diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a70fb87..3403b60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200217142428-fce0ec30dd00 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.2.4+incompatible
-	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lopezator/migrator v0.3.0
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
@@ -23,9 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 // indirect
-	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200707034311-ab3426394381 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200728102440-3e129f6d46b1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 160a87c..617719b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMo
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible h1:fGFk2Gmi/YKXk0OmGfBh0WgmN3XB8lVnEyNz34tQRec=
+github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:eB3wogJHnLi3x/kFX2A+IbTBlXxmMeXJVKy9tTv1XzQ=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
@@ -124,10 +126,6 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.2.4+incompatible h1:np0woGKwx9LiHAQmwZx79Oc0rHpNw3o+3evou4BEPv4=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v2.2.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:mZ6aGCD7yk8j6QY6KICwnZ2pxoszVseX1DNoGtU2tBA=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16 h1:8swiwjE5Jkai3RPfZoahp8kjVCRNq+y7Q0hPji2Kz0o=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16/go.mod h1:awO+5TzAjvL8XpibdsfXxPgHr+orhtXZJZIQCVjogKI=
-github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0 h1:JEeO0bvc78PKdyHxloTKiF8BD5iGrH8T6MSeGvSgob0=
-github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0/go.mod h1:MULnywXg0yavhxWKc+lOruYdAhDwPK9wf0OL7NoOu+k=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0 h1:X5PMW56eZitiTeO7tKzZxFCSpbFZJtkMMooicw2us9A=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0 h1:9xohqzkUwzR4Ga4ivdTcawVS89YSDVxXMa3xJX3cGzg=
@@ -137,16 +135,7 @@ github.com/lopezator/migrator v0.3.0/go.mod h1:bpVAVPkWSvTw8ya2Pk7E/KiNAyDWNImgi
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 h1:ZC2Vc7/ZFkGmsVC9KvOjumD+G5lXy2RtTKyzRKO2BQ4=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 h1:6Su7aK7lXmJ/U79bYtBjLNaha4Fs1Rg9plHpcH+vvnE=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7 h1:bQGKb3vps/j0E9GfJQ03JyhRuxsvdAanXlT9BTw3mdw=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9/go.mod h1:YNRxwqDuOph6SZLI9vUUz6OYw3QyUt7WiY2yME+cCiQ=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 h1:wuysRhFDzyxgEmMf5xjvJ2M9dZoWAXNNr5LSBS7uHXY=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.0 h1:mLyGNKR8+Vv9CAU7PphKa2hkEqxxhn8i32J6FPj1/QA=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.0/go.mod h1:JIl7NbARA7phWnGvh0LKTyg7S9BA+6gx71ShQilpsus=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
@@ -229,13 +218,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.1.0 h1:RZqt0yGBsps8NGvLSGW804QQqCUYYLsaOjTVHy1Ocw4=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.0 h1:y3yXRCoDvC2HTtIHvL2cc7Zd+bqA+zqDO6oQzsJO07E=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.0/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.0 h1:WOOcyaJPlzb8fZ8TloxFe8QZkhOOJx87leDa9MIT9dc=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.0/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
@@ -251,11 +233,7 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190605123033-f99c8df09eb5/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190820162420-60c769a6c586/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200221231518-2aa609cf4a9d h1:1ZiEyfaQIg3Qh0EoqpwAakHVhecoE5wlSg5GjnafJGw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200221231518-2aa609cf4a9d/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899 h1:DZhuSZLsGlFL4CmhA8BcRA0mnthyA/nZ00AqCUo7vHg=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -290,8 +268,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190503192946-f4e77d36d62c/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b h1:0mm1VjtFUOIlE1SbDlwjYaDxZVDP2S5ou6y0gSgXHu8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200324143707-d3edc9973b7e h1:3G+cUijn7XD+S4eJFddp53Pv7+slrESplyjG25HgL+k=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200324143707-d3edc9973b7e/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200707034311-ab3426394381 h1:VXak5I6aEWmAXeQjA+QSZzlgNrpq9mjcfDemuexIKsU=
@@ -311,7 +287,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181026203630-95b1ffbd15a5/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181107165924-66b7b1311ac8/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181116152217-5ac8a444bdc5/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190312061237-fead79001313/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190502145724-3ef323f4f1fd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -319,10 +294,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190507160741-ecd444e8653b/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606165138-5da285871e9c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0 h1:HyfiK1WMnHj5FXFXatD+Qs1A/xC2Run6RzeW1SyHxpc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191005200804-aed5e4c7ecf9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200728102440-3e129f6d46b1 h1:sIky/MyNRSHTrdxfsiUSS4WIAMvInbeXljJz+jDjeYE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200728102440-3e129f6d46b1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index c03b77f..8112aa1 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -2,45 +2,53 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4/middleware"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
 func startServer() {
-	e := echo.New()
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
 
 	if appConfig.server.logging {
-		e.Use(middleware.Logger())
+		r.Use(middleware.RealIP)
+		r.Use(middleware.Logger)
 	}
-	e.Use(middleware.Recover(), middleware.Gzip())
+	r.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
+	r.Use(middleware.StripSlashes)
 
-	e.GET("/", hello)
-	e.GET("/*", servePost)
+	r.Get("/", hello)
+	r.Get("/*", servePost)
 
 	address := ":" + strconv.Itoa(appConfig.server.port)
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:    address,
+		Handler: r,
+	}
+
 	go func() {
-		if err := e.Start(address); err != nil {
+		if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
 			log.Println("Shutting down the server")
 		}
 	}()
 
 	// Wait for interrupt signal to gracefully shutdown the server with a timeout of 10 seconds.
 	quit := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(quit, os.Interrupt)
+	signal.Notify(quit, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-quit
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
-	if err := e.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		e.Logger.Fatal(err)
+	if err := srv.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func hello(c echo.Context) error {
-	return c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello, World!")
+func hello(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	_, _ = w.Write([]byte("Hello World!"))
 }
diff --git a/markdown.go b/markdown.go
index 02900a5..245a827 100644
--- a/markdown.go
+++ b/markdown.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ func init() {
 	)
 }
 
-func renderMarkdown(source string) (content string, err error) {
+func renderMarkdown(source string) (content []byte, err error) {
 	context := parser.NewContext()
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 	err = markdown.Convert([]byte(source), &buffer, parser.WithContext(context))
-	content = string(emojify(buffer.Bytes()))
+	content = emojify(buffer.Bytes())
 	return
 }
diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index fc69a8a..c6dc52f 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -17,18 +16,22 @@ type post struct {
 	updated   string
 }
 
-func servePost(c echo.Context) error {
-	post, err := getPost(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(c.Request().RequestURI, "/"), "/"))
+func servePost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	post, err := getPost(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(r.RequestURI, "/"), "/"))
 	if err == postNotFound {
-		return echo.ErrNotFound
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+		return
 	} else if err != nil {
-		return err
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
 	}
 	htmlContent, err := renderMarkdown(post.content)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
 	}
-	return c.HTML(http.StatusOK, htmlContent)
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
+	_, _ = w.Write(htmlContent)
 }
 
 func getPost(path string) (*post, error) {