diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index 4cf3d1110..c322dd444 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -361,32 +361,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aws-lc-rs"
-version = "1.6.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df33e4a55b03f8780ba55041bc7be91a2a8ec8c03517b0379d2d6c96d2c30d95"
-dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-sys",
- "mirai-annotations",
- "paste",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aws-lc-sys"
-version = "0.13.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5f269b176dc4aeb593910fa56ed6f956cde19542e496bb0bfc1ad9a6ce18815"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "cmake",
- "dunce",
- "fs_extra",
- "libc",
- "paste",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.69"
@@ -426,35 +400,6 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a8241f3ebb85c056b509d4327ad0358fbbba6ffb340bf388f26350aeda225b1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.69.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a00dc851838a2120612785d195287475a3ac45514741da670b735818822129a0"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
- "lazy_static",
- "lazycell",
- "log",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.52",
- "which",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bit_field"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc827186963e592360843fb5ba4b973e145841266c1357f7180c43526f2e5b61"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -567,15 +512,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -603,26 +539,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "1.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67523a3b4be3ce1989d607a828d036249522dd9c1c8de7f4dd2dae43a37369d1"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.50"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a31c789563b815f77f4250caee12365734369f942439b7defd71e18a48197130"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "color_quant"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -762,12 +678,6 @@ version = "0.8.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crunchy"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -947,12 +857,6 @@ version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dunce"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56ce8c6da7551ec6c462cbaf3bfbc75131ebbfa1c944aeaa9dab51ca1c5f0c3b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -1013,22 +917,6 @@ version = "2.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "exr"
-version = "1.72.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "887d93f60543e9a9362ef8a21beedd0a833c5d9610e18c67abe15a5963dcb1a4"
-dependencies = [
- "bit_field",
- "flume",
- "half",
- "lebe",
- "miniz_oxide",
- "rayon-core",
- "smallvec",
- "zune-inflate",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -1105,12 +993,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fs_extra"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -1275,16 +1157,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gif"
-version = "0.13.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fb2d69b19215e18bb912fa30f7ce15846e301408695e44e0ef719f1da9e19f2"
-dependencies = [
- "color_quant",
- "weezl",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -1336,16 +1208,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "half"
-version = "2.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5eceaaeec696539ddaf7b333340f1af35a5aa87ae3e4f3ead0532f72affab2e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crunchy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -1626,13 +1488,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
  "color_quant",
- "exr",
- "gif",
  "jpeg-decoder",
  "num-traits",
  "png",
- "qoi",
- "tiff",
  "webp",
 ]
 
@@ -1744,9 +1602,6 @@ name = "jpeg-decoder"
 version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f5d4a7da358eff58addd2877a45865158f0d78c911d43a5784ceb7bbf52833b0"
-dependencies = [
- "rayon",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
@@ -1799,34 +1654,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin 0.5.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazycell"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lebe"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2caa5afb8bf9f3a2652760ce7d4f62d21c4d5a423e68466fca30df82f2330164"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -2062,12 +1895,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mirai-annotations"
-version = "1.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9be0862c1b3f26a88803c4a49de6889c10e608b3ee9344e6ef5b45fb37ad3d1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nalgebra"
 version = "0.30.1"
@@ -2100,6 +1927,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pretty_assertions",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
+ "rustls 0.23.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
@@ -2581,16 +2409,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "yansi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a41cf62165e97c7f814d2221421dbb9afcbcdb0a88068e5ea206e19951c2cbb5"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.52",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.78"
@@ -2614,15 +2432,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "qoi"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f6d64c71eb498fe9eae14ce4ec935c555749aef511cca85b5568910d6e48001"
-dependencies = [
- "bytemuck",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quanta"
 version = "0.12.2"
@@ -2941,12 +2750,6 @@ version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3001,9 +2804,8 @@ version = "0.23.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e153fc89608e0515660ca656fd7f2fa05ca6690f3fd6ad1b0a46e24a8130d838"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
- "log",
  "once_cell",
+ "ring 0.17.8",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "rustls-webpki 0.102.2",
  "subtle",
@@ -3064,7 +2866,6 @@ version = "0.102.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "faaa0a62740bedb9b2ef5afa303da42764c012f743917351dc9a237ea1663610"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "ring 0.17.8",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "untrusted 0.9.0",
@@ -3255,12 +3056,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -3836,17 +3631,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.52",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tiff"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba1310fcea54c6a9a4fd1aad794ecc02c31682f6bfbecdf460bf19533eed1e3e"
-dependencies = [
- "flate2",
- "jpeg-decoder",
- "weezl",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.34"
@@ -4343,24 +4127,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "weezl"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53a85b86a771b1c87058196170769dd264f66c0782acf1ae6cc51bfd64b39082"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "which"
-version = "4.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87ba24419a2078cd2b0f2ede2691b6c66d8e47836da3b6db8265ebad47afbfc7"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "home",
- "once_cell",
- "rustix",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -4591,12 +4357,3 @@ name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zune-inflate"
-version = "0.2.54"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73ab332fe2f6680068f3582b16a24f90ad7096d5d39b974d1c0aff0125116f02"
-dependencies = [
- "simd-adler32",
-]
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 2cd8bc60b..61f62fb0b 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ actix-web-prom = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = [] }
 tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["full"] }
 actix-web = { version = "4.5.1", default-features = false, features = ["macros","compress-gzip","cookies","http2"] }
 actix-cors = "0.7.0"
+rustls = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false, features = ["ring"]  } # the aws' fips complient libary has weird bingen issues which require deeper looking into
 
 #serialisation
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/server/feedback/Cargo.toml b/server/feedback/Cargo.toml
index 6bd2c8c8c..69bd16299 100644
--- a/server/feedback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/feedback/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,20 +23,21 @@ actix-cors.workspace = true
 actix-web-prom.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
 
 rand = "0.8.5"
 regex = "1.10.3"
-octocrab = { version = "0.34.1", default-features = false, features=["rustls","rustls-webpki-tokio","retry"] }
+octocrab = { version = "0.34.1", default-features = false, features = ["rustls", "rustls-webpki-tokio", "retry"] }
 
 # web
-jsonwebtoken = "9.2.0"
-chrono= { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false }
+jsonwebtoken = { version = "9.2.0", default-features = false, features = [] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false, features = [] }
 actix-governor = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["logger"] }
 
 # proposing feedback
 tempfile = "3.10.0"
-image = { version = "0.24.8", features = ["default", "webp-encoder"] }
-base64 = "0.21.7"
+image = { version = "0.24.8", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "webp", "webp-encoder"] }
+base64 = { version = "0.21.7", default-features = false, features = [] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/server/main-api/Cargo.toml b/server/main-api/Cargo.toml
index 7fc55e343..d743c7961 100644
--- a/server/main-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/main-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ actix-cors.workspace = true
 actix-web-prom.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
 
 cached = { version = "0.49.2", features = ["default", "async", "tokio", "disk_store"] }
 futures = "0.3.30"
@@ -43,11 +44,10 @@ regex = "1.10.3"
 
 # web access
 oauth2 = { version = "4.4.2", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "reqwest"] }
-rustls = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false, features = ["ring"]  } # the aws' fips complient libary has weird bingen issues which require deeper looking into
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.24", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-rustls", "rustls-tls-webpki-roots", "rustls", "webpki-roots", "json", "gzip"] }
 
 # image production
-image = "0.24.8"
+image = { version = "0.24.8", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "webp", "webp-encoder"] }
 imageproc = "0.23.0"
 rusttype = "0.9.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"