diff --git a/nix/docker.nix b/nix/docker.nix
index c1f842d..159ff43 100644
--- a/nix/docker.nix
+++ b/nix/docker.nix
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ let
   #### JANUSXR Stack
 
   janusweb = builtins.fetchTarball {
-    url = "https://github.com/coderofsalvation/janusweb/releases/download/1.5.56-xrf/janusweb-1.5.56.tar.gz";
+    name = "janusweb";
+    url = "https://github.com/coderofsalvation/janusweb/releases/download/1.5.56-peertube/janusweb-1.5.56.tar.gz";
     # Get the SHA256 hash by running: nix-prefetch-url --unpack <URL>
-    sha256 = "0zkmfv07zxdf1nkhgr4g959fj86p2yp9f7n1ll1zyhlm186sfh31";
+    sha256 = "11mlbhmi3vs1xpxjp4dlxb8yi60dmdrh0bfkl0j0hlfhr9y2px4d";
   };
 
   # Fetch the source from the GitHub tag
   corsanywhere = pkgs.fetchzip {
+    name = "corsanywhere";
     url = "https://github.com/Rob--W/cors-anywhere/archive/0.4.4.tar.gz";
     # You need to calculate the correct SHA256 hash for version 0.4.4
     # You can get this by running 'nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/Rob--W/cors-anywhere/archive/0.4.4.tar.gz'
@@ -62,28 +64,26 @@ let
   };
 
   ## 2. Create a minimal derivation to make the file executable
-  #janusServerBin = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  #  pname = "janus-server";
-  #  version = "1.0";
-  #  src = janusServer; 
-  #  dontUnpack = true; 
-  #  dontBuild = true;
-  #  installPhase = ''
-  #    mkdir -p $out/bin
-  #    cp $src $out/bin/janus_server-linux
-  #    chmod +x $out/bin/janus_server-linux 
-  #  '';
-  #};
+  janusServerBin = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "janus-server";
+    version = "1.0";
+    src = janusServer; 
+    dontUnpack = true; 
+    dontBuild = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      cp $src $out/bin/janus_server-linux
+      chmod +x $out/bin/janus_server-linux 
+    '';
+  };
 
-  janus = pkgs.runCommand "janusweb-content" {} ''
-    mkdir -p $out/mnt/janusweb $out/root/corsanywhere $out/root
-    cp -rT ${janusweb} $out/mnt/janusweb
+  janus = pkgs.runCommand "janus" {} ''
+    mkdir -p $out/janusweb $out/root/corsanywhere
+    cp -rT ${janusweb} $out/janusweb
     cp -rT ${corsanywhere} $out/root/corsanywhere/.
     cp -rT ${janusServer} $out/root/janus_server-linux
   '';
   
-  #### XR FRAGMENTS
-
   ## $ nix-shell -p nix-prefetch-git --command 'nix-prefetch-git https://codeberg.org/coderofsalvation/xrfragment.git <commit>'
   xrfragmentsRepo = pkgs.fetchFromGitea {
     "domain" = "codeberg.org";
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ let
     "hash" = "sha256-P/RVwoDu0EYfwc0n2h1f4j0JZshtE4AtQsTU9iEkAcA=";
   };
 
-  xrfragments = pkgs.runCommand "xrfragments-content" {} ''
-    mkdir -p $out/mnt/asset/xrfragments $out/mnt/templates/xrfragments
-    cp -r ${xrfragmentsRepo}/assets/library $out/mnt/asset/xrfragments/\#1
-    find ${xrfragmentsRepo}//assets/template -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | awk '{ system("cp -r "$0" '$out'/mnt/templates/xrfragments/#"(NR+1)) }' 
+  xrfragments = pkgs.runCommand "xrfragments" {} ''
+    mkdir -p $out/xrf/templates/xrfragments $out/xrf/assets/xrfragments 
+    cp -rT ${xrfragmentsRepo}/assets/library $out/xrf/assets/xrfragments/\#1
+    find ${xrfragmentsRepo}/assets/template -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | awk '{ system("cp -rT "$0" '$out'/xrf/templates/xrfragments/#"(NR+1)) }' 
   '';
 
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in
 rec
 {
 
-  xrforgeImage = pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
+  xrforgeImage = pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
 
     name = "xrforge";
     tag = "latest";
@@ -126,16 +126,16 @@ rec
     fromImage = manyfoldImage;
 
     # add nix pkgs + local files
-    copyToRoot = pkgs.buildEnv {
+    contents = pkgs.buildEnv {
       name = "image-root";
-      pathsToLink = ["/manyfold" "/bin" "/mnt" "/root"];
+      pathsToLink = ["/manyfold" "/bin" "/root" "/xrf" "/janusweb"];
       paths = [
         #pkgs.pkgsStatic.rsync
         pkgs.rsync
         pkgs.sqlite
         pkgs.rclone
         pkgs.fuse3
-        pkgs.janus-gateway   # webrtc voip for JanusXR
+        #pkgs.janus-gateway   # webrtc voip for JanusXR
         pkgs.nodejs_20       # for corsanywhere
         #pkgs.acl            # getfacl e.g.
         #pkgs.inotify-tools  # inotifywait e.g.
@@ -145,10 +145,20 @@ rec
         #myAssimp            # updated build of assimp
         janus
         xrfragments
-        ../.
+        ../manyfold
       ];
     };
 
+    # we do this here (instead of creating a derivation which copies/links them)
+    # because the derivation will duplicate the content (even when linking )
+    # causing the image to balloon in size :/
+    enableFakechroot = true;
+    fakeRootCommands = ''
+      for dir in /nix/store/*-manyfold/*; do
+        ln -s $dir /manyfold/.
+      done
+    '';
+
     config = {
       Cmd = ["/init"];
       # We substitute the /init entrypoing with our own wrapper 
diff --git a/nix/shell.nix b/nix/shell.nix
index ac2ffc6..08ff8ea 100644
--- a/nix/shell.nix
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
     # nativeBuildInputs is usually what you want -- tools you need to run
     nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [ 
 
-      monolith
-      nodejs_22
       nixos-generators
       #qemu
       sqlite
+      pv
 
     ];