diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a9cf95e..273d1b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3219,7 +3219,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "ordered-float",
  "parry2d",
- "rayon",
  "rustc-hash 2.0.0",
  "simba",
  "thiserror",
@@ -3238,26 +3237,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60a357793950651c4ed0f3f52338f53b2f809f32d83a07f72909fa13e4c6c1e3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rayon"
-version = "1.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b418a60154510ca1a002a752ca9714984e21e4241e804d32555251faf8b78ffa"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "rayon-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1465873a3dfdaa8ae7cb14b4383657caab0b3e8a0aa9ae8e04b044854c8dfce2"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "readformat"
 version = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d34dac..3ecdf85 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 bevy = { version = "0.14.2" }
-bevy_rapier2d = {version = "0.27.0", features = ["debug-render-2d", "simd-stable", "parallel"]}
+bevy_rapier2d = {version = "0.27.0", features = ["debug-render-2d", "simd-stable"]}
 # bevy_editor_pls = "0.10"
 readformat = "0.1.2"
 
diff --git a/src/game/scene.rs b/src/game/scene.rs
index 22629c6..559f781 100644
--- a/src/game/scene.rs
+++ b/src/game/scene.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub(super) fn import_text_world(
     mut materials: ResMut<Assets<ColorMaterial>>,
     mut player_spawn_oneshot: Res<PlayerSpawnOneshot>,
 ) {
-    let world_string = fs::read_to_string("assets/world.txt").expect("need a world to load");
+    let world_string = include_str!("../../assets/world.txt");
     let [info_string, links_string, world_string] =
         &readf("header\n{}\nlinks\n{}\nblocks\n{}", &world_string)
             .expect("world does not have sections")[..]