diff --git a/rs/Cargo.lock b/rs/Cargo.lock
index 2d57a19..09d8af9 100644
--- a/rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -335,12 +335,6 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bincode"
-version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd6a120d2e16b3e1b4a24bd70f23b12d3e16b81f113364a26935f8db7245452d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bindgen"
 version = "0.70.1"
@@ -407,6 +401,29 @@ version = "3.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1628fb46dfa0b37568d12e5edd512553eccf6a22a78e8bde00bb4aed84d5bdbf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytecheck"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0caa33a2c0edca0419d15ac723dff03f1956f7978329b1e3b5fdaaaed9d3ca8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytecheck_derive",
+ "ptr_meta",
+ "rancor",
+ "simdutf8",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bytecheck_derive"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89385e82b5d1821d2219e0b095efa2cc1f246cbf99080f3be46a1a85c0d392d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.22.0"
@@ -949,6 +966,12 @@ version = "0.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1130,7 +1153,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3954d50fe15b02142bf25d3b8bdadb634ec3948f103d04ffe3031bc8fe9d7058"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1343,6 +1366,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "munge"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e17401f259eba956ca16491461b6e8f72913a0a114e39736ce404410f915a0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "munge_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "munge_macro"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4568f25ccbd45ab5d5603dc34318c1ec56b117531781260002151b8530a9f931"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1527,7 +1570,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "assert_matches",
- "bincode",
  "clap",
  "env_logger",
  "factori",
@@ -1536,6 +1578,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "rand",
  "regex",
+ "rkyv",
  "rodio",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1610,6 +1653,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ptr_meta"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b9a0cf95a1196af61d4f1cbdab967179516d9a4a4312af1f31948f8f6224a79"
+dependencies = [
+ "ptr_meta_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ptr_meta_derive"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7347867d0a7e1208d93b46767be83e2b8f978c3dad35f775ac8d8847551d6fe1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -1625,6 +1688,15 @@ version = "5.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rancor"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a063ea72381527c2a0561da9c80000ef822bdd7c3241b1cc1b12100e3df081ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "ptr_meta",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1708,6 +1780,45 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rend"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cadadef317c2f20755a64d7fdc48f9e7178ee6b0e1f7fce33fa60f1d68a276e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytecheck",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rkyv"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "360b333c61ae24e5af3ae7c8660bd6b21ccd8200dbbc5d33c2454421e85b9c69"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytecheck",
+ "bytes",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "indexmap",
+ "munge",
+ "ptr_meta",
+ "rancor",
+ "rend",
+ "rkyv_derive",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rkyv_derive"
+version = "0.8.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c02f8cdd12b307ab69fe0acf4cd2249c7460eb89dce64a0febadf934ebb6a9e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rodio"
 version = "0.20.1"
@@ -1867,6 +1978,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simdutf8"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -2159,6 +2276,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa5fdc3bce6191a1dbc8c02d5c8bffcf557bafa17c124c5264a458f1b0613fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.44.1"
@@ -2285,6 +2417,16 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "1.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee48d38b119b0cd71fe4141b30f5ba9c7c5d9f4e7a3a8b4a674e4b6ef789976f"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/rs/Cargo.toml b/rs/Cargo.toml
index 59497b3..1f910a1 100644
--- a/rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "^4"
-bincode = "^3"
 clap = { version = "^4", features = ["derive"] }
 env_logger = "^0"
 log = "^0"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ rand = "^0"
 regex = "^1"
 lazy_static = "^1"
 once_cell = "^1"
+rkyv = "^0.8"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "^1"
diff --git a/rs/src/filemanager/cache.rs b/rs/src/filemanager/cache.rs
index d45e09f..2323384 100644
--- a/rs/src/filemanager/cache.rs
+++ b/rs/src/filemanager/cache.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use rkyv::from_bytes;
+use rkyv::{rancor::Error, Archive, Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::{hash_map::DefaultHasher, HashSet};
 use std::fs;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ use super::options::CollectionOptions;
 static DB_ROOT_PATH: &str = ".cache";
 const DEFAULT_IGNORES: [&str; 2] = ["Music", "Audio Music Apps"];
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Archive)]
 struct File {
     path: String,
     id: String,
@@ -84,8 +85,9 @@ fn db_to_files(db: sled::Db) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 }
 
 fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> File {
-    let decoded: File = bincode::deserialize(bytes).unwrap();
-    decoded
+    //let decoded: File = bincode::deserialize(bytes).unwrap();
+    let deserialized: File = from_bytes::<File, Error>(bytes).unwrap();
+    deserialized
 }
 
 fn serialize(path: PathBuf, id: String) -> Vec<u8> {
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ fn serialize(path: PathBuf, id: String) -> Vec<u8> {
         path: path.to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
         id,
     };
-    bincode::serialize(&file).unwrap()
+    //bincode::serialize(&file).unwrap()
+    rkyv::to_bytes::<Error>(&file).unwrap().into_vec()
 }
 
 fn walk_dirs(dir: String, db: &mut sled::Db, ignores: HashSet<String>) {
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ fn walk_dirs(dir: String, db: &mut sled::Db, ignores: HashSet<String>) {
         let encoded = serialize(path, id);
         db.insert(i.to_be_bytes(), encoded).unwrap();
         i += 1;
-        if i % 500 == 0 {
+        if i.is_multiple_of(500) {
             log::info!("{}", i);
         }
     }