diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5318e28..2c757b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -487,6 +481,22 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "194a7a9e6de53fa55116934067c844d9d749312f75c6f6d0980e8c252f8c2146"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation-sys"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e496a50fda8aacccc86d7529e2c1e0892dbd0f898a6b5645b5561b89c3210efa"
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -538,12 +548,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
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@@ -605,30 +609,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-name = "exr"
-version = "1.71.0"
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.3"
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-checksum = "832a761f35ab3e6664babfbdc6cef35a4860e816ec3916dcfd0882954e98a8a8"
+checksum = "136526188508e25c6fef639d7927dfb3e0e3084488bf202267829cf7fc23dbdd"
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- "bit_field",
- "flume",
- "half",
- "lebe",
- "miniz_oxide",
- "rayon-core",
- "smallvec",
- "zune-inflate",
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "fdeflate"
-version = "0.3.0"
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
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-checksum = "d329bdeac514ee06249dabc27877490f17f5d371ec693360768b838e19f3ae10"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
 dependencies = [
- "simd-adler32",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
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@@ -639,21 +645,27 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "flume"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55ac459de2512911e4b674ce33cf20befaba382d05b62b008afc1c8b57cbf181"
-dependencies = [
- "spin 0.9.8",
-]
-
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+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -745,16 +757,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "gif"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80792593675e051cf94a4b111980da2ba60d4a83e43e0048c5693baab3977045"
-dependencies = [
- "color_quant",
- "weezl",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -786,15 +788,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02b4af3693f1b705df946e9fe5631932443781d0aabb423b62fcd4d73f6d2fd0"
-dependencies = [
- "crunchy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -891,6 +884,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-rustls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -910,14 +916,9 @@ dependencies = [
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  "color_quant",
- "exr",
- "gif",
  "jpeg-decoder",
  "num-rational",
  "num-traits",
- "png",
- "qoi",
- "tiff",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -938,9 +939,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d5477fe2230a79769d8dc68e0eabf5437907c0457a5614a9e8dddb67f65eb65d"
+checksum = "ad227c3af19d4914570ad36d30409928b75967c298feb9ea1969db3a610bb14e"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1012,10 +1013,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 [[package]]
-name = "lebe"
-version = "0.5.2"
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
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-checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
@@ -1053,6 +1054,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a9bad9f94746442c783ca431b22403b519cd7fbeed0533fdd6328b2f2212128"
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -1148,7 +1155,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 dependencies = [
  "adler",
- "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1172,6 +1178,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "new_debug_unreachable"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1283,6 +1307,50 @@ version = "1.18.0"
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 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bac25ee399abb46215765b1cb35bc0212377e58a061560d8b29b024fd0430e7c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db4d56a4c0478783083cfafcc42493dd4a981d41669da64b4572a2a089b51b1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1353,19 +1421,6 @@ version = "0.3.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
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-version = "0.17.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd75bf2d8dd3702b9707cdbc56a5b9ef42cec752eb8b3bafc01234558442aa64"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "crc32fast",
- "fdeflate",
- "flate2",
- "miniz_oxide",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1381,15 +1436,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "qoi"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f6d64c71eb498fe9eae14ce4ec935c555749aef511cca85b5568910d6e48001"
-dependencies = [
- "bytemuck",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "qstring"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -1572,10 +1618,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
+ "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1585,6 +1633,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-socks",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1616,7 +1665,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "spin 0.5.2",
+ "spin",
  "untrusted",
  "web-sys",
  "winapi",
@@ -1659,6 +1708,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "747c788e9ce8e92b12cd485c49ddf90723550b654b32508f979b71a7b1ecda4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.21.7"
@@ -1696,6 +1758,15 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c3733bf4cf7ea0880754e19cb5a462007c4a8c1914bff372ccc95b464f1df88"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1712,6 +1783,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05b64fb303737d99b81884b2c63433e9ae28abebe5eb5045dcdd175dc2ecf4de"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e932934257d3b408ed8f30db49d85ea163bfe74961f017f405b025af298f0c7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.19"
@@ -1793,12 +1887,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d66dc143e6b11c1eddc06d5c423cfc97062865baf299914ab64caa38182078fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "simd_helpers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1849,15 +1937,6 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
-name = "spin"
-version = "0.9.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
-dependencies = [
- "lock_api",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -1900,36 +1979,38 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d0e916b1148c8e263850e1ebcbd046f333e0683c724876bb0da63ea4373dc8a"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.48"
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d6d7a740b8a666a7e828dd00da9c0dc290dff53154ea77ac109281de90589b7"
+checksum = "cb94d2f3cc536af71caac6b6fcebf65860b347e7ce0cc9ebe8f70d3e521054ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.49"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1177e8c6d7ede7afde3585fd2513e611227efd6481bd78d2e82ba1ce16557ed4"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.48"
+version = "1.0.49"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49922ecae66cc8a249b77e68d1d0623c1b2c514f0060c27cdc68bd62a1219d35"
+checksum = "10712f02019e9288794769fba95cd6847df9874d49d871d062172f9dd41bc4cc"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.37",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tiff"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d172b0f4d3fba17ba89811858b9d3d97f928aece846475bbda076ca46736211"
-dependencies = [
- "flate2",
- "jpeg-decoder",
- "weezl",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.29"
@@ -2003,6 +2084,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.37",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.24.1"
@@ -2075,7 +2166,7 @@ version = "0.19.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "indexmap 2.0.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -2172,6 +2263,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust_hawktracer",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2294,12 +2391,6 @@ version = "0.25.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-[[package]]
-name = "weezl"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9193164d4de03a926d909d3bc7c30543cecb35400c02114792c2cae20d5e2dbb"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -2436,12 +2527,3 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zune-inflate"
-version = "0.2.54"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73ab332fe2f6680068f3582b16a24f90ad7096d5d39b974d1c0aff0125116f02"
-dependencies = [
- "simd-adler32",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11cdfb9..c9e37d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,22 +6,34 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+# Web Requests & Async Runtime
+tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"] }
 actix-web = "4.4.0"
-image = "0.24.7"
-libwebp-sys = { version = "0.9.4", optional = true }
-mimalloc = "0.1.39"
-once_cell = "1.18.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", features = ["stream", "brotli", "gzip", "socks"], default-features = false }
 qstring = "0.7.2"
+
+# Alternate Allocator 
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.39", optional = true }
+
+# Transcoding Images to WebP/AVIF to save bandwidth
+image = { version = "0.24.7", features = ["jpeg", "jpeg_rayon", "webp"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+libwebp-sys = { version = "0.9.4", optional = true }
 ravif = { version = "0.11.3", optional = true }
 rgb = { version = "0.8.36", optional = true }
+
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 regex = "1.9.5"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.20", features = ["rustls-tls", "stream", "brotli", "gzip", "socks"], default-features = false }
-tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["full"] }
 
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-default = ["webp"]
-avif = ["dep:ravif", "dep:rgb"]
-webp = ["dep:libwebp-sys"]
+default = ["webp", "mimalloc", "reqwest-rustls"]
+
+reqwest-rustls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
+reqwest-native-tls = ["reqwest/default-tls"]
+
+avif = ["dep:ravif", "dep:rgb", "dep:image"]
+webp = ["dep:libwebp-sys", "dep:image"]
+
+mimalloc = ["dep:mimalloc"]
 
 [profile.release]
-lto = true
\ No newline at end of file
+lto = true
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f54a7e4..32e5922 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 use actix_web::http::Method;
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBuilder, HttpServer};
-use mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use qstring::QString;
 use regex::Regex;
 use reqwest::{Body, Client, Request, Url};
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
-use tokio::sync::oneshot;
-use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
 
+#[cfg(not(any(feature = "reqwest-native-tls", feature = "reqwest-rustls")))]
+compile_error!("feature \"reqwest-native-tls\" or \"reqwest-rustls\" must be set for proxy to have TLS support");
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "webp", feature = "avif"))]
+use tokio::{sync::oneshot, task::spawn_blocking};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "mimalloc")]
 #[global_allocator]
-static GLOBAL: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
@@ -21,9 +25,12 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         // match all requests
         App::new().default_service(web::to(index))
     });
-    // get port from env
+
+    // get socket/port from env
+    // backwards compat when only UDS is set
     if env::var("UDS").is_ok() {
-        server.bind_uds("./socket/actix.sock")?
+        let socket_path = env::var("BIND_UNIX").unwrap_or_else(|_| "./socket/actix.sock".to_string());
+        server.bind_uds(socket_path)?
     } else {
         let bind = env::var("BIND").unwrap_or_else(|_| "0.0.0.0:8080".to_string());
         server.bind(bind)?
@@ -48,17 +55,13 @@ static CLIENT: Lazy<Client> = Lazy::new(|| {
         None
     };
 
-    let builder = if proxy.is_some() {
+    let builder = if let Some(proxy) = proxy {
         // proxy basic auth
         if let Ok(proxy_auth_user) = env::var("PROXY_USER") {
             let proxy_auth_pass = env::var("PROXY_PASS").unwrap_or_default();
-            builder.proxy(
-                proxy
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .basic_auth(&proxy_auth_user, &proxy_auth_pass),
-            )
+            builder.proxy(proxy.basic_auth(&proxy_auth_user, &proxy_auth_pass))
         } else {
-            builder.proxy(proxy.unwrap())
+            builder.proxy(proxy)
         }
     } else {
         builder
@@ -133,6 +136,9 @@ async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Box<dyn Error>> {
         return Err("No host provided".into());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "webp", feature = "avif"))]
+    let disallow_image_transcoding = env::var("DISALLOW_IMAGE_TRANSCODING").is_ok();
+
     let rewrite = query.get("rewrite") != Some("false");
 
     #[cfg(feature = "avif")]
@@ -213,7 +219,9 @@ async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Box<dyn Error>> {
     if rewrite {
         if let Some(content_type) = resp.headers().get("content-type") {
             #[cfg(feature = "avif")]
-            if content_type == "image/webp" || content_type == "image/jpeg" && avif {
+            if !disallow_image_transcoding
+                && (content_type == "image/webp" || content_type == "image/jpeg" && avif)
+            {
                 let resp_bytes = resp.bytes().await.unwrap();
                 let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<(Vec<u8>, &'static str)>();
                 spawn_blocking(|| {
@@ -235,11 +243,11 @@ async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Box<dyn Error>> {
                         .with_speed(7)
                         .encode_rgb(buffer);
 
-                    return if let Ok(res) = res {
+                    if let Ok(res) = res {
                         tx.send((res.avif_file.to_vec(), "image/avif")).unwrap();
                     } else {
                         tx.send((resp_bytes.into(), "image/jpeg")).unwrap();
-                    };
+                    }
                 });
                 let (body, content_type) = rx.await.unwrap();
                 response.content_type(content_type);
@@ -247,7 +255,7 @@ async fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Box<dyn Error>> {
             }
 
             #[cfg(feature = "webp")]
-            if content_type == "image/jpeg" {
+            if !disallow_image_transcoding && content_type == "image/jpeg" {
                 let resp_bytes = resp.bytes().await.unwrap();
                 let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<(Vec<u8>, &'static str)>();
                 spawn_blocking(|| {