diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 278566d..a8cad29 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # directories
 dist/
+.history/
+.vscode/
 node_modules/
 prisma/
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 280ff73..7d2f56c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 		"@fastify/jwt": "^5.0.1",
 		"@fastify/oauth2": "^5.1.0",
 		"@prisma/client": "^4.3.1",
-		"boolean": "^3.2.0",
 		"cryptr": "^6.0.3",
 		"discord.js": "^14.3.0",
 		"dotenv": "^16.0.2",
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
 		"keyv": "^4.5.0",
 		"leeks.js": "^0.2.4",
 		"leekslazylogger": "^4.1.7",
-		"md5": "^2.3.0",
 		"ms": "^2.1.3",
 		"node-dir": "^0.1.17",
 		"node-emoji": "^1.11.0",
diff --git a/src/listeners/client/ready.js b/src/listeners/client/ready.js
index eef6218..5063e51 100644
--- a/src/listeners/client/ready.js
+++ b/src/listeners/client/ready.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { Listener } = require('@eartharoid/dbf');
-const md5 = require('md5');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 const ms = require('ms');
 const { version } = require('../../../package.json');
 const { msToMins } = require('../../lib/misc');
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = class extends Listener {
 					categories: await client.prisma.category.count(),
 					database: process.env.DB_PROVIDER,
 					guilds: client.guilds.cache.size,
-					id: md5(client.user.id),
+					id: crypto.createHash('md5').update(client.user.id).digest('hex'),
 					members: client.guilds.cache.reduce((t, g) => t + g.memberCount, 0),
 					messages: users.reduce((total, user) => total + user.messageCount, 0), // don't count archivedMessage table rows, they can be deleted,
 					node: process.version,
diff --git a/src/routes/api/client.js b/src/routes/api/client.js
index 40a6a60..fd3051a 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/client.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/client.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const ms = require('ms');
-const { boolean } = require('boolean');
 
 module.exports.get = () => ({
 	handler: async (req, res) => {
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports.get = () => ({
 				discriminator: client.user.discriminator,
 				id: client.user.id,
 				portal: process.env.PORTAL || null,
-				public: boolean(process.env.PUBLIC_BOT),
+				public: (process.env.PUBLIC_BOT === 'true'),
 				stats: {
 					activatedUsers: users.length,
 					archivedMessages: users.reduce((total, user) => total + user.messageCount, 0), // don't count archivedMessage table rows, they can be deleted