diff --git a/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js b/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
index 10a3fc05..10ff94e5 100644
--- a/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
+++ b/server/scripts/examples-gg-latest.js
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ const headers = { 'User-Agent': 'p5js-web-editor/0.0.1' };
 
 const mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
 
-mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, { useMongoClient: true });
+mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+mongoose.set('useCreateIndex', true);
 mongoose.connection.on('error', () => {
   console.error('MongoDB Connection Error. Please make sure that MongoDB is running.');
   process.exit(1);
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples-ml5.js b/server/scripts/examples-ml5.js
index 0721fe54..84e0a32a 100644
--- a/server/scripts/examples-ml5.js
+++ b/server/scripts/examples-ml5.js
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ const requestOptions = {
 };
 
 const mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
-mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, {
-  useMongoClient: true
-});
+mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+mongoose.set('useCreateIndex', true);
 mongoose.connection.on('error', () => {
   console.error('MongoDB Connection Error. Please make sure that MongoDB is running.');
   process.exit(1);
diff --git a/server/scripts/examples.js b/server/scripts/examples.js
index 465760f8..ff108b9e 100644
--- a/server/scripts/examples.js
+++ b/server/scripts/examples.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ const headers = { 'User-Agent': 'p5js-web-editor/0.0.1' };
 
 const mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL;
 
-mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, { useMongoClient: true });
+mongoose.connect(mongoConnectionString, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+mongoose.set('useCreateIndex', true);
 mongoose.connection.on('error', () => {
   console.error('MongoDB Connection Error. Please make sure that MongoDB is running.');
   process.exit(1);