diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 804273ff..3b0bf033 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,29 +15,15 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "[profile.release]" >> Cargo.toml
         echo "lto = true" >> Cargo.toml
-    - name: Add .deb package metadata
-      run: |
-        echo '[package.metadata.deb.variants.todos]' >> Cargo.toml
-        echo 'extended-description = "A simple Todo app built with Iced, a cross-platform GUI library for Rust"' >> Cargo.toml
-        echo 'assets = [' >> Cargo.toml
-        echo '["target/release/examples/todos", "usr/bin/iced-todos", "755"],' >> Cargo.toml
-        echo '["iced-todos.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"]' >> Cargo.toml
-        echo ']' >> Cargo.toml
-    - name: Create .desktop file
-      run: |
-        echo '[Desktop Entry]' >> iced-todos.desktop
-        echo 'Name=Todos - Iced' >> iced-todos.desktop
-        echo 'Exec=iced-todos' >> iced-todos.desktop
-        echo 'Type=Application' >> iced-todos.desktop
     - name: Build todos binary
-      run: cargo build --verbose --release --example todos
+      run: cargo build --verbose --release --package todos
     - name: Archive todos binary
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
         name: todos-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-        path: target/release/examples/todos
-    - name: Build todos .deb package
-      run: cargo deb --variant todos -- --example todos
+        path: target/release/todos
+    - name: Pack todos .deb package
+      run: cargo deb --no-build --package todos
     - name: Rename todos .deb package
       run: mv target/debian/*.deb target/debian/iced_todos-x86_64-debian-linux-gnu.deb
     - name: Archive todos .deb package
@@ -61,12 +47,12 @@ jobs:
         echo '[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]' >> .cargo/config
         echo 'rustflags = ["-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"]' >> .cargo/config
     - name: Build todos binary
-      run: cargo build --verbose --release --example todos
+      run: cargo build --verbose --release --package todos
     - name: Archive todos binary
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
         name: todos-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-        path: target/release/examples/todos.exe
+        path: target/release/todos.exe
 
   todos_macos:
     runs-on: macOS-latest
@@ -80,9 +66,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build todos binary
       env:
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.14
-      run: cargo build --verbose --release --example todos
+      run: cargo build --verbose --release --package todos
     - name: Archive todos binary
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
         name: todos-x86_64-apple-darwin
-        path: target/release/examples/todos
+        path: target/release/todos
diff --git a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
index 53a135e6..21acd5d6 100644
--- a/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todos/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ authors = ["Héctor Ramón Jiménez <hector0193@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 publish = false
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
 [dependencies]
 iced = { path = "../.." }
 iced_futures = { path = "../../futures", features = ["async-std"] }
@@ -14,3 +12,9 @@ async-std = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 directories = "2.0"
+
+[package.metadata.deb]
+assets = [
+    ["target/release/todos", "usr/bin/iced-todos", "755"],
+    ["iced-todos.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"],
+]
diff --git a/examples/todos/iced-todos.desktop b/examples/todos/iced-todos.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd7ce53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/todos/iced-todos.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Todos - Iced
+Exec=iced-todos
+Type=Application