diff --git a/app/durableObjects/ChatRoom.server.ts b/app/durableObjects/ChatRoom.server.ts
index 854d2420..f112bcca 100644
--- a/app/durableObjects/ChatRoom.server.ts
+++ b/app/durableObjects/ChatRoom.server.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { assertNonNullable } from '~/utils/assertNonNullable'
 import getUsername from '~/utils/getUsername.server'
 import { handleErrors } from '~/utils/handleErrors.server'
 
+import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers'
+
 type Session = {
 	heartbeatTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null
 	webSocket?: WebSocket
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ type Session = {
 // ChatRoom implements a Durable Object that coordinates an individual chat room. Participants
 // connect to the room using WebSockets, and the room broadcasts messages from each participant
 // to all others.
-export class ChatRoom implements DurableObject {
+export class ChatRoom extends DurableObject {
 	/**
 	 * WebSocket objects for each client, along with some metadata
 	 */
@@ -42,15 +44,8 @@ export class ChatRoom implements DurableObject {
 	lastTimestamp: number = 0
 	stateSyncInterval: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null
 
-	// We'd like to use Cloudflare's fancy RPC Durable Objects
-	// but currently we can't figure out a way to mark cloudflare:workers
-	// as an external when remix compiles it. Until then, let's match the
-	// newer style member names .ctx and .env
-	ctx: DurableObjectState
-	env: Env
 	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
-		this.ctx = ctx
-		this.env = env
+		super(ctx, env)
 		// check for previous sessions.
 		this.ctx.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
 			this.sessions = (await this.ctx.storage.get<Session[]>('sessions')) ?? []
diff --git a/remix.config.js b/remix.config.js
index d2473fcb..c5d23a18 100644
--- a/remix.config.js
+++ b/remix.config.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ module.exports = {
 	ignoredRouteFiles: ['**/.*'],
 	server: './server.ts',
 	serverConditions: ['worker'],
-	serverDependenciesToBundle: [/^(?!__STATIC_CONTENT_MANIFEST).*$/],
+	serverDependenciesToBundle: [
+		/^(?!__STATIC_CONTENT_MANIFEST|cloudflare:workers).*$/,
+	],
 	serverMainFields: ['browser', 'module', 'main'],
 	serverMinify: true,
 	serverModuleFormat: 'esm',