diff --git a/examples/local_federation/objects/post.rs b/examples/local_federation/objects/post.rs
index 2cca41d..800027e 100644
--- a/examples/local_federation/objects/post.rs
+++ b/examples/local_federation/objects/post.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct DbPost {
 
 impl DbPost {
     pub fn new(text: String, creator: ObjectId<DbUser>) -> Result<DbPost, Error> {
-        let ap_id = generate_object_id(creator.inner().domain())?.try_into()?;
+        let ap_id = generate_object_id(creator.inner().domain())?.into();
         Ok(DbPost {
             text,
             ap_id,
diff --git a/examples/local_federation/utils.rs b/examples/local_federation/utils.rs
index 6b5f9d0..d61d658 100644
--- a/examples/local_federation/utils.rs
+++ b/examples/local_federation/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use activitypub_federation::url::Url;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, thread_rng, Rng};
-use url::{ParseError, Url};
+use url::ParseError;
 
 /// Just generate random url as object id. In a real project, you probably want to use
 /// an url which contains the database id for easy retrieval (or store the random id in db).
@@ -9,5 +12,5 @@ pub fn generate_object_id(domain: &str) -> Result<Url, ParseError> {
         .take(7)
         .map(char::from)
         .collect();
-    Url::parse(&format!("http://{}/objects/{}", domain, id))
+    Url::from_str(&format!("http://{}/objects/{}", domain, id))
 }