diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 61313d14d88b741e8f3a2ea51cc74ffbd0825668..d550dfa47fc261b4887210a1070a0781bc3d6609 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
     var target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     if (target.isGnuLibC()) target.setGnuLibCVersion(2, 28, 0);
+    const mode = b.option(std.builtin.Mode, "mode", "") orelse .Debug;
 
-    const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
-
-    const exe = b.addExecutable("zig-zorm", "src/main.zig");
-    exe.setTarget(target);
-    exe.setBuildMode(mode);
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "zig-zorm",
+        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = mode,
+    });
     deps.addAllTo(exe);
-    exe.install();
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
 
-    const run_cmd = exe.run();
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
     if (b.args) |args| {
         run_cmd.addArgs(args);
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 4ba5eb69a3d068e2f442bd51629a1606f4f9fa38..6372f664a1740423217c06bb4560e39976d671ce 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ const Package = struct {
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
-    const alloc = &gpa.allocator;
+    const alloc = gpa.allocator();
 
     var db = try zorm.engine(.sqlite3).connect("/home/snuc/dev/zig-zorm/access.db");
-    var list = try db.collect(alloc, Package, "select * from packages order by star_count desc limit 25");
+    var list = try db.collect(alloc, Package, "select * from packages order by star_count desc limit 25", .{});
 
     for (list) |item| {
         std.log.info("{s}", .{item.remote_name});