diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9f4f793..1bc5c0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -159,15 +159,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_path_to_error",
- "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.0",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -188,7 +184,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1588,7 +1583,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel_migrations",
  "dotenv",
  "flexi_logger",
- "futures",
  "http",
  "icondata",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -1609,7 +1603,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
- "tower-sessions",
  "tower-sessions-redis-store",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "web-sys",
@@ -2337,16 +2330,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_path_to_error"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af99884400da37c88f5e9146b7f1fd0fbcae8f6eec4e9da38b67d05486f814a6"
-dependencies = [
- "itoa",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_qs"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -2376,18 +2359,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_urlencoded"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3491c14715ca2294c4d6a88f15e84739788c1d030eed8c110436aafdaa2f3fd"
-dependencies = [
- "form_urlencoded",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "server_fn"
 version = "0.6.11"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 638bbe7..953da57 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,33 +8,31 @@ build = "src/build.rs"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"
+console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 cfg-if = "1"
-http = "1.0"
-leptos = { version = "0.6", features = ["nightly"] }
+http = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+leptos = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["nightly"] }
 leptos_meta = { version = "0.6", features = ["nightly"] }
 leptos_axum = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 leptos_router = { version = "0.6", features = ["nightly"] }
-wasm-bindgen = "=0.2.92"
+wasm-bindgen = { version = "=0.2.92", default-features = false, optional = true }
 leptos_icons = { version = "0.3.0" }
 icondata = { version = "0.3.0" }
 dotenv = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
-diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "time"], optional = true }
+diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "time"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"], default-features = false }
 openssl = { version = "0.10.63", optional = true }
-time = { version = "0.3.34", features = ["serde"] }
+time = { version = "0.3.34", features = ["serde"], default-features = false }
 diesel_migrations = { version = "2.1.0", optional = true }
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12.2", features = ["simple"], optional = true }
-futures = { version = "0.3.30", default-features = false, optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
-axum = { version = "0.7.5", optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["tokio", "http1"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", optional = true }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", optional = true, features = ["fs"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.57"
-tower-sessions = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 tower-sessions-redis-store = { version = "0.11", optional = true }
-async-trait = "0.1.79"
+async-trait = { version = "0.1.79", optional = true }
 axum-login = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 server_fn = { version = "0.6.11", features = ["multipart"] }
 symphonia = { version = "0.5.4", default-features = false, features = ["mp3"], optional = true }
@@ -47,8 +45,13 @@ web-sys = "0.3.69"
 gloo-net = { git = "https://github.com/rustwasm/gloo.git", rev = "a823fab7ecc4068e9a28bd669da5eaf3f0a56380" }
 
 [features]
-csr = ["leptos/csr", "leptos_meta/csr", "leptos_router/csr"]
-hydrate = ["leptos/hydrate", "leptos_meta/hydrate", "leptos_router/hydrate"]
+hydrate = [
+  "leptos/hydrate",
+  "leptos_meta/hydrate",
+  "leptos_router/hydrate",
+  "console_error_panic_hook",
+  "wasm-bindgen",
+]
 ssr = [
   "dep:leptos_axum",
   "leptos/ssr",
@@ -60,12 +63,12 @@ ssr = [
   "openssl",
   "diesel_migrations",
   "pbkdf2",
-  "futures",
   "tokio",
   "axum",
   "tower",
   "tower-http",
   "tower-sessions-redis-store",
+  "async-trait",
   "axum-login",
   "symphonia",
   "multer",
diff --git a/src/auth_backend.rs b/src/auth_backend.rs
index 79e5d9c..cf53a40 100644
--- a/src/auth_backend.rs
+++ b/src/auth_backend.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use axum_login::{AuthnBackend, AuthUser, UserId};
 use crate::users::UserCredentials;
 use leptos::server_fn::error::ServerFnErrorErr;
 
 use crate::models::User;
 
+use cfg_if::cfg_if;
+
+cfg_if! {
+	if #[cfg(feature = "ssr")] {
+		use async_trait::async_trait;
+	}
+}
+
 impl AuthUser for User {
 	type Id = i32;
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e647089..9832704 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ async fn main() {
     use leptos_axum::{generate_route_list, LeptosRoutes};
     use libretunes::app::*;
     use libretunes::fileserv::{file_and_error_handler, get_static_file};
-    use tower_sessions::SessionManagerLayer;
+    use axum_login::tower_sessions::SessionManagerLayer;
     use tower_sessions_redis_store::{fred::prelude::*, RedisStore};
     use axum_login::AuthManagerLayerBuilder;
     use libretunes::auth_backend::AuthBackend;
@@ -72,24 +72,9 @@ async fn main() {
     axum::serve(listener, app.into_make_service()).await.expect("Server failed");
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(any(feature = "ssr", feature = "csr")))]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "ssr"))]
 pub fn main() {
     // no client-side main function
     // unless we want this to work with e.g., Trunk for pure client-side testing
     // see lib.rs for hydration function instead
-    // see optional feature `csr` instead
-}
-
-#[cfg(all(not(feature = "ssr"), feature = "csr"))]
-pub fn main() {
-    // a client-side main function is required for using `trunk serve`
-    // prefer using `cargo leptos serve` instead
-    // to run: `trunk serve --open --features csr`
-    use leptos::*;
-    use libretunes::app::*;
-    use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
-
-    console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-
-    leptos::mount_to_body(App);
 }
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 3b24f08..dd3aeb8 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub async fn search(query: String, limit: i64) -> Result<(Vec<Album>, Vec<Artist
 	let artists = search_artists(query.clone(), limit);
 	let songs = search_songs(query.clone(), limit);
 
-	use futures::join;
+	use tokio::join;
 
 	let (albums, artists, songs) = join!(albums, artists, songs);
 	Ok((albums?, artists?, songs?))