diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 657b12a..230efdb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ndk-context",
  "ndk-sys",
  "num_enum",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "polling",
  "rustix",
  "slab",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -300,6 +306,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cookie"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ddef33a339a91ea89fb53151bd0a4689cfce27055c291dfa69945475d22c747"
+dependencies = [
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "time",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cookie_store"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fc4bff745c9b4c7fb1e97b25d13153da2bc7796260141df62378998d070207f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cookie",
+ "document-features",
+ "idna",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "time",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -377,6 +412,15 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c297a1c74b71ae29df00c3e22dd9534821d60eb9af5a0192823fa2acea70c2a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d630bccd429a5bb5a64b5e94f693bfc48c9f8566418fda4c494cc94f911f87cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dispatch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -646,6 +690,12 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "98de4bbd547a563b716d8dfa9aad1cb19bfab00f4fa09a6a4ed21dbcf44ce9c4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -692,6 +742,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -701,7 +762,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -789,8 +850,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "eframe",
  "egui_extras",
  "image",
- "nyquest",
- "nyquest-backend-winrt",
  "open",
  "semver",
  "serde",
@@ -798,6 +857,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_vcruntime",
  "strum",
  "sysinfo",
+ "ureq",
  "windows",
  "winreg",
  "winresource",
@@ -830,6 +890,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4a85d31aea989eead29a3aaf9e1115a180df8282431156e533de47660892565"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "httparse"
+version = "1.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6dbf3de79e51f3d586ab4cb9d5c3e2c14aa28ed23d180cf89b4df0454a69cc87"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.63"
@@ -1058,7 +1135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "combine",
  "jni-sys",
  "log",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
  "walkdir",
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
@@ -1075,7 +1152,7 @@ version = "0.1.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "38f262f097c174adebe41eb73d66ae9c06b2844fb0da69969647bbddd9b0538a"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -1217,7 +1294,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ndk-sys",
  "num_enum",
  "raw-window-handle",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1250,6 +1327,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -1280,42 +1363,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nyquest"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a4722c65afdcbb836197802c2f5dc050825964bebbd9802086e54aef39208b0"
-dependencies = [
- "nyquest-interface",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.12",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "nyquest-backend-winrt"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6252715c7ef065cdb3384bc7551195dd97cc509ea0db25570b2ae1e28b765552"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "nyquest-interface",
- "windows",
- "windows-collections",
- "windows-core",
- "windows-future",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "nyquest-interface"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afabf0928178a75d8ded690f55faba7aa69d2998d4d8acca9c6ca4ac879c859d"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "thiserror 2.0.12",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "objc-sys"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1732,6 +1779,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "3.3.0"
@@ -1833,6 +1886,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "libc",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "roxmltree"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -1852,6 +1919,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.23.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ebcbd2f03de0fc1122ad9bb24b127a5a6cd51d72604a3f3c50ac459762b6cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dce314e5fee3f39953d46bb63bb8a46d40c2f8fb7cc5a3b6cab2bde9721d6e50"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "229a4a4c221013e7e1f1a043678c5cc39fe5171437c88fb47151a21e6f5b5c79"
+dependencies = [
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.103.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a17884ae0c1b773f1ccd2bd4a8c72f16da897310a98b0e84bf349ad5ead92fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.20"
@@ -1997,7 +2108,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "memmap2",
  "rustix",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror",
  "wayland-backend",
  "wayland-client",
  "wayland-csd-frame",
@@ -2077,6 +2188,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "svgtypes"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -2129,16 +2246,7 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl 1.0.69",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "567b8a2dae586314f7be2a752ec7474332959c6460e02bde30d702a66d488708"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl 2.0.12",
+ "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2152,17 +2260,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f7cf42b4507d8ea322120659672cf1b9dbb93f8f2d4ecfd6e51350ff5b17a1d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tiff"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -2174,6 +2271,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "83bde6f1ec10e72d583d91623c939f623002284ef622b87de38cfd546cbf2031"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "num-conv",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40868e7c1d2f0b8d73e4a8c7f0ff63af4f6d19be117e90bd73eb1d62cf831c6b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30cfb0125f12d9c277f35663a0a33f8c30190f4e4574868a330595412d34ebf3"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-conv",
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tiny-skia"
 version = "0.11.4"
@@ -2278,6 +2405,45 @@ version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f6ccf251212114b54433ec949fd6a7841275f9ada20dddd2f29e9ceea4501493"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ureq"
+version = "3.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00432f493971db5d8e47a65aeb3b02f8226b9b11f1450ff86bb772776ebadd70"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "cookie_store",
+ "flate2",
+ "log",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "ureq-proto",
+ "utf-8",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ureq-proto"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbe120bb823a0061680e66e9075942fcdba06d46551548c2c259766b9558bc9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "http",
+ "httparse",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.4"
@@ -2295,7 +2461,7 @@ version = "0.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "38b0a51b72ab80ca511d126b77feeeb4fb1e972764653e61feac30adc161a756"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "log",
  "pico-args",
  "usvg-parser",
@@ -2333,6 +2499,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiny-skia-path",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf-8"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf16_iter"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -2361,6 +2533,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
@@ -2574,6 +2752,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e8983c3ab33d6fb807cfcdad2491c4ea8cbc8ed839181c7dfd9c67c83e261b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "weezl"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -3126,6 +3313,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerovec"
 version = "0.10.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccc97a8..132552f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ egui_extras = { version = "0.31.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "svg",
 ] }
 image = { version = "0.25.6", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
-nyquest = { version = "0.1.1", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
-nyquest-backend-winrt = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["blocking"] }
 open = "5.3.2"
 semver = "1.0.26"
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
 strum = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["derive"] }
 sysinfo = "0.35.0"
+ureq = { version = "3.1.0", features = ["json"] }
 windows = { version = "0.61.1", features = [
     "Win32_UI_Input_KeyboardAndMouse",
     "Win32_System_Threading",
diff --git a/src/gui/run.rs b/src/gui/run.rs
index 8f6606f..41a852f 100644
--- a/src/gui/run.rs
+++ b/src/gui/run.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ fn app_creator(
 ) -> Result<Box<dyn eframe::App>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
     // use our own panic hook which logs all panics to a file
     std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(panic_hook));
-    // initialize http client (nyquest) for windows
-    nyquest_backend_winrt::register();
     // initialize App early to modify some things before returning it
     let mut app = Box::new(App::default());
     // load previously selected launch platform & settings from persistent state
diff --git a/src/util/codeberg.rs b/src/util/codeberg.rs
index f5e8c6c..f5d4e1a 100644
--- a/src/util/codeberg.rs
+++ b/src/util/codeberg.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use nyquest::{ClientBuilder, blocking::Request};
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
@@ -33,11 +32,9 @@ struct Asset {
 
 pub fn get_latest_release() -> Result<Release, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let request_url = format!("{CODEBERG_ENDPOINT_ROOT}/repos/futile/gta-tools/releases/latest");
-    let client = ClientBuilder::default()
-        .user_agent(APP_USER_AGENT)
-        .build_blocking()?;
-    let response = client.request(Request::get(request_url))?;
-    let json = response.json::<LatestRelease>()?;
+    let mut response = ureq::get(request_url).header("User-Agent", APP_USER_AGENT).call()?;
+    let body = response.body_mut();
+    let json = body.read_json::<LatestRelease>()?;
     let tag_name = json.tag_name;
     let browser_download_url = &json.assets[0].browser_download_url;
     Ok(Release {