diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6562de1..6710cf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pretty_env_logger = "0.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 toml = "0.8"
-xmpp = { git = "https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs", rev = "5bc94dce95", default-features = false, features = [ "serde", "starttls-native"] }
+xmpp = { git = "https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs", rev = "ec72d71551", default-features = false, features = [ "serde", "starttls-native"] }
 hmac = "0.12"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/bot.rs b/src/bot.rs
index d1a3c3f..4679a3a 100644
--- a/src/bot.rs
+++ b/src/bot.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ pub struct XmppClient {
 }
 
 impl XmppClient {
-	pub fn new(jid: BareJid, password: &str, rooms: Vec<BareJid>, nickname: String) -> XmppClient {
-		let nickname: ResourcePart = ResourcePart::new(&nickname).unwrap().into();
+	pub fn new(jid: BareJid, password: &str, rooms: Vec<BareJid>, nickname: ResourcePart) -> XmppClient {
 		let agent = ClientBuilder::new(jid, password)
 			.set_client(ClientType::Bot, "xmpp-rs")
 			.set_website("https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs")
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 091389d..687a660 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
 use log::debug;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use xmpp::jid::BareJid;
+use xmpp::jid::{BareJid, ResourcePart};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 
 	/// Nickname to use in rooms
 	#[serde(default = "Config::default_nickname")]
-	pub nickname: String,
+	pub nickname: ResourcePart,
 
 	/// Secret that matches the one provided to the Webhook service
 	#[serde(rename = "secret")]
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-	pub fn default_nickname() -> String {
-		String::from("cusku")
+	pub fn default_nickname() -> ResourcePart {
+		ResourcePart::new("cusku").unwrap().into()
 	}
 
 	pub fn default_addr() -> SocketAddr {