diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index b270307..0b895b4 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ name = "fantastic-rs"
 version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "nrpc 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nrpc",
  "prost",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sysfuss",
  "tokio",
  "usdpl-back",
- "usdpl-build 0.11.0",
+ "usdpl-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -682,16 +682,6 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nrpc"
-version = "0.10.0"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "futures",
- "prost",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nrpc"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -704,27 +694,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nrpc-build"
-version = "0.10.0"
-dependencies = [
- "nrpc 0.10.0",
- "prettyplease 0.2.15",
- "proc-macro2",
- "prost-build",
- "prost-types",
- "protox",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nrpc-build"
 version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6d47eea1ccd03b060da4b19bec6ac8addcd0129c03b15905a158cd20389d6a4"
 dependencies = [
- "nrpc 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nrpc",
  "prettyplease 0.2.15",
  "proc-macro2",
  "prost-build",
@@ -1269,6 +1245,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sysfuss"
 version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f33bae529511a671b5f2ed4cc46ae0b2ccdf8c03ccf7eebe95a5a886ff7914dc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
@@ -1458,34 +1436,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "gettext-ng",
  "log",
- "nrpc 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nrpc",
  "prost",
  "ratchet_rs",
  "tokio",
- "usdpl-build 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "usdpl-build",
  "usdpl-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "usdpl-build"
-version = "0.11.0"
-dependencies = [
- "nrpc-build 0.10.0",
- "prettyplease 0.2.15",
- "proc-macro2",
- "prost-build",
- "prost-types",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "usdpl-build"
 version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b732dfafa3876eb2acc3ff17ffc8ed370662e68de3bdf541fbbddaa71ebf52be"
 dependencies = [
- "nrpc-build 0.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nrpc-build",
  "prettyplease 0.2.15",
  "proc-macro2",
  "prost-build",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 87498ff..979ddbf 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ usdpl-back = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "decky"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
-nrpc = { version = "0.10", default-features = false } #path = "../../nRPC/nrpc" }
+nrpc = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 prost = "0.11"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync", "rt"] }
 
-sysfuss = { version = "0.3", features = ["derive"], path = "../../sysfs-nav" }
+sysfuss = { version = "0.3", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # logging
 log = "0.4"
 simplelog = "0.12"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-usdpl-build = { version = "0.11", path = "../../usdpl-rs/usdpl-build" }
+usdpl-build = { version = "0.11" }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = false
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index f1a0ed3..1facf61 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/steamdeckhomebrew/holo-toolchain-rust:latest
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/backend/entrypoint.sh" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+#RUN pacman -S --noconfirm cmake make clang git
+# for building Rust wasm frontend
+RUN curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/backend/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/backend/build-docker.sh b/backend/build-docker.sh
index c59496c..7fd1e74 100755
--- a/backend/build-docker.sh
+++ b/backend/build-docker.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ rustc --version
 cargo --version
 
 echo "--- Building plugin backend ---"
-cargo build --release --features usdpl-back/decky
-mkdir -p out
+cargo build --release
+#mkdir -p out
 cp target/release/fantastic-rs out/backend
 
+echo "--- Building plugin frontend (wasm) ---"
+# this only builds the webassembly part, while the actual frontend task builds the rest of it
+cd /plugin/src/rust
+./build.sh decky
+cargo clean
+cd /backend
+
 echo " --- Cleaning up ---"
 # remove root-owned target folder
 cargo clean
diff --git a/src/rust/Cargo.lock b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
index 830d9da..37f76c5 100644
--- a/src/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
 [[package]]
 name = "nrpc"
 version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb8807391415c7f5673c2431e723597bbf6a5c2f510aab30dc8d48d0c76f5d26"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -440,6 +442,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "nrpc-build"
 version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6d47eea1ccd03b060da4b19bec6ac8addcd0129c03b15905a158cd20389d6a4"
 dependencies = [
  "nrpc",
  "prettyplease 0.2.12",
@@ -804,6 +808,8 @@ checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
 [[package]]
 name = "usdpl-build"
 version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b732dfafa3876eb2acc3ff17ffc8ed370662e68de3bdf541fbbddaa71ebf52be"
 dependencies = [
  "nrpc-build",
  "prettyplease 0.2.12",
@@ -817,6 +823,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "usdpl-core"
 version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dad1ff724f8214657706c4c877181d68d65a4db1c782e0a08a74402fe7c480f5"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
 ]
@@ -824,6 +832,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "usdpl-front"
 version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9e7ab9901d3db914e70594d94b2bd05c6c2c9d528937c8f466be581e0b79e8f"
 dependencies = [
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "futures",
diff --git a/src/rust/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/Cargo.toml
index 44d8f7e..b4e59c2 100644
--- a/src/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 usdpl-front = { version = "0.11" }
-nrpc = { version = "0.10", path = "../../../nRPC/nrpc", default-features = false }
+nrpc = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 prost = "0.11"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-usdpl-build = { version = "0.11", path = "../../../usdpl-rs/usdpl-build" }
+usdpl-build = { version = "0.11" }
 
 [features]
 debug = ["usdpl-front/debug"]
diff --git a/src/rust/build.rs b/src/rust/build.rs
index 6cb4f89..08efd0d 100644
--- a/src/rust/build.rs
+++ b/src/rust/build.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ fn main() {
     println!("CWD: {}", std::env::current_dir().unwrap().display());
     usdpl_build::front::build(
         [format!(
-            "{}/../../backend-rs/protos/fantastic.proto",
+            "{}/../../backend/protos/fantastic.proto",
             std::env::current_dir().unwrap().display()
         )]
         .into_iter(),
         [format!(
-            "{}/../../backend-rs/protos/",
+            "{}/../../backend/protos/",
             std::env::current_dir().unwrap().display()
         )]
         .into_iter(),