diff --git a/src/SQLiteCppUtils.cpp b/src/SQLiteCppUtils.cpp
index 8142e45..4789068 100644
--- a/src/SQLiteCppUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/SQLiteCppUtils.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@
 namespace SQLite {
 
 
-Json::Value SQLiteUtils::execute(SQLite::Statement& query)
+ofJson SQLiteUtils::execute(SQLite::Statement& query)
 {
-    Json::Value columns;
+    
+    ofJson columns;
 
     while (query.executeStep())
     {
-        Json::Value row;
+        ofJson row;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < query.getColumnCount(); ++i)
         {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Json::Value SQLiteUtils::execute(SQLite::Statement& query)
                 }
                 case SQLITE_NULL:
                 {
-                    row[column.getName()] = Json::nullValue;
+                    row[column.getName()] = nullptr;
                     break;
                 }
                 case SQLITE_TEXT:
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ Json::Value SQLiteUtils::execute(SQLite::Statement& query)
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        columns.append(row);
+        
+        columns.push_back(row);
     }
 
     // Reset the query to use it again.
diff --git a/src/SQLiteCppUtils.h b/src/SQLiteCppUtils.h
index b999698..4419b13 100644
--- a/src/SQLiteCppUtils.h
+++ b/src/SQLiteCppUtils.h
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-
+#include "ofMain.h"
 #include "SQLiteCpp.h"
-#include <json/json.h>
-
 
 namespace SQLite {
 
@@ -36,12 +34,13 @@ namespace SQLite {
 class SQLiteUtils
 {
 public:
+        
     /// \brief Export SQLite results as JSON.
     ///
     /// Encodes BLOBs using BASE64.
     ///
     /// Throws exceptions.
-    static Json::Value execute(SQLite::Statement& query);
+    static ofJson execute(SQLite::Statement& query);
 
     
 };