diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f6df4f18c..ac7088dda 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description = "Show desktop notifications (linux, bsd, mac). Pure Rust dbus clie
 repository = "https://github.com/hoodie/notify-rust"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/notify-rust/"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.59.0"
+rust-version = "1.63.0"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["desktop", "notification", "notify", "linux", "macos"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/examples/close.rs b/examples/close.rs
index ea1957c48..3f00d16f5 100644
--- a/examples/close.rs
+++ b/examples/close.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-use notify_rust::*;
-
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "macos"))]
 fn main() {
     println!("this is a xdg only feature")
 }
 
-fn wait_for_keypress(msg: &str) {
-    println!("{}", msg);
-    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut String::new()).unwrap();
-}
-
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
 fn main() {
-    let handle: notify_rust::NotificationHandle = Notification::new()
+    use notify_rust::*;
+    fn wait_for_keypress(msg: &str) {
+        println!("{}", msg);
+        std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut String::new()).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let handle: NotificationHandle = Notification::new()
         .summary("oh no")
-        .hint(notify_rust::Hint::Transient(true))
+        .hint(Hint::Transient(true))
         .body("I'll be here till you close me!")
         .hint(Hint::Resident(true)) // does not work on kde
         .timeout(Timeout::Never) // works on kde and gnome
diff --git a/examples/show_volume.rs b/examples/show_volume.rs
index a2cc4d465..b7be1526f 100644
--- a/examples/show_volume.rs
+++ b/examples/show_volume.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ enum Volume {
 fn show_volume(percent: Volume) {
     let icon = match percent {
         Volume::Muted => "notification-audio-volume-muted",
-        Volume::Percent(x) if x == 0 => "notification-audio-volume-off",
+        Volume::Percent(0) => "notification-audio-volume-off",
         Volume::Percent(x) if x < 33 => "notification-audio-volume-low",
         Volume::Percent(x) if x < 67 => "notification-audio-volume-medium",
         _ => "notification-audio-volume-high",
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index cf8f0448d..9cd3483e3 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use crate::image::ImageError;
 use std::{fmt, num};
 /// Convenient wrapper around `std::Result`.
-pub type Result<T> = ::std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 pub use crate::macos::{ApplicationError, MacOsError, NotificationError};
diff --git a/src/hints.rs b/src/hints.rs
index 6a0c9b84f..29ebd3365 100644
--- a/src/hints.rs
+++ b/src/hints.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub enum Hint {
     /// * <https://developer.gnome.org/notification-spec/#categories>
     Category(String),
 
-    /// Name of the DesktopEntry representing the calling application. In case of "firefox.desktop"
+    /// Name of the `DesktopEntry` representing the calling application. In case of "firefox.desktop"
     /// use "firefox". May be used to retrieve the correct icon.
     DesktopEntry(String),
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub enum Hint {
     /// A custom numerical (integer) hint
     CustomInt(String, i32),
 
-    /// Only used by this NotificationServer implementation
+    /// Only used by this `NotificationServer` implementation
     Invalid // TODO find a better solution to this
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fn test_hints_to_map() {
 
     // custom value should only be there once if the names are identical
 
-    let n1 = crate::Notification::new()
+    let n1 = Notification::new()
         .hint(Hint::Custom("foo".into(), "bar1".into()))
         .hint(Hint::Custom("foo".into(), "bar2".into()))
         .hint(Hint::Custom("f00".into(), "bar3".into()))
diff --git a/src/notification.rs b/src/notification.rs
index 20bb2e110..6bf148d49 100644
--- a/src/notification.rs
+++ b/src/notification.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl Notification {
     /// # Platform Support
     /// Please note that this method has no effect on macOS. Here you can only set the application via [`set_application()`](fn.set_application.html)
     pub fn appname(&mut self, appname: &str) -> &mut Notification {
-        self.appname = appname.to_owned();
+        appname.clone_into(&mut self.appname);
         self
     }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl Notification {
     ///
     /// Often acts as title of the notification. For more elaborate content use the `body` field.
     pub fn summary(&mut self, summary: &str) -> &mut Notification {
-        self.summary = summary.to_owned();
+        summary.clone_into(&mut self.summary);
         self
     }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl Notification {
     /// Each line should be treated as a paragraph.
     /// Simple html markup should be supported, depending on the server implementation.
     pub fn body(&mut self, body: &str) -> &mut Notification {
-        self.body = body.to_owned();
+        body.clone_into(&mut self.body);
         self
     }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl Notification {
     /// # Platform support
     /// macOS does not have support manually setting the icon. However you can pretend to be another app using [`set_application()`](fn.set_application.html)
     pub fn icon(&mut self, icon: &str) -> &mut Notification {
-        self.icon = icon.to_owned();
+        icon.clone_into(&mut self.icon);
         self
     }
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ impl Notification {
     #[cfg(feature = "async")]
     // #[cfg(test)]
     pub async fn show_async_at_bus(&self, sub_bus: &str) -> Result<xdg::NotificationHandle> {
-        let bus = crate::xdg::NotificationBus::custom(sub_bus).ok_or("invalid subpath")?;
+        let bus = xdg::NotificationBus::custom(sub_bus).ok_or("invalid subpath")?;
         xdg::show_notification_async_at_bus(self, bus).await
     }
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ impl Notification {
         windows::show_notification(self)
     }
 
-    /// Wraps show() but prints notification to stdout.
+    /// Wraps `show()` but prints notification to stdout.
     #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
     #[deprecated = "this was never meant to be public API"]
     pub fn show_debug(&mut self) -> Result<xdg::NotificationHandle> {
diff --git a/src/timeout.rs b/src/timeout.rs
index 295c97eed..a68abe324 100644
--- a/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/timeout.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{convert::TryInto, num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr, time::Duration};
+use std::{num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr, time::Duration};
 
 /// Describes the timeout of a notification
 ///
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ use std::{convert::TryInto, num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr, time::Duration};
 /// assert_eq!("never".parse(), Ok(Timeout::Never));
 /// assert_eq!("42".parse(), Ok(Timeout::Milliseconds(42)));
 /// ```
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Timeout {
     /// Expires according to server default.
     ///
     /// Whatever that might be...
+    #[default]
     Default,
 
     /// Do not expire, user will have to close this manually.
@@ -24,12 +25,6 @@ pub enum Timeout {
     Milliseconds(u32),
 }
 
-impl Default for Timeout {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Timeout::Default
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn timeout_from_i32() {
     assert_eq!(Timeout::from(234), Timeout::Milliseconds(234));
diff --git a/src/urgency.rs b/src/urgency.rs
index 18414664c..25cdabb2d 100644
--- a/src/urgency.rs
+++ b/src/urgency.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::error::ErrorKind;
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
 /// Levels of Urgency.
 ///
diff --git a/tests/conversion.rs b/tests/conversion.rs
index 8301e4d7b..fc3ba6f6b 100644
--- a/tests/conversion.rs
+++ b/tests/conversion.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 mod conversion {
 
     use notify_rust::Urgency;
-    use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 
     #[test]
     fn urgency_from_int() {