diff --git a/Dockerfile.dropshell-build b/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
index 402f100..b4c72e7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
+++ b/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
@@ -34,10 +34,66 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     elfutils-dev \
     elfutils-libelf \
     binutils \
-    binutils-dev 
-
+    binutils-dev \
+    pipx \
+    openssl-dev \
+    sqlite-dev \
+    libpq-dev \
+    mariadb-connector-c-dev \
+    c-ares-dev \
+    jsoncpp-dev \
+    ninja \
+    util-linux-dev \
+    util-linux-static \
+    perl 
+    
 #RUN apk add --no-cache --update --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/main/ libexecinfo-dev
 
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+
+# Build OpenSSL statically with musl
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION=3.3.0
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN curl -LO https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    tar xzf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    cd openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} && \
+    ./Configure no-shared no-dso no-tests no-async linux-x86_64 \
+      --prefix=/usr/local/openssl-musl \
+      -static -fPIC && \
+    make -j$(nproc) && \
+    make install_sw && \
+    cd / && rm -rf /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+
+#ARG DROGON_VERSION=1.9.5
+RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git /tmp/drogon && \
+#RUN git clone --branch v${DROGON_VERSION} --depth 1 https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git /tmp/drogon && \
+    mkdir -p /tmp/drogon/build && \
+    cd /tmp/drogon/build && \
+    cmake .. \
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON \
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++" \
+      -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static" \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+      -DCMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES=".a" \
+      -DUSE_MONGODB=OFF \
+      -DUSE_POSTGRESQL=ON \
+      -DUSE_MYSQL=ON \
+      -DUSE_SQLITE3=ON \
+      -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+      -DUUID_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/libuuid.a \
+      -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/openssl-musl \
+      -DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=TRUE \
+      &&\
+    make -j$(nproc) && \
+    make install && \
+    cd / && rm -rf /tmp/drogon
+
+
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -78,3 +134,4 @@ ARG PROJECT
 
 # Copy the actual binary from the regular directory
 COPY --from=builder /output/${PROJECT} /${PROJECT}
+
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5f07b..0000000
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[requires]
-drogon/1.9.1
-
-[generators]
-cmake_find_package
-cmake_paths
-cmake_find_package_multi
-
-[options]
-drogon:with_orm=True
-drogon:with_postgres=True
-drogon:with_sqlite3=True
-drogon:with_redis=True
-drogon:with_brotli=True
-drogon:with_zlib=True
-
-[build_requires]
-cmake/3.28.3
diff --git a/ipdemo/CMakeLists.txt b/ipdemo/CMakeLists.txt
index 13c5e1c..2a6d52d 100644
--- a/ipdemo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ipdemo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} PRIVATE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/autogen
 )
 
+
+
 # Add nlohmann/json
 FetchContent_Declare(
   nlohmann_json
@@ -93,9 +95,20 @@ set(EXTRA_LIBS
     -ldl    # For dladdr
 )
 
+
+##########
+# If you include the drogon source code locally in your project, use this method to add drogon
+# add_subdirectory(external/drogon)
+# target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE drogon)
+##########
+find_package(Drogon CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Drogon::Drogon)
+
+
 # Link libraries
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_EXE_NAME} PRIVATE
     nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
+    Drogon::Drogon
     ${EXTRA_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/ipdemo/src/main.cpp b/ipdemo/src/main.cpp
index a661efe..3d8ed7d 100644
--- a/ipdemo/src/main.cpp
+++ b/ipdemo/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
-#include "httplib.hpp"
+#include <drogon/HttpClient.h>
 #include "version.hpp"
 #include "assert.hpp"
 
@@ -14,14 +14,30 @@ int main() {
     std::cout << std::endl;
     std::cout << "Retrieving IP address..." << std::endl;
 
-    httplib::Client cli("http://ipinfo.io");
-    auto res = cli.Get("/ip");
+    auto loop = trantor::EventLoop::getEventLoopOfCurrentThread();
+    auto client = drogon::HttpClient::newHttpClient("http://ipinfo.io", loop);
+    auto req = drogon::HttpRequest::newHttpRequest();
+    req->setMethod(drogon::Get);
+    req->setPath("/ip");
+    std::string ip_body;
+    int status = 0;
+    bool done = false;
+    client->sendRequest(req, [&](drogon::ReqResult result, const drogon::HttpResponsePtr &resp) {
+        if (result == drogon::ReqResult::Ok && resp) {
+            ip_body = resp->body();
+            status = resp->statusCode();
+        } else {
+            status = 0;
+        }
+        done = true;
+    });
+    while (!done) loop->loopOnce();
 
-    ASSERT(res->status == 200, "Failed to get IP");
+    ASSERT(status == 200, "Failed to get IP");
 
     nlohmann::json j;
-    j["ip"] = res->body;
-    j["status"] = res->status;
+    j["ip"] = ip_body;
+    j["status"] = status;
 
     std::cout << j.dump(4) << std::endl;