diff --git a/derive/Cargo.toml b/derive/Cargo.toml
index 22c09a37..327a7ced 100644
--- a/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ description = "Implementation of #[derive(Encode, Decode)] for bincode"
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-virtue = "0.0.17"
+virtue = "0.0.18"
diff --git a/derive/src/derive_struct.rs b/derive/src/derive_struct.rs
index e948c85a..f6dba0b1 100644
--- a/derive/src/derive_struct.rs
+++ b/derive/src/derive_struct.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ impl DeriveStruct {
     pub fn generate_encode(self, generator: &mut Generator) -> Result<()> {
         let crate_name = &self.attributes.crate_name;
         generator
-            .impl_for(&format!("{}::Encode", crate_name))
+            .impl_for(format!("{}::Encode", crate_name))
             .modify_generic_constraints(|generics, where_constraints| {
                 if let Some((bounds, lit)) =
                     (self.attributes.encode_bounds.as_ref()).or(self.attributes.bounds.as_ref())