diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1db141bc..9e33ab94 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -437,17 +437,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "lru-cache",
  "nix",
  "num_cpus",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.21.2",
  "parking_lot",
  "rand",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "ring",
- "rocksdb",
  "ruma",
  "rusqlite",
+ "rust-rocksdb",
  "sd-notify",
  "serde",
  "serde_html_form",
@@ -876,13 +876,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -899,7 +905,7 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "692eaaf7f7607518dd3cef090f1474b61edc5301d8012f09579920df68b725ee"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1102,6 +1108,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "png",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.2.5"
@@ -1109,7 +1125,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b0b929d511467233429c45a44ac1dcaa21ba0f5ba11e4879e6ed28ddb4f9df4"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -1286,23 +1302,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "librocksdb-sys"
-version = "0.16.0+8.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce3d60bc059831dc1c83903fb45c103f75db65c5a7bf22272764d9cc683e348c"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "bzip2-sys",
- "cc",
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "lz4-sys",
- "pkg-config",
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.28.0"
@@ -1613,6 +1612,16 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9591d937bc0e6d2feb6f71a559540ab300ea49955229c347a517a28d27784c54"
+dependencies = [
+ "opentelemetry_api",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.20.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -1621,7 +1630,7 @@ checksum = "1e32339a5dc40459130b3bd269e9892439f55b33e772d2a9d402a789baaf4e8a"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1638,9 +1647,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.21.2",
  "thrift",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -1651,7 +1660,43 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f5774f1ef1f982ef2a447f6ee04ec383981a3ab99c8e77a1a7b30182e65bbc84"
 dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry_api"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a81f725323db1b1206ca3da8bb19874bbd3f57c3bcd59471bfb04525b265b9b"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "js-sys",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "thiserror",
+ "urlencoding",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa8e705a0612d48139799fcbaba0d4a90f06277153e43dd2bdc16c6f0edd8026"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-util",
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry_api",
+ "ordered-float 3.9.2",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand",
+ "regex",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1665,9 +1710,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-executor",
  "futures-util",
- "glob",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "ordered-float 4.2.0",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
@@ -1685,6 +1729,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "3.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1e1c390732d15f1d48471625cd92d154e66db2c56645e29a9cd26f4699f72dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ordered-float"
 version = "4.2.0"
@@ -2099,20 +2152,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rocksdb"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6bd13e55d6d7b8cd0ea569161127567cd587676c99f4472f779a0279aa60a7a7"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "librocksdb-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma"
 version = "0.9.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "assign",
  "js_int",
@@ -2131,7 +2174,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-appservice-api"
 version = "0.9.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "ruma-common",
@@ -2143,7 +2186,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-client-api"
 version = "0.17.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "as_variant",
  "assign",
@@ -2162,14 +2205,14 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-common"
 version = "0.12.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "as_variant",
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "http",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "js_int",
  "konst",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -2190,10 +2233,10 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-events"
 version = "0.27.11"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "as_variant",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "js_int",
  "js_option",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -2212,7 +2255,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-federation-api"
 version = "0.8.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "ruma-common",
@@ -2224,7 +2267,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-identifiers-validation"
 version = "0.9.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2233,7 +2276,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-identity-service-api"
 version = "0.8.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "ruma-common",
@@ -2243,7 +2286,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-macros"
 version = "0.12.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro-crate",
@@ -2258,7 +2301,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-push-gateway-api"
 version = "0.8.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "js_int",
  "ruma-common",
@@ -2270,7 +2313,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-signatures"
 version = "0.14.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "ed25519-dalek",
@@ -2286,7 +2329,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ruma-state-res"
 version = "0.10.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?rev=13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma?branch=conduwuit-changes#13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "js_int",
@@ -2311,6 +2354,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-librocksdb-sys"
+version = "0.18.1+8.11.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/zaidoon1/rust-rocksdb?rev=3e4a0f632a8c0c2839c7d183725c53895110d907#3e4a0f632a8c0c2839c7d183725c53895110d907"
+dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
+ "bzip2-sys",
+ "cc",
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "lz4-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-rocksdb"
+version = "0.22.7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/zaidoon1/rust-rocksdb?rev=3e4a0f632a8c0c2839c7d183725c53895110d907#3e4a0f632a8c0c2839c7d183725c53895110d907"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rust-librocksdb-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -2474,7 +2542,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "20e1066e1cfa6692a722cf40386a2caec36da5ddc4a2c16df592f0f609677e8c"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -2538,7 +2606,7 @@ version = "0.9.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8fd075d994154d4a774f95b51fb96bdc2832b0ea48425c92546073816cda1f2f"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -3009,7 +3077,7 @@ version = "0.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "396e4d48bbb2b7554c944bde63101b5ae446cff6ec4a24227428f15eb72ef338"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.2.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -3110,6 +3178,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f751112709b4e791d8ce53e32c4ed2d353565a795ce84da2285393f41557bdf2"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3123,20 +3202,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c67ac25c5407e7b961fafc6f7e9aa5958fd297aada2d20fa2ae1737357e55596"
+checksum = "fc09e402904a5261e42cf27aea09ccb7d5318c6717a9eec3d8e2e65c56b18f19"
 dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
- "smallvec",
+ "opentelemetry 0.20.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-log 0.1.4",
  "tracing-subscriber",
- "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3154,7 +3229,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thread_local",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-log 0.2.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3413,16 +3488,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "web-time"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa30049b1c872b72c89866d458eae9f20380ab280ffd1b1e18df2d3e2d98cfe0"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "webpage"
 version = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5f4c24d2..b30e8bcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,103 +12,47 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See also `rust-toolchain.toml`
 rust-version = "1.75.0"
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-# Web framework
-axum = { version = "0.6.20", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"], optional = true }
-axum-server = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util", "compression-zstd"] }
-
-# Used for matrix spec type definitions and helpers
-#ruma = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-pre-spec", "unstable-exhaustive-types"] }
-#ruma = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma", rev = "4d9f754657a099df8e61533787b8eebd12946435", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified", "unstable-msc2870", "unstable-msc3061", "unstable-msc2867", "unstable-extensible-events"] }
-ruma = { git = "https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma", rev = "13b8386812679b33235c68fa1ec0b50c4647d05a", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified", "unstable-msc2870", "unstable-msc3061", "unstable-msc2867", "unstable-extensible-events"] }
-#ruma = { path = "../ruma/crates/ruma", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified" ] }
-
-# Async runtime and utilities
-hyperlocal = { git = "https://github.com/softprops/hyperlocal", rev = "2ee4d149644600d326559af0d2b235c945b05c04", features = [
-  "server",
-] }
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "http1", "http2"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["fs", "macros", "signal", "sync"] }
-
-# Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
-bytes = "1.5.0"
-http = "0.2.12"
-# Used for ruma wrapper
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.114", features = ["raw_value"] }
-# Used for appservice registration files
-serde_yaml = "0.9.32"
-# Used for pdu definition
-serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["rc"] }
 # Used for secure identifiers
 rand = "0.8.5"
-# Used to hash passwords
-argon2 = { version = "0.5.3", features = ["alloc", "rand"], default-features = false }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.25", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks"] }
+
 # Used for conduit::Error type
 thiserror = "1.0.57"
-# Used to generate thumbnails for images
-image = { version = "0.24.9", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "gif", "webp"] }
+
 # Used to encode server public key
 base64 = "0.22.0"
+
 # Used when hashing the state
 ring = "0.17.8"
+
 # Used when querying the SRV record of other servers
 trust-dns-resolver = "0.23.2"
+
 # Used to find matching events for appservices
 regex = "1.10.3"
+
 # Used to load forbidden room/user regex from config
 serde_regex = "1.1.0"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
+
 # jwt jsonwebtokens
 jsonwebtoken = "9.2.0"
-# Performance measurements
-tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = [] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
-tracing-flame = "0.2.0"
-opentelemetry = "0.21.0"
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.21.2", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.22.0"
+
 lru-cache = "0.1.2"
-rusqlite = { git = "https://github.com/rusqlite/rusqlite", rev = "def8e9460d8376a5c0c9f4f9846d413a9cd4581a", optional = true, features = ["bundled"] }
-parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
-num_cpus = "1.16.0"
+
 # Used for ruma wrapper
 serde_html_form = "0.2.4"
 
-thread_local = "1.1.8"
 # used for TURN server authentication
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 sha-1 = "0.10.1"
-sha2 = { version = "0.10.8" }
-# used for conduit's CLI and admin room command parsing
-clap = { version = "4.5.2", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "usage", "error-context"] }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false }
-# Used for reading the configuration from conduit.toml & environment variables
-figment = { version = "0.10.14", features = ["env", "toml"] }
 
-tikv-jemalloc-ctl = { version = "0.5.4", features = ["use_std"], optional = true }
-tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.5.4", features = ["unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms"], optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1.77"
 
-# used for checking if an IP is in specific subnets / CIDR ranges
+# used for checking if an IP is in specific subnets / CIDR ranges easier
 ipaddress = "0.1.3"
 
-sd-notify = { version = "0.4.1", optional = true }
-
-webpage = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
-
-rocksdb = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = true, features = ["multi-threaded-cf", "zstd"], optional = true }
-
-either = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["serde"] }
-
-# to listen on both HTTP and HTTPS
-axum-server-dual-protocol = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
-
 # to encode/decode percent URIs when conduwuit is running without a reverse proxy
 #urlencoding = "2.1.3"
 
@@ -118,25 +62,275 @@ axum-server-dual-protocol = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
 # to parse user-friendly time durations in admin commands
 cyborgtime = "2.1.1"
 
+# all the web/HTTP dependencies
+# Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
+bytes = "1.5.0"
+http = "0.2.12"
+
+# Web framework
+[dependencies.axum]
+version = "0.6.20"
+default-features = false
+features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"]
+optional = true
+
+[dependencies.axum-server]
+version = "0.5.1"
+features = ["tls-rustls"]
+
+[dependencies.tower]
+version = "0.4.13"
+features = ["util"]
+
+[dependencies.tower-http]
+version = "0.4.4"
+features = [
+  "add-extension",
+  "cors",
+  "sensitive-headers",
+  "trace",
+  "util",
+]
+
+# unix socket support
+[dependencies.hyperlocal]
+git = "https://github.com/softprops/hyperlocal"
+rev = "2ee4d149644600d326559af0d2b235c945b05c04"
+features = ["server"]
+
+[dependencies.hyper]
+version = "0.14"
+features = [
+  "server",
+  "http1",
+  "http2",
+]
+
+[dependencies.reqwest]
+version = "0.11.25"
+default-features = false
+features = [
+  "rustls-tls-native-roots",
+  "socks",
+]
+
+# all the serde stuff
+# Used for pdu definition
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0.197"
+features = ["rc"]
+# Used for appservice registration files
+[dependencies.serde_yaml]
+version = "0.9.32"
+# Used for ruma wrapper
+[dependencies.serde_json]
+version = "1.0.114"
+features = ["raw_value"]
+
+
+# Used for password hashing
+[dependencies.argon2]
+version = "0.5.3"
+features = [
+  "alloc",
+  "rand",
+]
+default-features = false
+
+# Used to generate thumbnails for images
+[dependencies.image]
+version = "0.24.9"
+default-features = false
+features = [
+  "jpeg",
+  "png",
+  "gif",
+  "webp",
+]
+
+# logging
+[dependencies.tracing]
+version = "0.1.40"
+default-features = false
+[dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
+version = "0.3.18"
+features = ["env-filter"]
+
+# optional SHA256 media keys feature
+[dependencies.sha2]
+version = "0.10.8"
+optional = true
+
+# optional opentelemetry, performance measurements, flamegraphs, etc for performance measurements and monitoring
+[dependencies.opentelemetry]
+version = "0.21.0"
+optional = true
+[dependencies.tracing-flame]
+version = "0.2.0"
+optional = true
+[dependencies.tracing-opentelemetry]
+version = "0.20.0"
+optional = true
+[dependencies.opentelemetry_sdk]
+version = "0.21.2"
+optional = true
+features = ["rt-tokio"]
+[dependencies.opentelemetry-jaeger]
+version = "0.20.0"
+optional = true
+features = ["rt-tokio"]
+
+# optional jemalloc usage
+[dependencies.tikv-jemallocator]
+version = "0.5.4"
+optional = true
+default-features = false
+features = ["unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms"]
+[dependencies.tikv-jemalloc-ctl]
+version = "0.5.4"
+optional = true
+default-features = false
+features = ["use_std"]
+
+# for URL previews
+[dependencies.webpage]
+version = "2.0"
+default-features = false
+
+# to support multiple variations of setting a config option
+[dependencies.either]
+version = "1.10.0"
+features = ["serde"]
+
+# to listen on both HTTP and HTTPS if listening on TLS dierctly from conduwuit for complement or sytest
+[dependencies.axum-server-dual-protocol]
+version = "0.5.2"
+optional = true
+
+# used for conduit's CLI and admin room command parsing
+[dependencies.clap]
+version = "4.5.2"
+default-features = false
+features = [
+  "std",
+  "derive",
+  "help",
+  "usage",
+  "error-context",
+]
+
+[dependencies.futures-util]
+version = "0.3.30"
+default-features = false
+
+# Used for reading the configuration from conduit.toml & environment variables
+[dependencies.figment]
+version = "0.10.14"
+features = [
+  "env",
+  "toml",
+]
+
+# Used for matrix spec type definitions and helpers
+#ruma = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-pre-spec", "unstable-exhaustive-types"] }
+#ruma = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma", rev = "4d9f754657a099df8e61533787b8eebd12946435", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified", "unstable-msc2870", "unstable-msc3061", "unstable-msc2867", "unstable-extensible-events"] }
+#ruma = { path = "../ruma/crates/ruma", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified" ] }
+[dependencies.ruma]
+git = "https://github.com/girlbossceo/ruma"
+branch = "conduwuit-changes"
+features = [
+  "compat",
+  "rand",
+  "appservice-api-c",
+  "client-api",
+  "federation-api",
+  "push-gateway-api-c",
+  "state-res",
+  "unstable-msc2448",
+  "unstable-msc3575",
+  "unstable-exhaustive-types",
+  "ring-compat",
+  "unstable-unspecified",
+  "unstable-msc2870",
+  "unstable-msc3061",
+  "unstable-msc2867",
+  "unstable-extensible-events",
+]
+
+[dependencies.rust-rocksdb]
+git = "https://github.com/zaidoon1/rust-rocksdb"
+#branch = "master"
+rev = "3e4a0f632a8c0c2839c7d183725c53895110d907"
+optional = true
+features = [
+    "multi-threaded-cf",
+    "zstd",
+]
+
+[dependencies.rusqlite]
+git = "https://github.com/rusqlite/rusqlite"
+#branch = "master"
+rev = "def8e9460d8376a5c0c9f4f9846d413a9cd4581a"
+optional = true
+features = ["bundled"]
+
+# used only by rusqlite
+[dependencies.parking_lot]
+version = "0.12.1"
+optional = true
+
+# used only by rusqlite
+[dependencies.thread_local]
+version = "1.1.8"
+optional = true
+
+# used only by rusqlite and rust-rocksdb
+[dependencies.num_cpus]
+version = "1.16.0"
+optional = true
+
+
+[target.'cfg(not(unix))'.dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["fs",
+  "macros",
+  "sync",
+] } # tokio signals are not used on non-*nix platforms
+
+# *nix-specific dependencies
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["resource"] }
+sd-notify = { version = "0.4.1", optional = true } # systemd is only available/relevant on *nix platforms
+tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = [
+  "fs",
+  "macros",
+  "sync",
+  "signal",
+] }
+
+
 
 [features]
-default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd", "zstd_compression"]
+default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd"]
 backend_sqlite = ["sqlite"]
-backend_rocksdb = ["rocksdb"]
+backend_rocksdb = ["rust-rocksdb", "num_cpus"]
 jemalloc = ["tikv-jemalloc-ctl", "tikv-jemallocator"]
-sqlite = ["rusqlite", "parking_lot", "tokio/signal"]
+sqlite = ["rusqlite", "parking_lot", "thread_local", "num_cpus"]
 conduit_bin = ["axum"]
 systemd = ["sd-notify"]
+
 #gzip_compression = ["tower-http/compression-gzip"]
-zstd_compression = []
+zstd_compression = ["tower-http/compression-zstd"]
 #brotli_compression = ["tower-http/compression-br"]
-#compression = ["tower-http/compression-full"]
-sha256_media = []
-io_uring = ["rocksdb/io-uring"]
+#all_compression = ["tower-http/compression-full"] # all compression algos
+
+sha256_media = ["sha2"]
+io_uring = ["rust-rocksdb/io-uring"]
 axum_dual_protocol = ["axum-server-dual-protocol"]
 
+perf_measurements = ["opentelemetry", "tracing-flame", "tracing-opentelemetry", "opentelemetry_sdk", "opentelemetry-jaeger"]
+
+
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "conduit"
 path = "src/main.rs"
@@ -167,6 +361,8 @@ conf-files = [
 maintainer-scripts = "debian/"
 systemd-units = { unit-name = "matrix-conduit" }
 
+
+
 [profile.dev]
 debug = 0
 lto = 'off'
@@ -203,6 +399,8 @@ debug = 0
 opt-level = 3
 codegen-units = 1
 
+
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
@@ -230,7 +428,6 @@ unit_bindings = "warn"
 # this seems to suggest broken code and is not working correctly
 unused_braces = "allow"
 
-
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 # pedantic = "warn"
 
diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index 2ab19b5b..6fae84a1 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ max_request_size = 20_000_000 # in bytes
 #unix_socket_perms = 660
 
 # Set this to true for conduwuit to compress HTTP response bodies using zstd.
+# This option does nothing if conduwuit was not built with `zstd_compression` feature.
 # Please be aware that enabling HTTP compression may weaken or even defeat TLS.
 # Most users should not need to enable this.
 # See https://breachattack.com/ and https://wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH before deciding to enable this.