diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 54b523f..3c2079d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ kuska-handshake = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["async_std"] }
 kuska-sodiumoxide = "0.2.5-0"
 #kuska-ssb = "0.4.0"
 #kuska-ssb = { git = "https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb" }
-kuska-ssb = { path = "../ssb" }
+kuska-ssb = { git = "https://github.com/mycognosist/ssb.git", branch = "private_messages" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 sha2 = "0.10.2"