diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index 93353bb..5cd6f30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         toolchain:
           - stable
-          #- beta
-          #- nightly
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # https://github.com/dtolnay/rust-toolchain
       - name: Setup rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
@@ -32,14 +30,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
-        
-      # https://github.com/WarpBuilds/rust-cache
+
       - name: Run WarpBuilds/rust-cache
         uses: WarpBuilds/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
-      # https://github.com/Mozilla-Actions/sccache-action
       - name: Run sccache-action
         uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.5
 
@@ -49,10 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install native dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
-
-      #######################################################
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
 
-      # lint and test
       - run: make lint
       - run: make test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e42501b..a356a36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 jobs:
-  #
-  # extract-version extracts the version from the tag or the branch name,
-  # for reuse in later jobs
-  #
   extract-version:
     name: Extract version
     runs-on: warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-16x
@@ -50,9 +46,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "| \`GITHUB_SHA\`      | \`${GITHUB_SHA}\`      |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "| \`VERSION\`         | \`${VERSION}\`         |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
-  #
-  # build-binary builds a release binary for a variety of platforms
-  #
   build-binary:
     name: Build binary
     needs: extract-version
@@ -66,64 +59,40 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         configs:
-          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
             runner: warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-16x
-          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            runner: warp-macos-14-arm64-6x
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # https://github.com/dtolnay/rust-toolchain
-      - name: Setup rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-        with:
-          target: ${{ matrix.configs.target }}
-
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
-
-      # https://github.com/WarpBuilds/rust-cache
       - name: Run WarpBuilds/rust-cache
         uses: WarpBuilds/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           cache-on-failure: true
 
-      # https://github.com/Mozilla-Actions/sccache-action
-      - name: Setup sccache-action
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@v0.0.5
-
-      - name: Set env vars
-        run: |
-          echo "SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Prepare output filename
         run: |
           OUTPUT_FILENAME="rbuilder-${VERSION}-${{ matrix.configs.target }}.tar.gz"
           echo "OUTPUT_FILENAME=$OUTPUT_FILENAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Filename: ${OUTPUT_FILENAME}"
 
-      - name: Build rbuilder binary
-        run: cargo build --release
+      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cross
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: cross build --release --target ${{ matrix.configs.target }}
 
       - name: Prepare artifacts
         run: |
           mkdir -p artifacts
-          tar -czf "artifacts/${OUTPUT_FILENAME}" -C target/release rbuilder
+          tar -czf "artifacts/${OUTPUT_FILENAME}" -C target/${{ matrix.configs.target }}/release rbuilder
 
-      # https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
         with:
           name: ${{ env.OUTPUT_FILENAME }}
           path: artifacts/${{ env.OUTPUT_FILENAME }}
 
-  #
-  # draft-release runs after building for various targets, collects artifacts and prepares a draft release
-  # (only when running against a tag!)
-  #
   draft-release:
     name: Draft release
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.draft-release == 'true' || github.event_name == 'push'}} # when manually triggered or version tagged
@@ -137,7 +106,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # https://github.com/actions/download-artifact
       - name: Download artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -151,7 +119,6 @@ jobs:
           for file in *; do sha256sum "$file" >> sha256sums.txt; done;
           cat sha256sums.txt
 
-      # https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release
       - name: Create release draft
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.0.5
         id: create-release-draft
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0c00f11..f9e41af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5859,6 +5859,15 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.4.0+3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a709e02f2b4aca747929cca5ed248880847c650233cf8b8cdc48f40aaf4898a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.103"
@@ -5867,6 +5876,7 @@ checksum = "7f9e8deee91df40a943c71b917e5874b951d32a802526c85721ce3b776c929d6"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
@@ -7211,6 +7221,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics_macros",
  "mockall",
+ "openssl",
  "prometheus",
  "prost",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 82c714e..c8e9b4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"], optional = false }
 clap = { version = "4.4.3", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 tokio = "1.32.0"
 tokio-util = "0.7.10"
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ tower = "0.4"
 
 metrics_macros =  { git = "https://github.com/flashbots/rbuilder.git", rev = "d96e7215483bac0ab145459f4ddaa811d99459d6"}
 
-#rbuilder = {path="./../rbuilder/crates/rbuilder"}
 rbuilder = { git = "https://github.com/flashbots/rbuilder.git", rev = "d96e7215483bac0ab145459f4ddaa811d99459d6"}
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a58b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
+pre-build = [
+    "apt-get update && apt-get install -y pkg-config libssl-dev curl unzip",
+    "curl -sSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.3/protoc-24.3-linux-x86_64.zip -o protoc.zip",
+    "unzip protoc.zip -d /usr/local",
+    "chmod +x /usr/local/bin/protoc"
+]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a78754..69847aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ clean: ## Clean up
 	cargo clean
 
 .PHONY: build
-build: ## Build (debug version)
-	cargo build
+build: ## Build static binary for x86_64
+	cross build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 
 .PHONY: docker-image
 docker-image: ## Build a rbuilder Docker image