diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d2573d..028fc6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.7)
 project (mastobotmon
-         VERSION 0.1.3
+         VERSION 0.1.4
          LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ configure_file (
 
 file(GLOB sources src/*.cpp)
 add_executable(mastobotmon ${sources})
-target_link_libraries(mastobotmon mastodon-cpp)
+target_link_libraries(mastobotmon mastodon-cpp jsoncpp)
 install(TARGETS mastobotmon DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2d60d5..b414f90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * C++ compiler (tested: gcc 6.4, clang 5.0)
  * [cmake](https://cmake.org/) (tested: 3.9.6)
  * [mastodon-cpp](https://github.com/tastytea/mastodon-cpp) (at least: 0.4.4)
- * [rapidjson](http://rapidjson.org/) (tested: 1.1.0)
+ * [jsoncpp](https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp) (tested: 1.8.1)
 
 ## Get sourcecode
 
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 5421593..de7cb3b 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -14,17 +14,13 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#define RAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING 1
-
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>  // strlen()
 #include <cstdlib>  // getenv()
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
-#include <rapidjson/document.h>
-#include <rapidjson/stringbuffer.h>
-#include <rapidjson/prettywriter.h>
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
 #include "version.hpp"
 #include "mastobotmon.hpp"
 
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ using std::uint16_t;
 
 const string filepath = string(std::getenv("HOME")) + "/.config/mastobotmon.json";
 
-const bool read_config(rapidjson::Document &document)
+const bool read_config(Json::Value &document)
 {
     std::ifstream file(filepath);
     std::stringstream json;
@@ -46,25 +42,27 @@ const bool read_config(rapidjson::Document &document)
         json << file.rdbuf();
         file.close();
 
-        if (document.Parse(json.str().c_str()).HasParseError())
+        Json::Reader reader;
+
+        if (!reader.parse(json, document))
         {
             cerr << "ERROR: couldn't parse config file. Are you sure the JSON is well-formed?\n";
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (!document["accounts"].IsObject())
+        if (!document["accounts"].isObject())
         {
             cerr << "ERROR: \"accounts\" not found\n";
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (!document["mode"].IsString())
+        if (!document["mode"].isString())
         {
             cerr << "ERROR: \"mode\" not found\n";
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (!document["daemon_check"].IsUint())
+        if (!document["daemon_check"].isUInt())
         {
             cerr << "ERROR: \"daemon_check\" not found\n";
             return false;
@@ -74,15 +72,10 @@ const bool read_config(rapidjson::Document &document)
     {
         cout << "No config file found. Creating new one.\n";
 
-        rapidjson::Document::AllocatorType &allocator = document.GetAllocator();
-
-        document.SetObject();
-        rapidjson::Value object(rapidjson::kObjectType);
-        document.AddMember("accounts", object.Move(), allocator);
         add_account(document);
 
-        document.AddMember("mode", "cron", allocator);
-        document.AddMember("daemon_check", 10, allocator);
+        document["mode"] = "cron";
+        document["daemon_check"] = 10;
 
         return write_config(document);
     }
@@ -121,12 +114,11 @@ const string get_access_token(const string &account)
     return "";
 }
 
-const bool add_account(rapidjson::Document &document)
+const bool add_account(Json::Value &document)
 {
     string account;
     string minutes;
     string access_token;
-    rapidjson::Document::AllocatorType &allocator = document.GetAllocator();
 
     cout << "Adding accounts (user@domain), blank line to stop.\n";
     while (true)
@@ -141,28 +133,22 @@ const bool add_account(rapidjson::Document &document)
         std::getline(cin, minutes);
         access_token = get_access_token(account);
 
-        rapidjson::Value vobject(rapidjson::kObjectType);
-        rapidjson::Value vaccount(account, allocator);
-        rapidjson::Value vaccess_token(access_token, allocator);
-
-        vobject.AddMember("minutes", std::stoi(minutes), allocator);
-        vobject.AddMember("access_token", vaccess_token.Move(), allocator);
-        document["accounts"].AddMember(vaccount.Move(), vobject, allocator);
+        document["accounts"][account]["minutes"] = std::stoi(minutes);
+        document["accounts"][account]["access_token"] = access_token;
     }
 
     return write_config(document);
 }
 
-const bool write_config(rapidjson::Document &document)
+const bool write_config(Json::Value &document)
 {
-    rapidjson::StringBuffer buffer;
-    rapidjson::PrettyWriter<rapidjson::StringBuffer> writer(buffer);
-    document.Accept(writer);
+    Json::StyledWriter writer;
+    const string output = writer.write(document);
 
     std::ofstream outfile(filepath);
     if (outfile.is_open())
     {
-        outfile.write(buffer.GetString(), std::strlen(buffer.GetString()));
+        outfile.write(output.c_str(), output.length());
         outfile.close();
 
         return true;
diff --git a/src/mastobotmon.cpp b/src/mastobotmon.cpp
index f9a37cf..58091d1 100644
--- a/src/mastobotmon.cpp
+++ b/src/mastobotmon.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#define RAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING 1
-
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>  // get_time
-#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
 #include "version.hpp"
 #include "mastobotmon.hpp"
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ using std::uint16_t;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    rapidjson::Document document;
+    Json::Value document;
     if (!read_config(document))
     {
         return 1;
@@ -53,15 +51,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     std::vector<Account> accounts;
 
-    for (const auto &member : document["accounts"].GetObject())
+    for (auto it = document["accounts"].begin(); it != document["accounts"].end(); ++it)
     {
         // Construct an Account object for every account and store it in a vector
-        string instance = member.name.GetString();
+        string instance = it.name();
         instance = instance.substr(instance.find('@') + 1);
 
-        Account *acc = new Account(instance, member.value["access_token"].GetString());
+        Account *acc = new Account(instance, (*it)["access_token"].asString());
         acc->set_useragent("mastobotmon/" + string(global::version));
-        acc->set_minutes(member.value["minutes"].GetUint());
+        acc->set_minutes((*it)["minutes"].asUInt());
         accounts.push_back(*acc);
     }
 
@@ -73,9 +71,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             uint16_t ret = acc.get(Mastodon::API::v1::accounts_verify_credentials, answer);
             if (ret == 0)
             {
-                rapidjson::Document json;
-                json.Parse(answer.c_str());
-                const string id = json["id"].GetString();
+                Json::Value json;
+                Json::Reader reader;
+                reader.parse(answer, json);
+                const string id = json["id"].asString();
 
                 Account::parametermap parameters(
                 {
@@ -84,10 +83,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 ret = acc.get(Mastodon::API::v1::accounts_id_statuses, id, parameters, answer);
                 if (ret == 0)
                 {
-                    json.Parse(answer.c_str());
-                    const string acct = json[0]["account"]["acct"].GetString();
+                    reader.parse(answer, json);
+                    const string acct = json[0]["account"]["acct"].asString();
 
-                    std::istringstream isslast(json[0]["created_at"].GetString());
+                    std::istringstream isslast(json[0]["created_at"].asString());
                     struct std::tm tm = {0};
                     isslast >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%dT%T");
                     std::time_t time = timegm(&tm);
diff --git a/src/mastobotmon.hpp b/src/mastobotmon.hpp
index 14d9a0f..e95b9cd 100644
--- a/src/mastobotmon.hpp
+++ b/src/mastobotmon.hpp
@@ -17,20 +17,18 @@
 #ifndef mastobotmon_HPP
 #define mastobotmon_HPP
 
-#define RAPIDJSON_HAS_STDSTRING 1
-
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
 #include <mastodon-cpp.hpp>
 
 using std::uint16_t;
 using std::string;
 
-const bool read_config(rapidjson::Document &document);
+const bool read_config(Json::Value &document);
 const string get_access_token(const string &account);
-const bool add_account(rapidjson::Document &document);
-const bool write_config(rapidjson::Document &document);
+const bool add_account(Json::Value &document);
+const bool write_config(Json::Value &document);
 
 class Account : public Mastodon::API
 {