diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 643e6db..3909ae0 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 !src/
 !Makefile
+!patches/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71064b1..df4fcc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ 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 f827566..75f5267 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.builder.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.builder.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ pipeline:
       platforms: [ linux/arm/v7, linux/arm64/v8, linux/amd64 ]
     when:
       event: push
-      path: Dockerfile.builder
+      path:
+        - Dockerfile.builder
+        - patches/*
+        - Makefile
diff --git a/Dockerfile.builder b/Dockerfile.builder
index 75b1e3c..1f44b4c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.12
+FROM alpine:3.15
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ 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 mkdir -p /opt/vlang && \
-  ln -s /opt/vlang/v /usr/bin/v && \
+RUN ln -s /opt/vlang/v /usr/bin/v && \
   apk --no-cache add \
     git make gcc curl openssl \
     musl-dev \
@@ -20,20 +19,16 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/vlang && \
     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 9a5d6fa..aea3f6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ 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 -showcc
+V := v-$(V_RELEASE)/v -showcc
 
 all: vieter
 
@@ -64,24 +66,13 @@ fmt:
 vet:
 	$(V) vet -W $(SRC_DIR)
 
-# 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}"
+# 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)'
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'dvieter' 'pvieter' 'vieter.c'
+	rm -rf '$(LARCHIVE_DIR)' 'data' 'vieter' 'dvieter' 'pvieter' 'vieter.c' 'v-$(V_RELEASE)'
diff --git a/patches/parse_request_no_body.v b/patches/parse_request_no_body.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c00a51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/parse_request_no_body.v
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// 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
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a7378e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/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 c229e3f..7db5849 100644
--- a/src/package.v
+++ b/src/package.v
@@ -143,16 +143,17 @@ 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)
 		}