diff --git a/torrential/Cargo.lock b/torrential/Cargo.lock
index 8e8eb25d..55e8bbab 100644
--- a/torrential/Cargo.lock
+++ b/torrential/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 4
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.25.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b5d307320b3181d6d7954e663bd7c774a838b8220fe0593c86d9fb09f498b4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -98,8 +113,8 @@ checksum = "965c2d33e53cb6b267e148a4cb0760bc01f4904c1cd4bb4002a085bb016d1490"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
- "synstructure",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
+ "synstructure 0.13.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -110,8 +125,8 @@ checksum = "3109e49b1e4909e9db6515a30c633684d68cdeaa252f215214cb4fa1a5bfee2c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
- "synstructure",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
+ "synstructure 0.13.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -122,7 +137,7 @@ checksum = "7b18050c2cd6fe86c3a76584ef5e0baf286d038cda203eb6223df2cc413565f7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -133,7 +148,7 @@ checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -209,7 +224,22 @@ checksum = "604fde5e028fea851ce1d8570bbdc034bec850d157f7569d10f347d06808c05c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.76"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb531853791a215d7c62a30daf0dde835f381ab5de4589cfe7c649d2cbe92bd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.4",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+ "windows-link",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -551,14 +581,13 @@ checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "droplet-rs"
-version = "0.15.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef23d187f7153bc3ce1c6a5440be1206e2aaf42b153825ddf2f8151f278539c5"
+version = "0.16.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Drop-OSS/droplet-rs.git#dfda1781ac39937d8f3773631b3f855466e19a2c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -567,11 +596,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "hex",
  "humansize",
+ "libarchive-drop",
  "rcgen",
  "ring",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
+ "speedometer",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "uuid",
@@ -603,7 +634,29 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "failure"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d32e9bd16cc02eae7db7ef620b392808b89f6a5e16bb3497d159c6b92a0f4f86"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "failure_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "failure_derive"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+ "synstructure 0.12.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -692,7 +745,7 @@ checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -762,6 +815,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.32.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e629b9b98ef3dd8afe6ca2bd0f89306cec16d43d907889945bc5d6687f2f13c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -1091,6 +1150,25 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libarchive-drop"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Drop-OSS/droplet-rs.git#dfda1781ac39937d8f3773631b3f855466e19a2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libarchive3-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libarchive3-sys"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3cd3beae8f59a4c7a806523269b5392037577c150446e88d684dfa6de6031ca7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.178"
@@ -1166,6 +1244,15 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1231,6 +1318,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.37.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff76201f031d8863c38aa7f905eca4f53abbfa15f609db4277d44cd8938f33fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "oid-registry"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1312,6 +1408,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1540,7 +1642,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1720,6 +1822,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b50b8869d9fc858ce7266cce0194bd74df58b9d0e3f6df3a9fc8eb470d95c09d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "2.1.1"
@@ -1758,7 +1866,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1850,7 +1958,7 @@ checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1948,6 +2056,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "speedometer"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2789736092fa21b44baf8590acb4b360cb91f0f597bd6c1f1741ca9644c95c1e"
+dependencies = [
+ "failure",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1960,6 +2077,17 @@ version = "2.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.111"
@@ -1980,6 +2108,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "synstructure"
+version = "0.12.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f36bdaa60a83aca3921b5259d5400cbf5e90fc51931376a9bd4a0eb79aa7210f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.13.2"
@@ -1988,7 +2128,7 @@ checksum = "728a70f3dbaf5bab7f0c4b1ac8d7ae5ea60a4b5549c8a5914361c99147a709d2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2001,7 +2141,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.2",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2030,7 +2170,7 @@ checksum = "4fee6c4efc90059e10f81e6d42c60a18f76588c3d74cb83a0b242a2b6c7504c1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2041,7 +2181,7 @@ checksum = "3ff15c8ecd7de3849db632e14d18d2571fa09dfc5ed93479bc4485c7a517c913"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2143,7 +2283,7 @@ checksum = "af407857209536a95c8e56f8231ef2c2e2aff839b22e07a1ffcbc617e9db9fa5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2287,6 +2427,12 @@ version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9312f7c4f6ff9069b165498234ce8be658059c6728633667c526e27dc2cf1df5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2417,7 +2563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2493,7 +2639,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2749,8 +2895,8 @@ checksum = "b659052874eb698efe5b9e8cf382204678a0086ebf46982b79d6ca3182927e5d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
- "synstructure",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
+ "synstructure 0.13.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2770,7 +2916,7 @@ checksum = "d8a8d209fdf45cf5138cbb5a506f6b52522a25afccc534d1475dad8e31105c6a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2790,8 +2936,8 @@ checksum = "d71e5d6e06ab090c67b5e44993ec16b72dcbaabc526db883a360057678b48502"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
- "synstructure",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
+ "synstructure 0.13.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2830,5 +2976,5 @@ checksum = "eadce39539ca5cb3985590102671f2567e659fca9666581ad3411d59207951f3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
diff --git a/torrential/Cargo.toml b/torrential/Cargo.toml
index db3fe6dc..e73f387e 100644
--- a/torrential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/torrential/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ simple_logger = { version = "5.1.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "colors",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "*", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
-droplet-rs = "0.15.1"
+droplet-rs = { version = "0.16.2", git = "https://github.com/Drop-OSS/droplet-rs.git" }
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.100"
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
diff --git a/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs b/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs
index b2f11e8c..a27ed612 100644
--- a/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs
+++ b/torrential/src/droplet/manifest.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ use crate::{
     server::DropServer,
 };
 
-static READER_SEMAPHORE: LazyLock<Semaphore> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+// TODO: re-write the droplet interface so it takes a 'static reference instead of an arc
+static READER_SEMAPHORE: LazyLock<Arc<Semaphore>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     let cores = std::env::var("READER_THREADS")
         .ok()
         .and_then(|v| str::parse::<usize>(&v).ok())
         .unwrap_or(num_cpus::get() / 2);
     info!("using {cores} import threads");
-    Semaphore::new(cores)
+    Arc::new(Semaphore::new(cores))
 });
 
 pub async fn generate_manifest_rpc(
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ pub async fn generate_manifest_rpc(
                     .await;
             });
         },
-        Some(&READER_SEMAPHORE),
+        Some(READER_SEMAPHORE.clone()),
     )
     .await?;