diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e73f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "python.analysis.diagnosticSeverityOverrides": {
+        "reportOptionalMemberAccess": "warning",
+        "reportArgumentType": "information",
+        "reportAttributeAccessIssue": "warning"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 89bfed0..0b03a2b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM python:3.11.9-slim
+FROM python:3.12.3-slim
+
+# install uv
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.6.5 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 WORKDIR /home
 
@@ -8,6 +11,6 @@ COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 
 COPY cogs cogs/
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install poetry && poetry export -f requirements.txt --output requirements.txt && pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN uv sync --frozen --no-dev
 
-CMD ["python3", "-u", "./main.py"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["uv", "run", "./main.py"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6732c23..572a70d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-[tool.poetry]
+[project]
 name = "${REPO_NAME}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = ""
-authors = ["${REPO_OWNER}"]
+authors = [{name="${REPO_OWNER}", email=""}]
 readme = "README.md"
+dependencies = [
+    "cryptography>=43.0.3",
+    "nextcord>=2.6.0",
+    "pandas>=2.2.3",
+    "pymysql>=1.1.1",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.1",
+    "setuptools>=75.3.0",
+    "sqlmodel>=0.0.22",
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 
-[tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.11"
-hydra-core = "1.3.2"
-nextcord = "2.6.1"
-python-dotenv = "1.0.0"
+[tool.uv]
+dev-dependencies = ["ruff>=0.7.2"]
 
 
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
-
 [tool.ruff]
 # Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
 exclude = [
@@ -58,8 +61,28 @@ target-version = "py38"
 # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.
 # Unlike Flake8, Ruff doesn't enable pycodestyle warnings (`W`) or
 # McCabe complexity (`C901`) by default.
-select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F", "D100", "D1"]
-ignore = ["D107"]
+select = ["ALL"]
+ignore = [
+    "B008",   # I build SlashOptions as arguments.
+    "COM812",
+    "COM819",
+    "D107",   # don't want docstrings on init functions
+    "D203",
+    "D206",
+    "D212",
+    "D300",
+    "E111",
+    "E114",
+    "E117",
+    "ISC001",
+    "ISC002",
+    "PD011",  # doesn't like me using '.values' on embeds....
+    "Q000",
+    "Q001",
+    "Q002",
+    "Q003",
+    "W191",
+]
 
 # Allow fix for all enabled rules (when `--fix`) is provided.
 fixable = ["ALL"]
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18c1a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "lockFileMaintenance": {
+        "automerge": true
+    },
+    "major": {
+        "automerge": false,
+        "automergeType": "pr"
+    },
+    "minor": {
+        "automerge": true,
+        "automergeType": "branch"
+    },
+    "patch": {
+        "automerge": true,
+        "automergeType": "branch"
+    },
+    "pin": {
+        "automerge": true,
+        "automergeType": "branch"
+    },
+    "ignoreTests": true,
+    "dockerfile": {
+        "minor": {
+            "automerge": false,
+            "automergeType": "pr"
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a68d82..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-nextcord==2.4.2
-hydra-core==1.3.2