diff --git a/machines/gerd/services/wger/default.nix b/machines/gerd/services/wger/default.nix
index cf3e762..f46d595 100644
--- a/machines/gerd/services/wger/default.nix
+++ b/machines/gerd/services/wger/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let
     # to create a CACHE folder/file in the CWD.
     # and if I fix that, then static content no
     # longer wants to load.
-    DEBUG = false;
+    DEBUG = true;
     DATABASES.default = {
         ENGINE = "django.db.backends.postgresql";
         NAME = "wger";
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ let
     MEDIA_ROOT = "${statedir}/media";
     MEDIA_URL = "/media/";
 
+
     # EMAIL
     EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend";
     EMAIL_HOST = config.mine.shared.settings.mail.domain_smtp;
@@ -53,12 +54,6 @@ let
     EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS = wger_settings.EMAIL_FROM;
     EMAIL_PAGE_DOMAIN = SITE_URL;
 
-    # Cache - Redis
-    DJANGO_CACHE_BACKEND = "django_redis.cache.RedisCache";
-    DJANGO_CACHE_LOCATION = "${config.services.redis.servers.wger.unixSocket}";
-    DJANGO_CACHE_TIMEOUT = 1296000; # in seconds - 60*60*24*15, 15 Days
-    DJANGO_CACHE_CLIENT_CLASS = "django_redis.client.DefaultClient";
-
     # setup allowed hosts
     CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = [ "https://${svc_domain}" ];
     ALLOWED_HOSTS = [ svc_domain ];
@@ -67,11 +62,6 @@ let
     RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = "";
     RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = "";
     USE_RECAPTCHA = false;
-
-    # does not work
-    STATIC_ROOT = "${wgerpkgs}/share/static";
-    COMPRESS_ROOT = STATIC_ROOT;
-    COMPRESS_OFFLINE = true;
   };
 
   wger_settings_file = pkgs.writeText "settings.json" (builtins.toJSON wger_settings);
@@ -115,10 +105,9 @@ in {
     serviceConfig = {
       EnvironmentFile = config.age.secrets.wger-env.path;
 
-      Restart = "on-failure";
-      RestartSec = "5s";
-
+      # ensure it does not try to create `/CACHE`
       PrivateTmp = "yes";
+      WorkingDirectory = "/tmp";
 
       User = "wger";
       Group = "wger";
@@ -160,11 +149,6 @@ in {
     }];
   };
 
-  # setup redis
-  services.redis.servers.wger = {
-    enable = true;
-    user = wger_user;
-  };
 
   # setup users
   users.users."${wger_user}"= {
@@ -186,8 +170,7 @@ in {
       proxyPass = "http://localhost:${builtins.toString port}";
     };
 
-    # locations."/static".proxyPass = "http://localhost:${builtins.toString port}";
-    locations."/static".root = "${wgerpkgs}/share";
+    locations."/static".proxyPass = "http://localhost:${builtins.toString port}";
     locations."/media".proxyPass = "http://localhost:${builtins.toString port}";
     locations."/api".proxyPass = "http://localhost:${builtins.toString port}";
   };
diff --git a/machines/gerd/services/wger/wgerpkg/default.nix b/machines/gerd/services/wger/wgerpkg/default.nix
index bb2438d..0148e84 100644
--- a/machines/gerd/services/wger/wgerpkg/default.nix
+++ b/machines/gerd/services/wger/wgerpkg/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   python3,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   callPackage,
-  writeText,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -80,37 +79,8 @@ in python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     cp manage.py wger/manage.py
   '';
 
-  # fixup compressed files
-  postBuild = let
-    staticSettings = writeText "static_settings.py" ''
-      DEBUG = False
-      STATIC_ROOT = os.environ["static"]
-      COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
-      # So we don't need postgres dependencies
-      DATABASES = {}
-    '';
-  in ''
-    # copy over static yarn things
-    # cp -a ${frontend}/static/yarn $out/${python3.sitePackages}/wger/core/static
-    cp -a ${frontend}/static/yarn wger/core/static
-
-    python3 -m wger.tasks create-settings -s $PWD/tmp_settings.py
-    cat ${staticSettings} >> $PWD/tmp_settings.py
-    mkdir tmpstatic
-    pushd tmpstatic
-
-    static=. WGER_SETTINGS=../tmp_settings.py python3 ../manage.py collectstatic --no-input
-    static=. WGER_SETTINGS=../tmp_settings.py python3 ../manage.py compress --force
-
-    popd
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
-    rm -rf $out/${python3.sitePackages}/wger/core/static
-    cp -a tmpstatic $out/${python3.sitePackages}/wger/core/static
-
-    mkdir $out/share
-    cp -a $out/${python3.sitePackages}/wger/core/static $out/share
+    cp -a ${frontend}/static/yarn $out/${python3.sitePackages}/wger/core/static
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
diff --git a/shared/sources/default.nix b/shared/sources/default.nix
index 4dffde4..d268f1b 100644
--- a/shared/sources/default.nix
+++ b/shared/sources/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ in sources // {
     src = sources.nixpkgs;
     name = "nixpkgs-patched";
     patches = [
-      # tmp - lldap: 0.5.1-unstable-2024-10-30 -> 0.6.1
-      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/359835.patch";
-        sha256 = "sha256-2C9l4v9MaUJyiaB+kslTsSjsqTZ7RlcfMNlRzZblMik=";
-      })
+      # tmp - lldap: 0.5.1-unstable-2024-08-09 -> 0.5.1-unstable-2024-10-30
+      # (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      #   url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/352840.patch";
+      #   sha256 = "sha256-O4zxn4AgUrggCkqUEkmVsUAbMTL/Jhki6Q+j1mhHWLw=";
+      # })
       # tmp - stalwart-mail.webadmin: pin wasm-bindgen-cli version
       # (pkgs.fetchpatch {
       #   url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/353360.patch";