diff --git a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/main_index.rs b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/main_index.rs
index 285aba868..b7141c80f 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/main_index.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/main_index.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl MainIndex {
     pub fn schema(&self) -> Result<Option<Schema>, Error> {
         match self.0.get(SCHEMA_KEY)? {
             Some(bytes) => {
-                let schema = Schema::read_from_bin(bytes.as_ref())?;
+                let schema = bincode::deserialize_from(bytes.as_ref())?;
                 Ok(Some(schema))
             },
             None => Ok(None),
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ impl MainIndex {
     }
 
     pub fn set_schema(&self, schema: &Schema) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
-        schema.write_to_bin(&mut bytes)?;
+        let bytes = bincode::serialize(schema)?;
         self.0.insert(SCHEMA_KEY, bytes)?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/meilidb-schema/src/lib.rs b/meilidb-schema/src/lib.rs
index 7e6fcf4b5..4655e2f07 100644
--- a/meilidb-schema/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilidb-schema/src/lib.rs
@@ -105,49 +105,6 @@ impl Schema {
         SchemaBuilder { identifier, attributes }
     }
 
-    pub fn from_toml<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Schema, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        reader.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
-        let builder: SchemaBuilder = toml::from_slice(&buffer)?;
-        Ok(builder.build())
-    }
-
-    pub fn to_toml<W: Write>(&self, mut writer: W) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let builder = self.to_builder();
-        let string = toml::to_string_pretty(&builder)?;
-        writer.write_all(string.as_bytes())?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn from_json<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Schema, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        reader.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
-        let builder: SchemaBuilder = serde_json::from_slice(&buffer)?;
-        Ok(builder.build())
-    }
-
-    pub fn to_json<W: Write>(&self, mut writer: W) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let builder = self.to_builder();
-        let string = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&builder)?;
-        writer.write_all(string.as_bytes())?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn read_from_bin<R: Read>(reader: R) -> bincode::Result<Schema> {
-        let builder: SchemaBuilder = bincode::deserialize_from(reader)?;
-        Ok(builder.build())
-    }
-
-    pub fn write_to_bin<W: Write>(&self, writer: W) -> bincode::Result<()> {
-        let identifier = self.inner.identifier.clone();
-        let attributes = self.attributes_ordered();
-        let builder = SchemaBuilder { identifier, attributes };
-
-        bincode::serialize_into(writer, &builder)
-    }
-
     fn attributes_ordered(&self) -> IndexMap<String, SchemaProps> {
         let mut ordered = BTreeMap::new();
         for (name, attr) in &self.inner.attrs {
@@ -253,9 +210,8 @@ mod tests {
         let schema = builder.build();
 
         let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-
-        schema.write_to_bin(&mut buffer)?;
-        let schema2 = Schema::read_from_bin(buffer.as_slice())?;
+        bincode::serialize_into(&mut buffer, &schema)?;
+        let schema2 = bincode::deserialize_from(buffer.as_slice())?;
 
         assert_eq!(schema, schema2);
 
@@ -270,10 +226,9 @@ mod tests {
         builder.new_attribute("gamma", INDEXED);
         let schema = builder.build();
 
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        schema.to_toml(&mut buffer)?;
+        let buffer = toml::to_vec(&schema)?;
+        let schema2 = toml::from_slice(buffer.as_slice())?;
 
-        let schema2 = Schema::from_toml(buffer.as_slice())?;
         assert_eq!(schema, schema2);
 
         let data = r#"
@@ -289,7 +244,7 @@ mod tests {
             [attributes."gamma"]
             indexed = true
         "#;
-        let schema2 = Schema::from_toml(data.as_bytes())?;
+        let schema2 = toml::from_str(data)?;
         assert_eq!(schema, schema2);
 
         Ok(())
@@ -303,10 +258,9 @@ mod tests {
         builder.new_attribute("gamma", INDEXED);
         let schema = builder.build();
 
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        schema.to_json(&mut buffer)?;
+        let buffer = serde_json::to_vec(&schema)?;
+        let schema2 = serde_json::from_slice(buffer.as_slice())?;
 
-        let schema2 = Schema::from_json(buffer.as_slice())?;
         assert_eq!(schema, schema2);
 
         let data = r#"
@@ -325,7 +279,7 @@ mod tests {
                     }
                 }
             }"#;
-        let schema2 = Schema::from_json(data.as_bytes())?;
+        let schema2 = serde_json::from_str(data)?;
         assert_eq!(schema, schema2);
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/meilidb/Cargo.toml b/meilidb/Cargo.toml
index 96b597741..c4a4a07e9 100644
--- a/meilidb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilidb/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ meilidb-schema = { path = "../meilidb-schema", version = "0.1.0" }
 csv = "1.0.7"
 diskus = "0.5.0"
 env_logger = "0.6.1"
-jemallocator = "0.1.9"
 indexmap = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["serde-1"] }
+jemallocator = "0.1.9"
 meilidb-core = { path = "../meilidb-core", version = "0.1.0" }
 quickcheck = "0.8.2"
 rand = "0.6.5"
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ structopt = "0.2.15"
 sysinfo = "0.8.4"
 tempfile = "3.0.7"
 termcolor = "1.0.4"
+toml = "0.5.3"
diff --git a/meilidb/examples/create-database.rs b/meilidb/examples/create-database.rs
index d49979f28..c9326b6c1 100644
--- a/meilidb/examples/create-database.rs
+++ b/meilidb/examples/create-database.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::Instant;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::{self, File};
 
 use diskus::Walk;
 use sysinfo::{SystemExt, ProcessExt};
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let opt = Opt::from_args();
 
     let schema = {
-        let file = File::open(&opt.schema_path)?;
-        Schema::from_toml(file)?
+        let string = fs::read_to_string(&opt.schema_path)?;
+        toml::from_str(&string)?
     };
 
     let stop_words = match opt.stop_words {