diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 561d992..e6963bb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck_derive"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4da9a32f3fed317401fa3c862968128267c3106685286e15d5aaa3d7389c2f60"
+checksum = "1ee891b04274a59bd38b412188e24b849617b2e45a0fd8d057deb63e7403761b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-core"
 version = "0.5.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#13c64f6828360a9cb9b58b4f817e4f3b8316388c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#ea260aeffdf97d0231cdb5cf6d31d33adfc4d4b0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "gemm",
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-nn"
 version = "0.5.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#13c64f6828360a9cb9b58b4f817e4f3b8316388c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#ea260aeffdf97d0231cdb5cf6d31d33adfc4d4b0"
 dependencies = [
  "candle-core",
  "half",
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-transformers"
 version = "0.5.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#13c64f6828360a9cb9b58b4f817e4f3b8316388c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git#ea260aeffdf97d0231cdb5cf6d31d33adfc4d4b0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "candle-core",
@@ -609,9 +609,9 @@ checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -1957,6 +1957,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_enum"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "02339744ee7253741199f897151b38e72257d13802d4ee837285cc2990a90845"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_enum_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num_enum_derive"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "681030a937600a36906c185595136d26abfebb4aa9c65701cefcaf8578bb982b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-crate",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.60",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.2"
@@ -2231,6 +2252,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-crate"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d37c51ca738a55da99dc0c4a34860fd675453b8b36209178c2249bb13651284"
+dependencies = [
+ "toml_edit 0.21.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -2255,9 +2285,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pulp"
-version = "0.18.10"
+version = "0.18.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e14989307e408d9f4245d4fda09a7b144a08114ba124e26cab60ab83dc98db10"
+checksum = "0ec8d02258294f59e4e223b41ad7e81c874aa6b15bc4ced9ba3965826da0eed5"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "libm",
@@ -3468,7 +3498,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.22.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3480,6 +3510,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.21.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a8534fd7f78b5405e860340ad6575217ce99f38d4d5c8f2442cb5ecb50090e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
 version = "0.22.12"
@@ -3490,7 +3531,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.6.7",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4082,6 +4123,15 @@ version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.6.7"
@@ -4121,9 +4171,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "65e71b2e4f287f467794c671e2b8f8a5f3716b3c829079a1c44740148eff07e4"
+checksum = "6c5b1314b079b0930c31e3af543d8ee1757b1951ae1e1565ec704403a7240ca5"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "stable_deref_trait",
@@ -4133,9 +4183,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke-derive"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e6936f0cce458098a201c245a11bef556c6a0181129c7034d10d76d1ec3a2b8"
+checksum = "28cc31741b18cb6f1d5ff12f5b7523e3d6eb0852bbbad19d73905511d9849b95"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4165,18 +4215,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "655b0814c5c0b19ade497851070c640773304939a6c0fd5f5fb43da0696d05b7"
+checksum = "91ec111ce797d0e0784a1116d0ddcdbea84322cd79e5d5ad173daeba4f93ab55"
 dependencies = [
  "zerofrom-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom-derive"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6a647510471d372f2e6c2e6b7219e44d8c574d24fdc11c610a61455782f18c3"
+checksum = "0ea7b4a3637ea8669cedf0f1fd5c286a17f3de97b8dd5a70a6c167a1730e63a5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4192,14 +4242,15 @@ checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
-version = "1.2.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c700ea425e148de30c29c580c1f9508b93ca57ad31c9f4e96b83c194c37a7a8f"
+checksum = "9cc23c04387f4da0374be4533ad1208cbb091d5c11d070dfef13676ad6497164"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "crc32fast",
  "crossbeam-utils",
  "displaydoc",
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
+ "num_enum",
  "thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d99a57..2b2859d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[features]
+labels = ["dep:candle-core", "dep:candle-nn", "dep:candle-transformers"]
+
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.21"
 nostr = "0.30.0"
@@ -23,9 +26,10 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 ffmpeg-sys-the-third = { version = "1.1.1",features = ["default"] }
 libc = "0.2.153"
 blurhash = "0.2.1"
-candle-core = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1" }
-candle-nn = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1" }
-candle-transformers = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1" }
 ureq = { version = "2.9.7", features = ["json"] }
 url = "2.5.0"
 serde_with = { version = "3.8.1", features = ["hex"] }
+candle-core = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1", optional = true }
+candle-nn = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1", optional = true  }
+candle-transformers = { git = "https://github.com/huggingface/candle.git", version = "0.5.1", optional = true  }
+
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index a00969f..69aecf1 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct FileUpload {
     pub blur_hash: Option<String>,
 
     #[sqlx(skip)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
     pub labels: Vec<FileLabel>,
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ pub struct User {
     pub created: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "labels")]
 #[derive(Clone, FromRow, Serialize)]
 pub struct FileLabel {
     pub file: Vec<u8>,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct FileLabel {
     pub model: String,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "labels")]
 impl FileLabel {
     pub fn new(label: String, model: String) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ impl Database {
             .bind(user_id);
         tx.execute(q2).await?;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
         for lbl in &file.labels {
             let q3 = sqlx::query("insert ignore into upload_labels(file,label,model) values(?,?,?)")
                 .bind(&file.id)
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ impl Database {
             .await
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
     pub async fn get_file_labels(&self, file: &Vec<u8>) -> Result<Vec<FileLabel>, Error> {
         sqlx::query_as("select upload_labels.* from uploads, upload_labels where uploads.id = ? and uploads.id = upload_labels.file")
             .bind(file)
diff --git a/src/filesystem.rs b/src/filesystem.rs
index 6bbc159..dce8ee9 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use tokio::fs::File;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt};
 
-use crate::db::{FileLabel, FileUpload};
-use crate::processing::{compress_file, FileProcessorResult, probe_file, ProbeResult, ProbeStream};
+#[cfg(feature = "labels")]
+use crate::db::FileLabel;
+use crate::db::FileUpload;
+use crate::processing::{compress_file, FileProcessorResult, probe_file, ProbeStream};
+#[cfg(feature = "labels")]
 use crate::processing::labeling::label_frame;
 use crate::settings::Settings;
 
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ impl FileStore {
         if compress {
             let start = SystemTime::now();
             let proc_result = compress_file(tmp_path.clone(), mime_type)?;
-            if let FileProcessorResult::NewFile(mut new_temp) = proc_result {
+            if let FileProcessorResult::NewFile(new_temp) = proc_result {
                 let old_size = tmp_path.metadata()?.len();
                 let new_size = new_temp.result.metadata()?.len();
                 let time_compress = SystemTime::now().duration_since(start).unwrap();
@@ -99,6 +102,8 @@ impl FileStore {
                 )?;
                 let time_blur_hash = SystemTime::now().duration_since(start).unwrap();
                 let start = SystemTime::now();
+
+                #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
                 let labels = if let Some(mp) = &self.settings.vit_model_path {
                     label_frame(
                         new_temp.image.as_mut_slice(),
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ impl FileStore {
                 } else {
                     vec![]
                 };
+                
                 let time_labels = SystemTime::now().duration_since(start).unwrap();
 
                 // delete old temp
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ impl FileStore {
                         height: Some(new_temp.height as u32),
                         blur_hash: Some(blur_hash),
                         mime_type: new_temp.mime_type,
+                        #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
                         labels,
                         created: Utc::now(),
                     },
diff --git a/src/processing/mod.rs b/src/processing/mod.rs
index 34ad94f..0fe6f4c 100644
--- a/src/processing/mod.rs
+++ b/src/processing/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use crate::processing::probe::FFProbe;
 use crate::processing::webp::WebpProcessor;
 
 mod webp;
+#[cfg(feature = "labels")]
 pub mod labeling;
 mod probe;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn compress_file(in_file: PathBuf, mime_type: &str) -> Result<FileProcessorR
     } else {
         None
     };
-    if let Some(mut proc) = proc {
+    if let Some(proc) = proc {
         proc.process_file(in_file, mime_type)
     } else {
         Ok(FileProcessorResult::Skip)
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ pub fn compress_file(in_file: PathBuf, mime_type: &str) -> Result<FileProcessorR
 
 pub fn probe_file(in_file: PathBuf) -> Result<FileProcessorResult, Error> {
     let proc = FFProbe::new();
-    proc.process_file(in_file, "")
+    proc.process_file(in_file)
 }
 
 unsafe fn resize_image(frame: *const AVFrame, width: usize, height: usize, pix_fmt: AVPixelFormat) -> Result<*mut AVFrame, Error> {
diff --git a/src/processing/probe.rs b/src/processing/probe.rs
index 0f92bbd..b2f2645 100644
--- a/src/processing/probe.rs
+++ b/src/processing/probe.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl FFProbe {
         Self {}
     }
 
-    pub fn process_file(mut self, in_file: PathBuf, mime_type: &str) -> Result<FileProcessorResult, Error> {
+    pub fn process_file(self, in_file: PathBuf) -> Result<FileProcessorResult, Error> {
         unsafe {
             let mut dec_fmt: *mut AVFormatContext = ptr::null_mut();
             let ret = avformat_open_input(&mut dec_fmt,
diff --git a/src/routes/blossom.rs b/src/routes/blossom.rs
index ec1c2d2..d9b4f2e 100644
--- a/src/routes/blossom.rs
+++ b/src/routes/blossom.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs;
 
-use chrono::Utc;
 use log::error;
 use nostr::prelude::hex;
 use nostr::Tag;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::auth::blossom::BlossomAuth;
 use crate::blob::BlobDescriptor;
-use crate::db::{Database, FileUpload};
+use crate::db::{Database};
 use crate::filesystem::FileStore;
 use crate::routes::delete_file;
 use crate::settings::Settings;
diff --git a/src/routes/nip96.rs b/src/routes/nip96.rs
index 43e483e..ed756af 100644
--- a/src/routes/nip96.rs
+++ b/src/routes/nip96.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ impl Nip96UploadResult {
         if let (Some(w), Some(h)) = (upload.width, upload.height) {
             tags.push(vec!["dim".to_string(), format!("{}x{}", w, h)])
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "labels")]
         for l in &upload.labels {
             let val = if l.label.contains(',') {
                 let split_val: Vec<&str> = l.label.split(',').collect();