diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3c99126..fa2f8ed 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // This message passing channel is used for sending messages to the matrix module,
     // it holds a tuple with an HTML message and a list of rooms to post to
-    let (bcast_tx, bcast_rx) = broadcast::channel(1024);
+    let (bcast_tx, bcast_rx) = broadcast::channel::<(String, Vec<String>)>(1024);
 
     let handles: Vec<JoinHandle<_>> = config.feeds.clone().into_iter().map(|feed_config| {
         let state_db = Arc::clone(&state_db);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         })
     }).collect();
 
-    login_and_sync::<(String, Vec<String>)>(
+    login_and_sync(
         config.homeserver_uri.clone().into(),
         &config.username,
         &config.password,
diff --git a/src/matrix.rs b/src/matrix.rs
index 61b10fc..966a536 100644
--- a/src/matrix.rs
+++ b/src/matrix.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async fn send_to_room(
     };
 }
 
-pub async fn login_and_sync<T: Clone>(
+pub async fn login_and_sync(
     homeserver_url: String,
     username: &str,
     password: &str,