diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea60401..d56b392 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -247,16 +247,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.44",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ctrlc"
-version = "3.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b57a92e9749e10f25a171adcebfafe72991d45e7ec2dcb853e8f83d9dafaeb08"
-dependencies = [
- "nix 0.18.0",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "debug_stub_derive"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -310,7 +300,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
  "crossbeam-channel",
- "ctrlc",
  "debug_stub_derive",
  "derive_more",
  "extend",
@@ -328,13 +317,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log 0.4.11",
  "maplit",
- "nix 0.19.0",
- "notify",
+ "nix",
  "num",
  "popol",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "pretty_env_logger",
- "ref-cast",
  "regex",
  "roxmltree",
  "scheduled-executor",
@@ -343,7 +330,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "smart-default",
  "stoppable_thread",
  "structopt",
- "try_match",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1061,18 +1047,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83450fe6a6142ddd95fb064b746083fc4ef1705fe81f64a64e1d4b39f54a1055"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -1511,26 +1485,6 @@ version = "0.1.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41cc0f7e4d5d4544e8861606a285bb08d3e70712ccc7d2b84d7c0ccfaf4b05ce"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ref-cast"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "745c1787167ddae5569661d5ffb8b25ae5fedbf46717eaa92d652221cec72623"
-dependencies = [
- "ref-cast-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ref-cast-impl"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d21b475ab879ef0e315ad99067fa25778c3b0377f57f1b00207448dac1a3144"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.44",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.3.9"
@@ -2040,29 +1994,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "try_match"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "138279d5e35e72a1b3822588aaf928126f161491e3dd9c25758efe59ef6f0e1c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "try_match_inner",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "try_match_inner"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc75c0dd3d842ee7316d2fb1d6ea2012291d279907ea8b9564f741358b5ef82e"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.44",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b5bc71..242782c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ gdk-pixbuf = "0.9"
 
 regex = "1"
 bincode = "1.3"
-try_match = "0.2.2"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 maplit = "1"
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ serde = {version = "1.0", features = ["derive"]}
 extend = "0.3.0"
 grass = "0.10"
 hotwatch = "0.4"
-notify = "4.0"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.4"
 num = "0.3"
 stoppable_thread = "0.2"
@@ -40,12 +38,10 @@ log = "0.4"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2"
-ref-cast = "1.0"
 popol = "0.3"
 nix = "0.19"
 smart-default = "0.6"
 filedescriptor = "0.7"
-ctrlc = { version =  "3.1", features = [ "termination" ] }
 simple-signal = "1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 257a7f6..0559889 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ pub fn initialize_server(should_detach: bool, action: opts::ActionWithServer) ->
         do_detach()?;
     }
 
-    ctrlc::set_handler(|| {
+    simple_signal::set_handler(&[simple_signal::Signal::Int, simple_signal::Signal::Term], |_| {
         println!("Shutting down eww daemon...");
         script_var_handler::script_var_process::on_application_death();
         std::process::exit(0);
-    })
-    .context("Error setting signal hook")?;
+    });
 
     let config_file_path = crate::CONFIG_DIR.join("eww.xml");
     let config_dir = config_file_path
diff --git a/src/value/mod.rs b/src/value/mod.rs
index 36ff12b..5e9c239 100644
--- a/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use derive_more::*;
-use ref_cast::RefCast;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ pub use primitive::*;
 
 /// The name of a variable
 #[repr(transparent)]
-#[derive(Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, RefCast, AsRef, From, FromStr, Display, DebugCustom)]
+#[derive(Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, AsRef, From, FromStr, Display, DebugCustom)]
 #[debug(fmt = "VarName({})", .0)]
 pub struct VarName(pub String);
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ impl From<&str> for VarName {
 
 /// The name of an attribute
 #[repr(transparent)]
-#[derive(Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, RefCast, AsRef, From, FromStr, Display, DebugCustom)]
+#[derive(Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, AsRef, From, FromStr, Display, DebugCustom)]
 #[debug(fmt="AttrName({})", .0)]
 pub struct AttrName(pub String);
 
diff --git a/src/value/primitive.rs b/src/value/primitive.rs
index 945f47f..9961cf0 100644
--- a/src/value/primitive.rs
+++ b/src/value/primitive.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ impl PrimitiveValue {
         parse_vec(self.0.to_owned()).map_err(|e| anyhow!("Couldn't convert {:#?} to a vec: {}", &self, e))
     }
 }
+
 fn parse_vec(a: String) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     match a.strip_prefix('[').and_then(|x| x.strip_suffix(']')) {
         Some(content) => {