diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3939c9d..bdd803d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "bevy-mesh-text-3d"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/terhechte/bevy-mesh-text-3d#77d8ae6935af636bcb85251b1debbc7f3d618f74"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Schmarni-Dev/bevy-mesh-text-3d#1215d6195b153b1dcd5f0e5cab2fb6f8ae834aa4"
 dependencies = [
  "bevy",
  "cosmic-text 0.14.2",
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_math",
  "bevy_reflect",
  "bevy_transform",
- "cpal",
  "rodio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -835,7 +834,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-fnv1a-hash",
  "log",
  "serde",
- "sysinfo",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -889,23 +887,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "encase_derive_impl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bevy_gilrs"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97efef87c631949e67d06bb5d7dfd2a5f936b3b379afb6b1485b08edbb219b87"
-dependencies = [
- "bevy_app",
- "bevy_ecs",
- "bevy_input",
- "bevy_platform",
- "bevy_time",
- "bevy_utils",
- "gilrs",
- "thiserror 2.0.12",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bevy_gizmos"
 version = "0.16.1"
@@ -923,7 +904,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_pbr",
  "bevy_reflect",
  "bevy_render",
- "bevy_sprite",
  "bevy_time",
  "bevy_transform",
  "bevy_utils",
@@ -1056,7 +1036,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_derive",
  "bevy_diagnostic",
  "bevy_ecs",
- "bevy_gilrs",
  "bevy_gizmos",
  "bevy_gltf",
  "bevy_image",
@@ -1065,17 +1044,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_log",
  "bevy_math",
  "bevy_pbr",
- "bevy_picking",
  "bevy_platform",
  "bevy_ptr",
  "bevy_reflect",
  "bevy_remote",
  "bevy_render",
  "bevy_scene",
- "bevy_sprite",
  "bevy_state",
  "bevy_tasks",
- "bevy_text",
  "bevy_time",
  "bevy_transform",
  "bevy_ui",
@@ -1230,31 +1206,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bevy_picking"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ed04757938655ed8094ea1efb533f99063a8b22abffc22010c694d291522850"
-dependencies = [
- "bevy_app",
- "bevy_asset",
- "bevy_derive",
- "bevy_ecs",
- "bevy_input",
- "bevy_math",
- "bevy_mesh",
- "bevy_platform",
- "bevy_reflect",
- "bevy_render",
- "bevy_time",
- "bevy_transform",
- "bevy_utils",
- "bevy_window",
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "tracing",
- "uuid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bevy_platform"
 version = "0.16.1"
@@ -1453,13 +1404,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_ecs",
  "bevy_image",
  "bevy_math",
- "bevy_picking",
  "bevy_platform",
  "bevy_reflect",
  "bevy_render",
  "bevy_transform",
  "bevy_utils",
- "bevy_window",
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "bytemuck",
  "derive_more",
@@ -1503,13 +1452,11 @@ version = "0.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b674242641cab680688fc3b850243b351c1af49d4f3417a576debd6cca8dcf5"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
  "async-executor",
  "async-task",
  "atomic-waker",
  "bevy_platform",
  "cfg-if",
- "concurrent-queue",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -1599,7 +1546,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_image",
  "bevy_input",
  "bevy_math",
- "bevy_picking",
  "bevy_platform",
  "bevy_reflect",
  "bevy_render",
@@ -1659,10 +1605,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "approx 0.5.1",
  "bevy_a11y",
  "bevy_app",
- "bevy_asset",
  "bevy_derive",
  "bevy_ecs",
- "bevy_image",
  "bevy_input",
  "bevy_input_focus",
  "bevy_log",
@@ -1672,7 +1616,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bevy_tasks",
  "bevy_utils",
  "bevy_window",
- "bytemuck",
  "cfg-if",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "raw-window-handle",
@@ -1680,7 +1623,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "web-sys",
- "wgpu-types",
  "winit",
 ]
 
@@ -2188,16 +2130,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "core-foundation"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2a6cd9ae233e7f62ba4e9353e81a88df7fc8a5987b8d445b4d90c879bd156f6"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.7"
@@ -2211,7 +2143,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c07782be35f9e1140080c6b96f0d44b739e2278479f64e02fdab4e32dfd8b081"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "core-foundation",
  "core-graphics-types",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
@@ -2224,7 +2156,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "45390e6114f68f718cc7a830514a96f903cccd70d02a8f6d9f643ac4ba45afaf"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "core-foundation",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -3020,40 +2952,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gilrs"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbb2c998745a3c1ac90f64f4f7b3a54219fd3612d7705e7798212935641ed18f"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "gilrs-core",
- "log",
- "uuid",
- "vec_map",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "gilrs-core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6d95ae10ce5aa99543a28cf74e41c11f3b9e3c14f0452bbde46024753cd683e"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation 0.10.1",
- "inotify",
- "io-kit-sys",
- "js-sys",
- "libc",
- "libudev-sys",
- "log",
- "nix 0.29.0",
- "uuid",
- "vec_map",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "web-sys",
- "windows 0.61.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -3520,26 +3418,6 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a257582fdcde896fd96463bf2d40eefea0580021c0712a0e2b028b60b47a837a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "inotify"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f37dccff2791ab604f9babef0ba14fbe0be30bd368dc541e2b08d07c8aa908f3"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "inotify-sys",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "inotify-sys"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e05c02b5e89bff3b946cedeca278abc628fe811e604f027c45a8aa3cf793d0eb"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "input-event-codes"
 version = "6.2.0"
@@ -3555,16 +3433,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "io-kit-sys"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "617ee6cf8e3f66f3b4ea67a4058564628cde41901316e19f559e14c7c72c5e7b"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "mach2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -3734,17 +3602,6 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lewton"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "777b48df9aaab155475a83a7df3070395ea1ac6902f5cd062b8f2b028075c030"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "ogg",
- "tinyvec",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.174"
@@ -3778,16 +3635,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "redox_syscall 0.5.13",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libudev-sys"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c8469b4a23b962c1396b9b451dda50ef5b283e8dd309d69033475fa9b334324"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -4210,18 +4057,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.29.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "cfg-if",
- "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.30.1"
@@ -4251,15 +4086,6 @@ version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "610a5acd306ec67f907abe5567859a3c693fb9886eb1f012ab8f2a47bef3db51"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ntapi"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8a3895c6391c39d7fe7ebc444a87eb2991b2a0bc718fdabd071eec617fc68e4"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -4411,15 +4237,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "objc2-core-foundation"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c10c2894a6fed806ade6027bcd50662746363a9589d3ec9d9bef30a4e4bc166"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2-core-image"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -4597,15 +4414,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nonmax",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ogg"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6951b4e8bf21c8193da321bcce9c9dd2e13c858fe078bf9054a288b419ae5d6e"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.3"
@@ -5294,7 +5102,6 @@ checksum = "e7ceb6607dd738c99bc8cb28eff249b7cd5c8ec88b9db96c0608c1480d140fb1"
 dependencies = [
  "cpal",
  "hound",
- "lewton",
  "symphonia",
 ]
 
@@ -5984,19 +5791,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sysinfo"
-version = "0.34.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4b93974b3d3aeaa036504b8eefd4c039dced109171c1ae973f1dc63b2c7e4b2"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "memchr",
- "ntapi",
- "objc2-core-foundation",
- "windows 0.57.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "taffy"
 version = "0.7.7"
@@ -6606,12 +6400,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -7030,16 +6818,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows"
-version = "0.57.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12342cb4d8e3b046f3d80effd474a7a02447231330ef77d71daa6fbc40681143"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-core 0.57.0",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
 version = "0.58.0"
@@ -7082,18 +6860,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.57.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2ed2439a290666cd67ecce2b0ffaad89c2a56b976b736e6ece670297897832d"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-implement 0.57.0",
- "windows-interface 0.57.0",
- "windows-result 0.1.2",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.58.0"
@@ -7131,17 +6897,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-threading",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-implement"
-version = "0.57.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9107ddc059d5b6fbfbffdfa7a7fe3e22a226def0b2608f72e9d552763d3e1ad7"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.104",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-implement"
 version = "0.58.0"
@@ -7164,17 +6919,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-interface"
-version = "0.57.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "29bee4b38ea3cde66011baa44dba677c432a78593e202392d1e9070cf2a7fca7"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.104",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-interface"
 version = "0.58.0"
@@ -7570,7 +7314,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "calloop 0.13.0",
  "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
  "concurrent-queue",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "core-foundation",
  "core-graphics",
  "cursor-icon",
  "dpi",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14e08a0..a9ccf40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,13 +79,40 @@ mint = "0.5.9"
 tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "signal", "time"] }
 
 # bevy
-bevy = { version = "0.16", features = ["wayland", "mp3", "wav", "animation", "qoi", "png", "hdr", "jpeg"] }
+bevy = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = [
+	"animation",
+	"bevy_animation",
+	# default features
+	"bevy_asset",
+	"bevy_audio",
+	"bevy_color",
+	"bevy_core_pipeline",
+	"bevy_gizmos",
+	"bevy_gltf",
+	"bevy_log",
+	"bevy_pbr",
+	"bevy_render",
+	"bevy_window",
+	"bevy_winit",
+	"std",
+	"x11",
+	# non default features we need
+	"wayland",
+	"mp3",
+	"wav",
+	"qoi",
+	"png",
+	"hdr",
+	"jpeg",
+] }
 bevy_mod_xr = "0.3"
 bevy_mod_openxr = "0.3"
 # bevy_sk.git = "https://github.com/MalekiRe/bevy_sk"
 bevy_sk = { git = "https://github.com/Schmarni-Dev/bevy_sk", branch = "fix_mat_stuff" }
-# bevy_sk.path = "../bevy_sk"
-bevy-mesh-text-3d.git = "https://github.com/terhechte/bevy-mesh-text-3d"
+
+# bevy-mesh-text-3d.git = "https://github.com/terhechte/bevy-mesh-text-3d"
+# use my fork until my pr to use minimal bevy features was merged
+bevy-mesh-text-3d.git = "https://github.com/Schmarni-Dev/bevy-mesh-text-3d"
 
 openxr = "0.19"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 98cc752..ece48ff 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy::pbr::PbrPlugin;
 use bevy::render::settings::{Backends, RenderCreation, WgpuSettings};
 use bevy::render::{RenderDebugFlags, RenderPlugin};
 use bevy::scene::ScenePlugin;
-use bevy::text::FontLoader;
 use bevy::winit::{WakeUp, WinitPlugin};
 use bevy_mod_openxr::action_set_attaching::OxrActionAttachingPlugin;
 use bevy_mod_openxr::action_set_syncing::OxrActionSyncingPlugin;
@@ -351,7 +350,6 @@ fn bevy_loop(
 		// bevy_sk::skytext::SphericalHarmonicsPlugin,
 	));
 	// app.add_plugins(HandGizmosPlugin);
-	app.init_asset::<Font>().init_asset_loader::<FontLoader>();
 	app.world_mut().resource_mut::<AmbientLight>().brightness = 2000.0;
 	if let Some(priority) = args.overlay_priority {
 		app.insert_resource(OxrOverlaySettings {