diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8da19d6f..d3490d32 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,27 +9,34 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = "0.7.3"
-chrono = { version = "0.4.31", features = ["serde"] }
-clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
-paste = "1.0.14"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
-sea-orm = { version = "0.12.14", features = ["macros", "sqlx-sqlite", "runtime-tokio-rustls"] }
-sea-orm-migration = "0.12.15"
-serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.108"
-thiserror = "1.0.58"
-tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1.40"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
-uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4"] }
+thiserror = "1"
+rand = "0.8"
+sha256 = "1.5"
+openssl = "0.10" # TODO handle pubkeys with a smaller crate
+base64 = "0.22"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.8", features = ["v4"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
 jrd = "0.1"
-apb = { path = "apb", features = ["dict", "fetch", "orm"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.35", features = ["full"] } # TODO slim this down
+sea-orm = { version = "0.12", features = ["macros", "sqlx-sqlite", "runtime-tokio-rustls"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
+axum = "0.7"
+apb = { path = "apb", features = ["unstructured", "fetch", "orm"] }
 # nodeinfo = "0.0.2" # the version on crates.io doesn't re-export necessary types to build the struct!!!
 nodeinfo = { git = "https://codeberg.org/thefederationinfo/nodeinfo-rs", rev = "e865094804" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
-sha256 = "1.5.0"
-openssl = "0.10.64"
-base64 = "0.22.0"
 http-signature-normalization = "0.7.0"
-mastodon-async-entities = "1.1.0"
+# migrations
+sea-orm-migration = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
+# mastodon
+mastodon-async-entities = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = ["faker", "migrations"]
+faker = []
+migrations = ["dep:sea-orm-migration"]
+mastodon = ["dep:mastodon-async-entities"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d060bf94..ae07f44d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 pub mod activitypub;
 
 mod model;
-mod migrations;
 mod server;
 mod router;
 mod errors;
 mod auth;
 mod dispatcher;
 mod fetcher;
+
+
+#[cfg(feature = "migrations")]
+mod migrations;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "migrations")]
+use sea_orm_migration::MigratorTrait;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mastodon")]
 mod mastodon;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use sea_orm::{ConnectOptions, Database, EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel};
-use sea_orm_migration::MigratorTrait;
 
 pub use errors::UpubResult as Result;
 
@@ -43,9 +50,11 @@ enum CliCommand {
 	/// run fediverse server
 	Serve ,
 
+	#[cfg(feature = "migrations")]
 	/// apply database migrations
 	Migrate,
 
+	#[cfg(feature = "faker")]
 	/// generate fake user, note and activity
 	Faker{
 		/// how many fake statuses to insert for root user
@@ -86,9 +95,11 @@ async fn main() {
 		CliCommand::Serve => router::serve(db, args.domain)
 			.await,
 
+		#[cfg(feature = "migrations")]
 		CliCommand::Migrate => migrations::Migrator::up(&db, None)
 			.await.expect("error applying migrations"),
 
+		#[cfg(feature = "faker")]
 		CliCommand::Faker { count } => model::faker::faker(&db, args.domain, count)
 			.await.expect("error creating fake entities"),
 
diff --git a/src/model/mod.rs b/src/model/mod.rs
index 07bf37c5..aee73ec9 100644
--- a/src/model/mod.rs
+++ b/src/model/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub mod session;
 pub mod delivery;
 pub mod application;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "faker")]
 pub mod faker;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, thiserror::Error)]