diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4ea6bb..7cfc9a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e4503c46a5c0c7844e948c9a4d6acd9f50cccb4de1c48eb9e291ea17470c678"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -47,7 +62,7 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a64c907d4e79225ac72e2a354c9ce84d50ebb4586dee56c82b3ee73004f537f5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -57,9 +72,48 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61a38449feb7068f52bb06c12759005cf459ee52bb4adc1d5a7c4322d716fb19"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.86"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cc23269a4f8976d0a4d2e7109211a419fe30e8d88d677cd60b6bc79c5732e0a"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bytes"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.101"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac367972e516d45567c7eafc73d24e1c193dcf200a8d94e9db7b3d38b349572d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -95,6 +149,12 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40ecd4077b5ae9fd2e9e169b102c6c330d0605168eb0e8bf79952b256dbefffd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
@@ -121,11 +181,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "init"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -140,6 +202,12 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.155"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.21"
@@ -152,6 +220,41 @@ version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.36.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "576dfe1fc8f9df304abb159d767a29d0476f7750fbf8aa7ad07816004a207434"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -199,6 +302,12 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.17"
@@ -249,6 +358,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9e9e0b4211b72e7b8b6e85c807d36c212bdb33ea8587f7569562a84df5465b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.60"
@@ -260,6 +378,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio"
+version = "1.38.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba4f4a02a7a80d6f274636f0aa95c7e383b912d41fe721a31f29e29698585a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "bytes",
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+ "tokio-macros",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -278,13 +423,43 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -293,28 +468,46 @@ version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.5"
@@ -327,24 +520,48 @@ version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "87f4261229030a858f36b459e748ae97545d6f1ec60e5e0d6a3d32e0dc232ee9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "db3c2bf3d13d5b658be73463284eaf12830ac9a26a90c717b7f771dfe97487bf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4e4246f76bdeff09eb48875a0fd3e2af6aada79d409d33011886d3e1581517d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bd8a68e..1f7b00d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.86"
 env_logger = "0.11.3"
 log = "0.4.21"
 serde = { version = "1.0.198", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.116"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
+tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["rt", "signal", "process", "macros"] }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b1a0c15..0191c94 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-from rust:1.77.1-alpine as rust
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from rust:1.79.0-alpine3.20 as rust
 
 run apk add --no-cache musl-dev # pkgconfig cryptsetup-dev lvm2-dev clang-dev clang-static
 
 workdir /src
 copy Cargo.* .
 copy src src
-run --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    --mount=type=cache,sharing=private,target=/src/target \
-    cargo build --release \
- && cp target/release/init /init-rs
+run --mount=type=cache,id=novit-rs,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=novit-rs-target,sharing=private,target=/src/target \
+    cargo build --release && cp target/release/init /
 
-from golang:1.21.6-alpine3.19 as build
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from golang:1.22.4-alpine3.20 as build
 
 workdir /src
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ run \
 && go build -o /go/bin/init -trimpath .
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from alpine:3.19.0 as initrd
+from alpine:3.20.0 as initrd
 
 run apk add --no-cache xz
 
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ run apk add --no-cache -p . musl lvm2 lvm2-extra lvm2-dmeventd udev cryptsetup e
 run rm -rf usr/share/apk var/cache/apk
 
 #copy --from=build /go/bin/init .
-copy --from=rust  /init-rs init
+copy --from=rust /init .
 
 # check viability
-run chroot /layer /init hello
+run chroot . /init hello
 
 run find |cpio -H newc -o >/initrd
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from alpine:3.19.0
+from alpine:3.20.0
 copy --from=initrd /initrd /
 entrypoint ["base64","/initrd"]
diff --git a/build-init b/build-init
index b1dad69..ac56ce6 100755
--- a/build-init
+++ b/build-init
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ case $1 in
 esac
 
 $docker run --rm -i --net=host --user=$UID \
-    -v $HOME/.cargo-alpine/registry:/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    -v $PWD:/src -w /src \
     nv-rs-build \
     cargo build $opts
 
diff --git a/modd.conf b/modd.conf
index c848549..c41f91a 100644
--- a/modd.conf
+++ b/modd.conf
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ go.??? **/*.go {
   prep: go build -o dist/ ./tools/...
 }
 
-**/*.rs {
+**/*.rs Cargo.* {
   prep: cargo test
   #prep: cargo build
-  #prep: (cd test-initrd && ../target/debug/init)
-  prep: bash ./build-init
-  prep: docker exec -i -w /src/test-initrd nv-initrd-test ./init
-  prep: ./build-init release
+  prep: docker build --network host -t novit-initrd-gen .
+  prep: docker run --net=host --rm novit-initrd-gen |base64 -d >dist/initrd.new
 }
 
 #dist/init Dockerfile {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 17b222d..cb85f52 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ mod bootstrap;
 mod lsblk;
 mod lvm;
 
+use anyhow::format_err;
 use log::error;
-
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::{env, fs};
 
-fn main() {
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     if let None = env::var_os("RUST_LOG") {
         env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info");
     }
@@ -25,19 +26,12 @@ fn main() {
         exit(0);
     }
 
-    let Ok(cfg) =
-        fs::File::open("config.yaml").inspect_err(|e| error!("failed to read config: {e}"))
-    else {
-        exit(1);
-    };
+    let cfg = fs::read("config.yaml").map_err(|e| format_err!("failed to read config: {e}"))?;
 
-    let Ok(cfg) = serde_yaml::from_reader::<_, bootstrap::config::Config>(cfg)
-        .inspect_err(|e| error!("failed to parse config: {e}"))
-    else {
-        exit(1);
-    };
+    let cfg: bootstrap::config::Config = serde_yaml::from_slice(cfg.as_slice())
+        .map_err(|e| format_err!("failed to parse config: {e}"))?;
 
-    serde_yaml::to_writer(io::stdout(), &cfg).unwrap();
+    serde_yaml::to_writer(io::stdout(), &cfg)?;
 
     for pv in lvm::pvs().unwrap() {
         println!("pv: {pv:?}");
@@ -52,4 +46,6 @@ fn main() {
     println!("lsblk: {:?}", lsblk::report());
 
     // TODO
+
+    Ok(())
 }