diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f30a6ef..ca50bc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ react_app_demo/package-lock.json
 photon-docs/site
 output*.jpg
 output*.png
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+
+# Jetbrains IDE
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crate/Cargo.toml b/crate/Cargo.toml
index adb0ac1..d7f56aa 100644
--- a/crate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crate/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ imageproc = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = false }
 rusttype = "0.9.2"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 time = "0.3.21"
-wasm-bindgen = { version = "=0.2.85", optional = true }
+wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.92", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 js-sys = { version = "0.3.62", optional = true }
 node-sys = { version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
 perlin2d = "0.2.6"
+instant = "0.1.12"
 
 # The `console_error_panic_hook` crate provides better debugging of panics by
 # logging them with `console.error`. This is great for development, but requires
diff --git a/crate/examples/example.rs b/crate/examples/example.rs
index af432b4..d0b1ace 100644
--- a/crate/examples/example.rs
+++ b/crate/examples/example.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 extern crate image;
 extern crate photon_rs as photon;
-extern crate time;
-use time::Instant;
+use instant::Instant;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Replace the variable file_name with whatever image you would like to apply filters to
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let end = Instant::now();
         println!(
             "Took {} seconds to {} image.",
-            (end - start).as_seconds_f64(),
+            (end - start).as_secs_f64(),
             effect
         );
     }
diff --git a/crate/examples/seam_carver.rs b/crate/examples/seam_carver.rs
index 5ab1c9d..39c5821 100644
--- a/crate/examples/seam_carver.rs
+++ b/crate/examples/seam_carver.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate image;
 extern crate photon_rs;
-extern crate time;
+
+use instant::Instant;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let file_name = "crate/examples/input_images/daisies_fuji.jpg";
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     // // Open the image
     let img = photon_rs::native::open_image(file_name)?;
-    let start = time::Instant::now();
+    let start = Instant::now();
     // Seam Carver
     let (w, h) = (img.get_width(), img.get_height());
     println!("original = w: {}, h: {}", w, h);
@@ -19,10 +20,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     // Write the contents of this image in JPEG format.
     photon_rs::native::save_image(res, "output_seam_carver.jpg")?;
-    let end = time::Instant::now();
+    let end = Instant::now();
     println!(
         "Took {} seconds to seam carve image.",
-        (end - start).as_seconds_f64()
+        (end - start).as_secs_f64()
     );
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crate/src/bin/bin.rs b/crate/src/bin/bin.rs
index f3884a4..1ab35f4 100644
--- a/crate/src/bin/bin.rs
+++ b/crate/src/bin/bin.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 extern crate photon_rs;
 extern crate time;
 
+use instant::Instant;
 use photon_rs::channels::alter_red_channel;
 use photon_rs::native::{open_image, save_image};
-use time::Instant;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // Open the image (a PhotonImage is returned)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let end = Instant::now();
     println!(
         "Took {} seconds to increment red channel by 40 on image.",
-        (end - start).as_seconds_f64()
+        (end - start).as_secs_f64()
     );
 
     println!(