diff --git a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
index 981b9e5f..fd3433e6 100644
--- a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "serde"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 tokio.workspace = true
+tokio.features = ["fs", "time"]
 directories = "6.0"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"