diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 757dbbc..073a968 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,24 +5,31 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[features]
+default = [ "rustls" ]
+
+rustls = [ "reqwest/rustls-tls", "tokio-tungstenite/rustls-tls-native-roots" ]
+# untested!
+nativetls = [ "reqwest/native-tls", "tokio-tungstenite/native-tls" ]
+
 [dependencies]
 #giterated-daemon = { git = "https://giterated.dev/ambee/giterated-daemon" }
 giterated-models = { path = "../giterated-daemon/giterated-models" }
-tokio-tungstenite = { version = "*", features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots"] }
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.20" }
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "*"
-futures-util = "*"
+tracing = "0.1"
+futures-util = "0.3"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"]}
 serde_json = "1.0"
-bincode = "*"
+bincode = "1.3"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
-rand = "*"
-jsonwebtoken = { version = "*", features = ["use_pem"]}
+rand = "0.8"
+jsonwebtoken = { version = "8.3", features = ["use_pem"]}
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = [ "serde", "std" ] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11" }
-anyhow = "*"
-deadpool = "0.9"
-async-trait = "*"
-thiserror = "*"
-semver = "*"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
+anyhow = "1"
+deadpool = "0.10"
+async-trait = "0.1"
+thiserror = "1"
+semver = "1"
 color-eyre = "0.6.2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0ac7431..73ca3e5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl Debug for DaemonConnectionPool {
 impl DaemonConnectionPool {
     pub fn connect(
         instance: impl ToOwned<Owned = Instance>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, BuildError<anyhow::Error>> {
+    ) -> Result<Self, BuildError> {
         let instance = instance.to_owned();
         Ok(Self(
             Pool::builder(GiteratedConnectionPool {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl DaemonConnectionPool {
     pub fn connect_other(
         instance_identity: impl ToOwned<Owned = Instance>,
         connection_addr: SocketAddr,
-    ) -> Result<Self, BuildError<anyhow::Error>> {
+    ) -> Result<Self, BuildError> {
         Ok(Self(
             Pool::builder(GiteratedConnectionPool {
                 target_instance: instance_identity.to_owned(),
diff --git a/src/pool.rs b/src/pool.rs
index 1c6787a..2306e9c 100644
--- a/src/pool.rs
+++ b/src/pool.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-use deadpool::managed::{Manager, RecycleError, RecycleResult};
+use deadpool::managed::{Manager, RecycleError, RecycleResult, Metrics};
 use futures_util::SinkExt;
 use giterated_models::instance::Instance;
 use tokio_tungstenite::{connect_async, tungstenite::Message};
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl Manager for GiteratedConnectionPool {
         Ok(connection)
     }
 
-    async fn recycle(&self, socket: &mut Socket) -> RecycleResult<Self::Error> {
+    async fn recycle(&self, socket: &mut Socket, _metrics: &Metrics) -> RecycleResult<Self::Error> {
         match socket.send(Message::Ping(vec![])).await {
             Ok(_) => Ok(()),
             Err(err) => {