diff --git a/torrential/Cargo.lock b/torrential/Cargo.lock
index fa905fd5..c9de6188 100644
--- a/torrential/Cargo.lock
+++ b/torrential/Cargo.lock
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b098575ebe77cb6d14fc7f32749631a6e44edbef6b796f89b020e99ba20d425"
 dependencies = [
  "axum-core",
+ "axum-macros",
  "bytes",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
@@ -200,6 +201,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-macros"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "604fde5e028fea851ce1d8570bbdc034bec850d157f7569d10f347d06808c05c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -544,8 +556,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "droplet-rs"
-version = "0.12.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Drop-OSS/droplet-rs.git#05f7027b362fcc72b7cc621df8b5b0850b6cf082"
+version = "0.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef23d187f7153bc3ce1c6a5440be1206e2aaf42b153825ddf2f8151f278539c5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2108,6 +2121,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "file_open_limit",
  "futures-util",
  "log",
+ "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "protobuf",
  "protobuf-codegen",
@@ -2120,6 +2134,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
+ "uuid",
  "waitmap",
 ]
 
@@ -2233,9 +2248,9 @@ checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2e054861b4bd027cd373e18e8d8d8e6548085000e41290d95ce0c373a654b4a"
+checksum = "ee48d38b119b0cd71fe4141b30f5ba9c7c5d9f4e7a3a8b4a674e4b6ef789976f"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/torrential/Cargo.toml b/torrential/Cargo.toml
index 51b90a5f..d2603d75 100644
--- a/torrential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/torrential/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ name = "torrential"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = "0.8.7"
+axum = { version = "0.8.7", features = ["macros"] }
 log = "0.4.28"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.24", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ simple_logger = { version = "5.1.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "colors",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "*", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
-droplet-rs = { git="https://github.com/Drop-OSS/droplet-rs.git" }
+droplet-rs = "0.15.1"
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.100"
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ file_open_limit = "0.0.5"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.16"
 protobuf = "3.7.2"
 waitmap = "1.1.0"
+uuid = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["v4"] }
+num_cpus = "1.17.0"
 
 [lints.clippy]
 pedantic = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
diff --git a/torrential/proto/core.proto b/torrential/proto/core.proto
index b2348a2c..2277396f 100644
--- a/torrential/proto/core.proto
+++ b/torrential/proto/core.proto
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 syntax = "proto3";
 
-enum ResponseType {
+enum TorrentialBoundType {
     ERROR = 0;
     SERVER_GAMES_RESPONSE = 1;
     VERSION_RESPONSE = 2;
+    GENERATE_MANIFEST = 3;
 }
 
-message Response {
+message TorrentialBound {
     string message_id = 1;
-    ResponseType type = 2;
+    TorrentialBoundType type = 2;
     bytes data = 3;
 }
 
-enum QueryType {
+enum DropBoundType {
     SERVER_GAMES_QUERY = 0;
     VERSION_QUERY = 1;
+
+    MANIFEST_PROGRESS = 2;
+    MANIFEST_LOG = 3;
+    MANIFEST_COMPLETE = 4;
+    MANIFEST_ERROR = 5;
 }
 
-message Query {
+message DropBound {
     string message_id = 1;
-    QueryType type = 2;
+    DropBoundType type = 2;
     bytes data = 3;
 }
diff --git a/torrential/proto/droplet.proto b/torrential/proto/droplet.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb4da99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torrential/proto/droplet.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+/// Certificates
+message RootCertQuery {}
+message RootCertResponse {
+  string cert = 1;
+  string priv = 2;
+}
+
+message ClientCertQuery {
+  string client_id = 1;
+  string client_name = 2;
+  string root_cert = 3;
+  string root_priv = 4;
+}
+message ClientCertResponse {
+  string cert = 1;
+  string priv = 2;
+}
+
+/// Manifest generation
+message GenerateManifest {
+  string version_dir = 1;
+}
+
+message ManifestProgress {
+  float progress = 1;
+}
+message ManifestLog {
+  string log_line = 1;
+}
+message ManifestComplete {
+  string manifest = 1;
+}
+message ManifestError {
+  string error = 1;
+}
diff --git a/torrential/src/conversions.rs b/torrential/src/conversions.rs
index b606b18e..622168da 100644
--- a/torrential/src/conversions.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/conversions.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::proto::{self, version::version_response::Manifest};
+use crate::proto::version::version_response::Manifest;
 
 fn fixed_length<T, const N: usize>(v: Vec<T>) -> [T; N] {
     v.try_into()
diff --git a/torrential/src/download.rs b/torrential/src/downloads/download.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from torrential/src/download.rs
rename to torrential/src/downloads/download.rs
diff --git a/torrential/src/handlers.rs b/torrential/src/downloads/handlers.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from torrential/src/handlers.rs
rename to torrential/src/downloads/handlers.rs
index c342f416..ad597bf1 100644
--- a/torrential/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/downloads/handlers.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
-    sync::{
-        Arc,
-        atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
-    },
+    sync::Arc,
     task::Poll,
 };
 
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ use tokio_util::io::ReaderStream;
 
 use crate::{server::download::fetch_instance_games, state::AppState};
 
-pub async fn healthcheck(State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>) -> StatusCode {
+pub async fn healthcheck() -> StatusCode {
     StatusCode::OK
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ const ZERO: [u8; 1024] = [0u8; _];
 impl AsyncRead for SpeedtestStream {
     fn poll_read(
         mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
-        cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+        _cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
         buf: &mut tokio::io::ReadBuf<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
         if self.remaining > 0 {
diff --git a/torrential/src/downloads/mod.rs b/torrential/src/downloads/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9959744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torrential/src/downloads/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod handlers;
+pub mod serve;
+pub mod download;
diff --git a/torrential/src/serve.rs b/torrential/src/downloads/serve.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from torrential/src/serve.rs
rename to torrential/src/downloads/serve.rs
index 3a22b370..d700a75f 100644
--- a/torrential/src/serve.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/downloads/serve.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    cell::{LazyCell, OnceCell},
     io::Error,
-    rc::Rc,
     sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
 };
 
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ use axum::{
     body::Body,
     extract::{Path, State},
     http::HeaderMap,
-    response::{AppendHeaders, IntoResponse},
+    response::IntoResponse,
 };
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use dashmap::{DashMap, mapref::one::RefMut};
@@ -26,7 +24,8 @@ use tokio::sync::{Semaphore, SemaphorePermit};
 use tokio_util::io::ReaderStream;
 
 use crate::{
-    DownloadContext, GLOBAL_CONTEXT_SEMAPHORE, download::create_download_context, state::AppState,
+    DownloadContext, GLOBAL_CONTEXT_SEMAPHORE, downloads::download::create_download_context,
+    state::AppState,
 };
 
 type Aes128Ctr64LE = ctr::Ctr64LE<aes::Aes128>;
diff --git a/torrential/src/droplet/cert.rs b/torrential/src/droplet/cert.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs b/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6af4f0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use std::{
+    path::PathBuf,
+    sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
+};
+
+use log::{info, warn};
+use protobuf::Message;
+use serde_json::json;
+use tokio::{spawn, sync::Semaphore};
+
+use crate::{
+    droplet,
+    proto::{
+        core::{DropBoundType, TorrentialBound},
+        droplet::{
+            GenerateManifest, ManifestComplete, ManifestError, ManifestLog, ManifestProgress,
+        },
+    },
+    server::DropServer,
+};
+
+static READER_SEMAPHORE: LazyLock<Semaphore> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let cores = num_cpus::get();
+    Semaphore::new(cores)
+});
+
+async fn generate_manifest_raw(
+    server: Arc<DropServer>,
+    message: TorrentialBound,
+) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+    let manifest_message = GenerateManifest::parse_from_bytes(&message.data)?;
+    info!(
+        "seven zip install: {}",
+        *droplet_rs::versions::backends::SEVEN_ZIP_INSTALLED
+    );
+
+    let manifest = droplet_rs::manifest::generate_manifest_rusty(
+        &PathBuf::from(manifest_message.version_dir),
+        |progress| {
+            let mut progress_message = ManifestProgress::new();
+            progress_message.progress = progress;
+
+            let server = server.clone();
+            let message_id = message.message_id.clone();
+            spawn(async move {
+                let _ = server
+                    .send_message(
+                        DropBoundType::MANIFEST_PROGRESS,
+                        progress_message,
+                        Some(message_id),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+            });
+        },
+        |log_line| {
+            let mut progress_log = ManifestLog::new();
+            progress_log.log_line = log_line;
+
+            let server = server.clone();
+            let message_id = message.message_id.clone();
+            spawn(async move {
+                let _ = server
+                    .send_message(DropBoundType::MANIFEST_LOG, progress_log, Some(message_id))
+                    .await;
+            });
+        },
+        Some(&READER_SEMAPHORE),
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let mut manifest_complete = ManifestComplete::new();
+    manifest_complete.manifest = json!(manifest).to_string();
+
+    server
+        .send_message(
+            DropBoundType::MANIFEST_COMPLETE,
+            manifest_complete,
+            Some(message.message_id),
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn generate_manifest(server: Arc<DropServer>, message: TorrentialBound) {
+    let message_id = message.message_id.clone();
+    warn!("generating manifest...");
+    let result = generate_manifest_raw(server.clone(), message).await;
+    info!("manifest generation exited");
+    if let Err(err) = result {
+        warn!("manifest generation failed with err: {:?}", err);
+        let mut manifest_err = ManifestError::new();
+        manifest_err.error = err.to_string();
+        let _ = server
+            .send_message(
+                DropBoundType::MANIFEST_ERROR,
+                manifest_err,
+                Some(message_id),
+            )
+            .await
+            .inspect_err(|err| {
+                warn!("failed to send manifest err: {err:?}");
+            });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/torrential/src/droplet/mod.rs b/torrential/src/droplet/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e07a6a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/torrential/src/droplet/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod manifest;
+pub mod cert;
diff --git a/torrential/src/lib.rs b/torrential/src/lib.rs
index 8cc3309f..3fa089f6 100644
--- a/torrential/src/lib.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
-pub mod download;
-pub mod serve;
-pub mod handlers;
+pub mod downloads;
 pub mod state;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod proto;
 pub mod conversions;
 pub mod server;
+pub mod droplet;
 
-pub use download::DownloadContext;
+pub use downloads::download::DownloadContext;
 
 static GLOBAL_CONTEXT_SEMAPHORE: Semaphore = Semaphore::const_new(1);
diff --git a/torrential/src/main.rs b/torrential/src/main.rs
index 025d6ee4..bfdf92e4 100644
--- a/torrential/src/main.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ use dashmap::DashMap;
 use log::info;
 use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 use tokio::{runtime::Handle, spawn, time};
-use torrential::{handlers, serve, server::create_drop_server, state::AppState};
+use torrential::{
+    downloads::{handlers, serve},
+    server::create_drop_server,
+    state::AppState,
+};
 
 const CONTEXT_TTL: u64 = 10 * 60;
 
@@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ async fn main() {
     let metrics = Handle::current().metrics();
     info!("using {} threads", metrics.num_workers());
 
-    let server = create_drop_server().await.expect("failed to connect to drop server");
+    let server = create_drop_server()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to connect to drop server");
 
     let shared_state = Arc::new(AppState {
         context_cache: DashMap::new(),
diff --git a/torrential/src/server/download.rs b/torrential/src/server/download.rs
index 5a366455..6c71aaea 100644
--- a/torrential/src/server/download.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/server/download.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,37 @@
-use crate::{proto::{manifest::server_games_response::SkeletonGame, version::VersionResponse}, state::{AppState}, util::ErrorOption};
+use crate::{
+    proto::{
+        core::DropBoundType,
+        manifest::{ServerGamesQuery, ServerGamesResponse, server_games_response::SkeletonGame},
+        version::{VersionQuery, VersionResponse},
+    },
+    state::AppState,
+    util::ErrorOption,
+};
 
 pub async fn fetch_version_data(
     app_state: &AppState,
-    game_id: String,
+    _game_id: String,
     version_id: String,
 ) -> Result<VersionResponse, ErrorOption> {
-    unreachable!();
+    let mut query = VersionQuery::new();
+    query.version_id = version_id;
+    let message_id = app_state
+        .server
+        .send_message(DropBoundType::VERSION_QUERY, query, None)
+        .await?;
+
+    let response: VersionResponse = app_state.server.wait_for_message_id(&message_id).await?;
+
+    Ok(response)
 }
 
-pub async fn fetch_instance_games(
-    app_state: &AppState,
-) -> Result<Vec<SkeletonGame>, ErrorOption> {
-    unreachable!()
+pub async fn fetch_instance_games(app_state: &AppState) -> Result<Vec<SkeletonGame>, ErrorOption> {
+    let message_id = app_state
+        .server
+        .send_message(DropBoundType::SERVER_GAMES_QUERY, ServerGamesQuery::new(), None)
+        .await?;
+
+    let response: ServerGamesResponse = app_state.server.wait_for_message_id(&message_id).await?;
+
+    return Ok(response.games);
 }
diff --git a/torrential/src/server/mod.rs b/torrential/src/server/mod.rs
index d59bc8c0..ca583c51 100644
--- a/torrential/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
-use protobuf::Message;
+use log::{info, warn};
+use protobuf::{EnumOrUnknown, Message};
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt as _, BufReader},
     net::{
@@ -9,57 +10,102 @@ use tokio::{
         tcp::{OwnedReadHalf, OwnedWriteHalf},
     },
     spawn,
+    sync::Mutex,
 };
 use waitmap::WaitMap;
 
-use crate::proto::core::Response;
+use crate::{
+    droplet::manifest::generate_manifest,
+    proto::core::{DropBound, DropBoundType, TorrentialBound, TorrentialBoundType},
+};
 
 pub mod download;
 
 pub struct DropServer {
+    server: TcpListener,
     write_stream: Mutex<OwnedWriteHalf>,
-    waitmap: WaitMap<String, Response>,
+    waitmap: WaitMap<String, TorrentialBound>,
 }
 
 impl DropServer {
+    /**
+    Reads from the socket, and tries to parse it into a message,
+    and then updates the waitmap with the corresponding message ID
+    and content
+    */
+    async fn recieve_loop(
+        myself: Arc<DropServer>,
+        buffered_reader: &mut BufReader<OwnedReadHalf>,
+    ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+        let mut length_buffer: [u8; 8] = [0; 8];
+        buffered_reader.read_exact(&mut length_buffer).await?;
+
+        let length = usize::from_le_bytes(length_buffer);
+        let mut buffer = vec![0; length];
+
+        buffered_reader.read_exact(&mut buffer).await?;
+
+        let message = TorrentialBound::parse_from_bytes(&buffer)
+            .expect("response didn't deserialize correctly");
+
+        match message.type_.unwrap() {
+            TorrentialBoundType::GENERATE_MANIFEST => {
+                spawn(async move { generate_manifest(myself.clone(), message).await });
+            }
+            _ => {
+                myself.waitmap.insert(message.message_id.clone(), message);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /**
+    Long-lived subroutine that never returns, runs the recieve_loop and reconnects
+    as necessary
+    */
     async fn recieve_subroutine(myself: Arc<DropServer>, read_stream: OwnedReadHalf) -> ! {
         let mut buffered_reader = BufReader::new(read_stream);
 
         loop {
-            let mut length_buffer: [u8; 8] = [0; 8];
-            buffered_reader
-                .read_exact(&mut length_buffer)
-                .await
-                .expect("failed to read from internal pipe");
+            if let Err(err) = Self::recieve_loop(myself.clone(), &mut buffered_reader).await {
+                warn!("server disconnected with error: {:?}", err);
 
-            let length = usize::from_le_bytes(length_buffer);
-            let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(length);
+                let (drop_stream, _) = myself
+                    .server
+                    .accept()
+                    .await
+                    .expect("failed to accept new listener");
+                let (read, mut write) = drop_stream.into_split();
 
-            buffered_reader
-                .read_exact(&mut buffer)
-                .await
-                .expect("failed to read from internal pipe");
+                info!("reconnected to drop server");
 
-            let message =
-                Response::parse_from_bytes(&buffer).expect("response didn't deserialize correctly");
-            myself.waitmap.insert(message.message_id.clone(), message);
+                let mut lock = myself.write_stream.lock().await;
+                mem::swap(&mut *lock, &mut write);
+
+                let mut new_reader = BufReader::new(read);
+                mem::swap(&mut buffered_reader, &mut new_reader);
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    async fn wait_for_message_id<T>(&self, message_id: &str) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error>
+    /**
+    Uses the waitmap to wait for a response from a query
+    */
+    pub async fn wait_for_message_id<T>(&self, message_id: &str) -> Result<T, anyhow::Error>
     where
         T: protobuf::Message,
     {
         let message = self
             .waitmap
-            .wait(message_id.clone())
+            .wait(message_id)
             .await
             .ok_or(anyhow!("no response returned for value"))?;
 
         let message = message.value();
 
         match message.type_.unwrap() {
-            crate::proto::core::ResponseType::ERROR => {
+            crate::proto::core::TorrentialBoundType::ERROR => {
                 return Err(anyhow!(String::from_utf8(message.data.clone()).unwrap()));
             }
             _ => {
@@ -69,26 +115,41 @@ impl DropServer {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn send_message<T>(&self, message: T) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error>
+    /**
+    Sends a message, returning the message ID
+    */
+    pub async fn send_message<T>(
+        &self,
+        message_type: DropBoundType,
+        message: T,
+        message_id: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<String, anyhow::Error>
     where
         T: protobuf::Message,
     {
+        let mut query = DropBound::new();
+        query.message_id = message_id.unwrap_or(uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string());
+        query.type_ = EnumOrUnknown::new(message_type);
+        query.data = Vec::new();
+        message.write_to_vec(&mut query.data)?;
+
         let mut buf = Vec::new();
-        message.write_to_vec(&mut buf)?;
+        query.write_to_vec(&mut buf)?;
 
         {
-            let mut mutex_lock = self
-                .write_stream
-                .lock()
-                .expect("failed to lock send stream");
+            let mut mutex_lock = self.write_stream.lock().await;
             mutex_lock.write(&buf.len().to_le_bytes()).await?;
             mutex_lock.write_all(&buf).await?;
         };
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(query.message_id)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+Spins up the TCP listener, and waits for the first client to connect
+Also starts the recieve subroutine
+*/
 pub async fn create_drop_server() -> Result<Arc<DropServer>, anyhow::Error> {
     let server = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:33148").await?;
 
@@ -97,11 +158,14 @@ pub async fn create_drop_server() -> Result<Arc<DropServer>, anyhow::Error> {
     let (read, write) = drop_stream.into_split();
 
     let client = Arc::new(DropServer {
+        server,
         write_stream: Mutex::new(write),
         waitmap: WaitMap::new(),
     });
 
     spawn(DropServer::recieve_subroutine(client.clone(), read));
 
+    info!("created client subroutine");
+
     Ok(client)
 }