diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 660ec2242..5664322ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3283,9 +3283,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "picoserve"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "912e6e8713f815d30bb77fa052cc8036a2b6429dc436969311fad47705fe0f2a"
+checksum = "289ba0d65f123eb9c55ee8e34c0227f3c17b4298bb47ef05cbd0caa0e6a06d49"
 dependencies = [
  "const-sha1",
  "data-encoding",
@@ -3295,9 +3295,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "heapless 0.8.0",
  "lhash",
- "log 0.4.22",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
+ "serde-json-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4040,6 +4040,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-json-core"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b81787e655bd59cecadc91f7b6b8651330b2be6c33246039a65e5cd6f4e0828"
+dependencies = [
+ "heapless 0.8.0",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_cbor"
 version = "0.11.2"
diff --git a/examples/embassy-http-server/Cargo.toml b/examples/embassy-http-server/Cargo.toml
index ee176da29..ac32790c0 100644
--- a/examples/embassy-http-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/embassy-http-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ embassy-time = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 embedded-io-async = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["defmt-03"] }
 heapless = { workspace = true }
 httparse = { version = "1.8.0", default-features = false }
-picoserve = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = [
+picoserve = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = [
   "embassy",
 ] }
 riot-rs = { path = "../../src/riot-rs", features = ["override-network-config"] }
diff --git a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/main.rs b/examples/embassy-http-server/src/main.rs
index 42165c997..f4f4a21f0 100644
--- a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/embassy-http-server/src/main.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl picoserve::extract::FromRef<AppState> for ButtonInputs {
 }
 
 mod approuter {
-    use picoserve::routing::get;
+    use picoserve::routing::{get, get_service};
 
     use crate::routes;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ mod approuter {
     pub type AppRouter = impl picoserve::routing::PathRouter<AppState>;
 
     pub fn make_app() -> picoserve::Router<AppRouter, AppState> {
-        let router = picoserve::Router::new().route("/", get(routes::index));
+        let router = picoserve::Router::new().route(
+            "/",
+            get_service(picoserve::response::File::html(include_str!(concat!(
+                env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+                "/static/index.html",
+            )))),
+        );
         #[cfg(feature = "button-readings")]
         let router = router.route("/buttons", get(routes::buttons));
         router
diff --git a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/index.rs b/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/index.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 78b2b538a..000000000
--- a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/index.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-use picoserve::response::IntoResponse;
-
-pub async fn index() -> impl IntoResponse {
-    picoserve::response::File::html(include_str!(concat!(
-        env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
-        "/static/index.html",
-    )))
-}
diff --git a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/mod.rs b/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/mod.rs
index 3126e9f92..1d6f95fe7 100644
--- a/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/examples/embassy-http-server/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-pub mod index;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "button-readings")]
 pub mod buttons;
 
-pub use index::index;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "button-readings")]
 pub use buttons::buttons;