diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a88bc00..8d61b87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -439,7 +439,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -1829,6 +1833,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-identity",
  "actix-session",
  "actix-web",
+ "axum",
  "cfg-if",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "diesel",
@@ -2657,6 +2662,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebd154a240de39fdebcf5775d2675c204d7c13cf39a4c697be6493c8e734337c"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_qs"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -2806,9 +2821,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.2"
+version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
+checksum = "e6ecd384b10a64542d77071bd64bd7b231f4ed5940fba55e98c3de13824cf3d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -3075,8 +3090,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ce0ab3..0ed336b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ actix-session = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["redis-rs-session"], optional =
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12.2", features = ["simple"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false, optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.6.4", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 csr = ["leptos/csr", "leptos_meta/csr", "leptos_router/csr"]
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ ssr = [
   "pbkdf2",
   "futures",
   "tokio",
+  "axum",
 ]
 
 # Defines a size-optimized profile for the WASM bundle in release mode