diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 35cc1d4..2dd5477 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.11.1"
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 name = "fedichat"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
  "time",
@@ -189,15 +182,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c6673768db2d862beb9b39a78fdcb1a69439615d5794a1be50caa9bc92c81967"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.4"
@@ -250,25 +234,6 @@ version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rmp"
-version = "0.8.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ba8be72d372b2c9b35542551678538b562e7cf86c3315773cae48dfbfe7790c"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rmp-serde"
-version = "1.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72f81bee8c8ef9b577d1681a70ebbc962c232461e397b22c208c43c04b67a155"
-dependencies = [
- "rmp",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.22"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa96faf..a9cf7f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-rmp-serde = "1.3.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] } 
 serde_bytes = "0.11.19"
 time = {version = "0.3.47", features = ["serde"]}
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index ac7661f..4ad4d6b 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct TaggedClientMessage {
 pub struct SignedClientMessage {
     message: ClientMessage,
     // Should I enforce this being a ecdsa signature?
-    #[serde(with = "serde_bytes")]
+    #[serde(with = "serde_bytes",flatten)]
     signature: Box<[u8]>
 }