diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3909ae0..643e6db 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 
 !src/
 !Makefile
-!patches/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df4fcc9..71064b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@ vieter.log
 # External lib; gets added by Makefile
 libarchive-*
 test/
-
-# V compiler directory
-v-*/
diff --git a/.woodpecker/.builder.yml b/.woodpecker/.builder.yml
index 75f5267..f827566 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.builder.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.builder.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ pipeline:
       platforms: [ linux/arm/v7, linux/arm64/v8, linux/amd64 ]
     when:
       event: push
-      path:
-        - Dockerfile.builder
-        - patches/*
-        - Makefile
+      path: Dockerfile.builder
diff --git a/Dockerfile.builder b/Dockerfile.builder
index 1f44b4c..75b1e3c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.15
+FROM alpine:3.12
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ENV VVV  /opt/vlang
 ENV PATH /opt/vlang:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 ENV VFLAGS -cc gcc
 
-RUN ln -s /opt/vlang/v /usr/bin/v && \
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/vlang && \
+  ln -s /opt/vlang/v /usr/bin/v && \
   apk --no-cache add \
     git make gcc curl openssl \
     musl-dev \
@@ -19,16 +20,20 @@ RUN ln -s /opt/vlang/v /usr/bin/v && \
     libarchive-static libarchive-dev \
     diffutils
 
-COPY patches ./patches
-COPY Makefile ./
-
-RUN make v && \
-  mv v-*/* /opt/vlang && \
-  v -version
-
 RUN if [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = 'linux/amd64' ]; then \
   wget -O /usr/local/bin/mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && \
   chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mc ; \
 fi
 
+
+COPY . /vlang-local
+
+RUN git clone \
+      'https://github.com/ChewingBever/v/' \
+      -b vweb-streaming \
+      --single-branch \
+      '/opt/vlang' && \
+    rm -rf '/vlang-local' && \
+    make && v -version
+
 CMD ["v"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aea3f6f..9a5d6fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ LARCHIVE_VER := 3.5.2
 LARCHIVE_DIR := libarchive-$(LARCHIVE_VER)
 LARCHIVE_LIB := $(LARCHIVE_DIR)/libarchive/libarchive.so
 
-V_RELEASE := weekly.2022.04
-
 # Custom V command for linking libarchive
 # V := LDFLAGS=$(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_LIB) v -cflags '-I$(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_DIR) -I $(PWD)/$(LARCHIVE_DIR)'
-V := v-$(V_RELEASE)/v -showcc
+V := v -showcc
 
 all: vieter
 
@@ -66,13 +64,24 @@ fmt:
 vet:
 	$(V) vet -W $(SRC_DIR)
 
-# Build & patch the V compiler
-.PHONY: v
-v: v-$(V_RELEASE)/v
-v-$(V_RELEASE)/v:
-	curl -Lo - 'https://github.com/vlang/v/archive/refs/tags/$(V_RELEASE).tar.gz' | tar xzf -
-	cd patches && ./patch.sh '../v-$(V_RELEASE)'
-	'$(MAKE)' -C 'v-$(V_RELEASE)'
+# Pulls & builds my personal build of the v compiler, required for this project to function
+.PHONY: customv
+customv:
+	rm -rf v-jjr
+	git clone \
+		-b vweb-streaming \
+		--single-branch \
+		https://github.com/ChewingBever/v jjr-v
+	'$(MAKE)' -C jjr-v
+
+
+# =====LIBARCHIVE=====
+.PHONY: libarchive
+libarchive: $(LARCHIVE_LIB)
+$(LARCHIVE_LIB):
+	curl -o - "https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${LARCHIVE_VER}.tar.gz" | tar xzf -
+	cd "libarchive-${LARCHIVE_VER}" && cmake .
+	'$(MAKE)' -C "libarchive-${LARCHIVE_VER}"
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'dvieter' 'pvieter' 'vieter.c' 'v-$(V_RELEASE)'
+	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'dvieter' 'pvieter' 'vieter.c'
diff --git a/patches/parse_request_no_body.v b/patches/parse_request_no_body.v
deleted file mode 100644
index c00a51c..0000000
--- a/patches/parse_request_no_body.v
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Parse the header of a raw HTTP request into a Request object
-pub fn parse_request_head(mut reader io.BufferedReader) ?Request {
-	// request line
-	mut line := reader.read_line() ?
-	method, target, version := parse_request_line(line) ?
-
-	// headers
-	mut header := new_header()
-	line = reader.read_line() ?
-	for line != '' {
-		key, value := parse_header(line) ?
-		header.add_custom(key, value) ?
-		line = reader.read_line() ?
-	}
-	header.coerce(canonicalize: true)
-
-	return Request{
-		method: method
-		url: target.str()
-		header: header
-		version: version
-	}
-}
diff --git a/patches/patch.sh b/patches/patch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a7378e7..0000000
--- a/patches/patch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-# This file patches the downloaded V version
-# Should be run from within the directory it's in, as it uses relative paths to the files used for patching.
-# $1 is the path to the downloaded V version
-
-# Add parse_request_no_body
-cat parse_request_no_body.v >> "$1"/vlib/net/http/request.v
diff --git a/src/package.v b/src/package.v
index 7db5849..c229e3f 100644
--- a/src/package.v
+++ b/src/package.v
@@ -143,17 +143,16 @@ pub fn read_pkg(pkg_path string) ?Pkg {
 
 			// TODO can this unsafe block be avoided?
 			buf = unsafe { malloc(size) }
-			defer {
-				unsafe {
-					free(buf)
-				}
-			}
 			C.archive_read_data(a, buf, size)
 
 			unsafe {
 				println(cstring_to_vstring(buf))
 			}
 			pkg_info = parse_pkg_info_string(unsafe { cstring_to_vstring(buf) }) ?
+
+			unsafe {
+				free(buf)
+			}
 		} else {
 			C.archive_read_data_skip(a)
 		}