diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5479df..7b50dfa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 debug/
 target/
 testaudio/
+build_release.sh
 
 # Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
 # More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fe1206..c3d3496 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,18 +12,23 @@ keywords = ["cli"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 
 [dependencies]
+# Rendering stuff
 bevy = "0.13.0"
 bevy_egui = "0.25.0"
-bincode = "1.3.3"
-clap = { version = "4.5.0", features = ["derive"] }
-microfft = "0.5.1"
-rayon = "1.9.0"
+
+# Audio playback and FFT computation
 rodio = "0.17.3"
+spectrum-analyzer = "1.5.0"
+
+# CLI argument parsing
+clap = { version = "4.5.0", features = ["derive"] }
+
+# Utilities
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
-dirs = "5.0.1"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.32"
-spectrum-analyzer = "1.5.0"
+bincode = "1.3.3"
 stopwatch = "0.0.7"
+dirs = "5.0.1"
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = true  
diff --git a/src/fft.rs b/src/fft.rs
index 9a0853d..f064963 100644
--- a/src/fft.rs
+++ b/src/fft.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
-use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use rodio::{source::Source, Decoder, OutputStream};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use spectrum_analyzer::scaling::divide_by_N_sqrt;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn intensity_normalize_fft(mut fft: FFT, bounds: &[f32], scaling_factor: &[f
         }
         x
     };
-    fft.fft = fft.fft.into_par_iter().map(|x| rescale(x)).collect();
+    fft.fft = fft.fft.into_iter().map(|x| rescale(x)).collect();
     fft
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn frequency_normalize_fft(mut fft: FFT, scaling_factor: &[f32]) -> FFT {
         }
         x
     };
-    fft.fft = fft.fft.into_par_iter().map(|x| rescale(x)).collect();
+    fft.fft = fft.fft.into_iter().map(|x| rescale(x)).collect();
     fft
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c793e5c..7dd4fa5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use systems::update_view_settings::*;
 
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy_egui::EguiPlugin;
-use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelRefMutIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use rodio::{Decoder, OutputStream};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ fn compute_and_preprocess_fft(fp: &PathBuf, args: &FFTArgs) -> Vec<Vec<f32>> {
     }
 
     fft_vec
-        .par_iter_mut()
+        .iter_mut()
         .for_each(|x| space_interpolate(x, args.smoothness));
     if args.debug {
         println!("Interpolated in {:?}", now.elapsed());