diff --git a/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/Cargo.toml b/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/Cargo.toml
index 076bdcd..9d582e3 100644
--- a/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+num-traits = "0.2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/src/main.rs b/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/src/main.rs
index 2fdb117..84ae0e7 100644
--- a/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/src/main.rs
+++ b/03_recursion/rust/01_countdown/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-fn countdown(i: u32) {
+use std::ops::Sub;
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use num_traits::identities::One;
+use num_traits::identities::Zero;
+
+fn countdown<T: Display + One + Zero + Sub<Output = T>>(i: T) {
     println!("{}", i);
-    if i == 0 {
+    if i.is_zero() {
         return
     }
 
-   countdown(i - 1);
+   countdown(i - T::one());
 }
 
 fn main() {