diff --git a/node/server.js b/node/server.js
index a6a57497aee..17eb687ee2e 100644
--- a/node/server.js
+++ b/node/server.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async.waterfall([
   function (callback)
   {
     //create server
-    var app = express.createServer();
+    var app = express();
 
     app.use(function (req, res, next) {
       res.header("Server", serverName);
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ async.waterfall([
       app.use(express.cookieParser());
     });
     
-    app.error(function(err, req, res, next){
+    app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
       res.send(500);
       console.error(err.stack ? err.stack : err.toString());
       gracefulShutdown();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e194c0b3af..b1497c0e71c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                       "socket.io"           : "0.8.7",
                       "ueberDB"             : "0.1.7",
                       "async"               : "0.1.15",
-                      "express"             : "2.5.0",
+                      "express"             : "3.1.0",
                       "clean-css"           : "0.3.2",
                       "uglify-js"           : "1.2.5",
                       "formidable"          : "1.0.7",