!
-//! #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+//! #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 //! pub struct MyJob {
 //!     some_usize: usize,
 //!     other_usize: usize,
@@ -64,12 +63,12 @@
 //! impl Job for MyJob {
 //!     type Processor = MyProcessor; // We'll define this later
 //!     type State = ();
-//!     type Future = Result<(), Error>;
+//!     type Future = Ready<Result<(), Error>>;
 //!
 //!     fn run(self, _: Self::State) -> Self::Future {
 //!         println!("args: {:?}", self);
 //!
-//!         Ok(())
+//!         ok(())
 //!     }
 //! }
 //! ```
@@ -82,7 +81,8 @@
 //! Let's re-define the job to care about some application state.
 //!
 //! ```rust,ignore
-//! # use failure::Error;
+//! use anyhow::Error;
+//!
 //! #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 //! pub struct MyState {
 //!     pub app_name: String,
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@
 //! impl Job for MyJob {
 //!     type Processor = MyProcessor;
 //!     type State = MyState;
-//!     type Future = Result<(), Error>;
+//!     type Future = Ready<Result<(), Error>>;
 //!
 //!     fn run(self, state: Self::State) -> Self::Future {
 //!         info!("{}: args, {:?}", state.app_name, self);
 //!
-//!         Ok(())
+//!         ok(())
 //!     }
 //! }
 //! ```
@@ -164,15 +164,12 @@
 //!
 //! ##### Main
 //! ```rust,ignore
-//! use actix::System;
+//! use anyhow::Error;
 //! use background_jobs::{ServerConfig, sled_storage::Storage, WorkerConfig};
-//! use failure::Error;
 //! use sled::Db;
 //!
-//! fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-//!     // First set up the Actix System to ensure we have a runtime to spawn jobs on.
-//!     let sys = System::new("my-actix-system");
-//!
+//! #[actix_rt::main]
+//! async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 //!     // Set up our Storage
 //!     let db = Db::start_default("my-sled-db")?;
 //!     let storage = Storage::new(db)?;
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@
 //!     queue_handle.queue::<MyProcessor>(MyJob::new(5, 6))?;
 //!
 //!     // Block on Actix
-//!     sys.run()?;
+//!     actix_rt::signal::ctrl_c().await?;
 //!     Ok(())
 //! }
 //! ```