diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 03f8ee3..5aa20cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nostr-rs-relay"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2018"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index 5e21fbd..1bdb191 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -51,15 +51,14 @@ where
 
 impl Event {
     pub fn parse(json: &str) -> Result<Event> {
-        let e: Event = serde_json::from_str(json)?;
+        let _e: Event = serde_json::from_str(json)?;
         Err(Error::EventParseFailed)
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::event::Event;
-    use serde_json::Result;
+    use super::*;
     fn simple_event() -> Event {
         super::Event {
             id: 0,
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn event_deserialize() -> Result<()> {
         let raw_json = r#"{"id":"1384757da583e6129ce831c3d7afc775a33a090578f888dd0d010328ad047d0c","pubkey":"bbbd9711d357df4f4e498841fd796535c95c8e751fa35355008a911c41265fca","created_at":1612650459,"kind":1,"tags":null,"content":"hello world","sig":"59d0cc47ab566e81f72fe5f430bcfb9b3c688cb0093d1e6daa49201c00d28ecc3651468b7938642869ed98c0f1b262998e49a05a6ed056c0d92b193f4e93bc21"}"#;
-
         // id: 1384757da583e6129ce831c3d7afc775a33a090578f888dd0d010328ad047d0c
         // pubkey: bbbd9711d357df4f4e498841fd796535c95c8e751fa35355008a911c41265fca",
         // created_at: 1612650459
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ mod tests {
         // tags":null,
         // "content":"hello world",
         // "sig":"59d0cc47ab566e81f72fe5f430bcfb9b3c688cb0093d1e6daa49201c00d28ecc3651468b7938642869ed98c0f1b262998e49a05a6ed056c0d92b193f4e93bc21"}]"#;
-
         let e: Event = serde_json::from_str(raw_json)?;
         // assert that the kind is 1
         assert_eq!(e.kind, 1);
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index f057780..2afa416 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -7,18 +7,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 // Container for a request filter
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ReqCmd {
-
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "u32_from_string")]
-    id: u32,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "u32_from_string")]
-    pubkey: u32,
-    created_at: u64,
-    kind: u8,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "tag_from_string")]
-    tags: Vec<Vec<String>>,
-    content: String,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "u64_from_string")]
-    sig: u64,
+    cmds: Vec<String>
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -39,5 +28,3 @@ pub struct ReqFilter {
     since: Option<u64>,
     authors: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
-
-pub struct Request {}