diff --git a/brain/controller/DashControl.php b/brain/controller/DashControl.php
index e507a89..cf8c673 100644
--- a/brain/controller/DashControl.php
+++ b/brain/controller/DashControl.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use brain\data\Session;
 use brain\data\Settings;
 use brain\data\Themes;
 use brain\utility\Setup;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
 use Slim\Views\Twig;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class DashControl
                         $template    = 'dash/settings.twig';
                         $member      = Session::get('member');
                         $form_token  = Session::get('form_token');
-                        $updated     = new \Moment\Moment($settings['global']['last_backup']);
+                        $updated     = new Carbon($settings['global']['last_backup']);
                         $pageOptions = [
                             'title'        => 'Dash Settings',
                             'private'      => $settings['global']['private'],
diff --git a/brain/data/Member.php b/brain/data/Member.php
index 66ebc64..31e4cd8 100644
--- a/brain/data/Member.php
+++ b/brain/data/Member.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace brain\data;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use brain\utility\DocTools;
 
 use function _\find;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class Member
         }
         $found[$key] = $data;
         //record time updated
-        $updated          = new \Moment\Moment();
+        $updated          = Carbon::now();
         $found['updated'] = $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
         $newFolks         = [];
         array_push($newFolks, $found);
diff --git a/brain/data/Settings.php b/brain/data/Settings.php
index 7f050de..4b81b99 100644
--- a/brain/data/Settings.php
+++ b/brain/data/Settings.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace brain\data;
 
 use brain\utility\DocTools;
 use brain\utility\Sorting;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 use function _\find;
 use function _\pull;
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ class Settings
             $page['deleted']
             ? ($page['deleted'] = 'true')
             : ($page['deleted'] = 'false');
-            $updated            = new \Moment\Moment();
-            $created            = new \Moment\Moment($page['rawCreated']);
+            $updated            = Carbon::now();
+            $created            = new Carbon($page['rawCreated']);
             $page['created']    = $created->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
             $page['updated']    = $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
 
diff --git a/brain/utility/Maintenance.php b/brain/utility/Maintenance.php
index eece1a2..f6a4469 100644
--- a/brain/utility/Maintenance.php
+++ b/brain/utility/Maintenance.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace brain\utility;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use brain\data\Settings;
 
 class Maintenance
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ class Maintenance
         $zip->close();
 
         //update settings file with latest back up date
-        $updated = new \Moment\Moment();
+        $updated = Carbon::now();
         Settings::updateGlobalData(
             'last_backup',
             $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP")
diff --git a/brain/utility/Setup.php b/brain/utility/Setup.php
index 80cd566..5d8c544 100644
--- a/brain/utility/Setup.php
+++ b/brain/utility/Setup.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace brain\utility;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
 use function _\find;
 
 class SetUp
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ class SetUp
         $pass   = $body['new_member_pass'];
         $title  = $body['new_member_title'];
 
-        $now = new \Moment\Moment();
+        $now = Carbon::now();
         //setup folks config
         $hash                    = password_hash($pass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
         $newFolks[0]['id']       = 0;
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fccb845..b9c64e5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "mnapoli/front-yaml": "^1.8",
     "lodash-php/lodash-php": "^0.0.7",
     "rbdwllr/reallysimplejwt": "^4.0",
-    "fightbulc/moment": "^1.33",
     "tgalopin/html-sanitizer": "^1.4",
     "phpmailer/phpmailer": "^6.4",
     "league/commonmark": "^2.1",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 698a8ac..3b9fa1a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "5265e13cf91844428ed9c0e717a0f370",
+    "content-hash": "98a863eb9a0625835e203318bad0dac2",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "dflydev/dot-access-data",
@@ -187,63 +187,6 @@
             },
             "time": "2020-11-24T22:02:12+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "fightbulc/moment",
-            "version": "1.33.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/fightbulc/moment.php.git",
-                "reference": "435d68e481ab0a716358926fb51966e696d297e3"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/fightbulc/moment.php/zipball/435d68e481ab0a716358926fb51966e696d297e3",
-                "reference": "435d68e481ab0a716358926fb51966e696d297e3",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": ">=5.3.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.36 || ^5.5 || ^6.5 || ^7.5 || ^9.0"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Moment\\": "src/"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Tino Ehrich",
-                    "email": "tino@bigpun.me",
-                    "role": "developer"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in PHP w/ i18n support. Inspired by moment.js",
-            "keywords": [
-                "date",
-                "display",
-                "format",
-                "i18n",
-                "locale",
-                "manipulate",
-                "moment",
-                "parse",
-                "time",
-                "translation",
-                "validate"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/fightbulc/moment.php/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/fightbulc/moment.php/tree/1.33.0"
-            },
-            "time": "2021-03-27T13:10:08+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "league/commonmark",
             "version": "2.3.5",