diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5fafa88..6f60689 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1318,30 +1318,18 @@ checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.64"
+version = "0.10.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95a0481286a310808298130d22dd1fef0fa571e05a8f44ec801801e84b216b1f"
+checksum = "a61075b62a23fef5a29815de7536d940aa35ce96d18ce0cc5076272db678a577"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
  "openssl-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.65",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1fc6900..78eb88c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p ~/.cargo && \
     echo 'protocol = "sparse"' >> ~/.cargo/config
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache libc-dev
-RUN apk add openssl
-RUN apk add pkgconfig
+RUN apk add --no-cache pkgconfig openssl-dev
 
 RUN cargo new --bin /app
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -17,11 +16,15 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY Cargo.toml .
 COPY Cargo.lock .
+RUN cargo update
+ENV RUSTFLAGS="-Ctarget-feature=-crt-static"
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
 RUN cargo build --release && rm -rf src/
 
 # Copy the source code and run the build again. This should only compile the
 # app itself as the dependencies were already built above.
 COPY . ./
+RUN cargo update
 RUN rm target/release/deps/uptime_checker* && cargo build --release
 
 FROM alpine:3.20
diff --git a/src/checker.rs b/src/checker.rs
index ef3abfe..e747ac0 100644
--- a/src/checker.rs
+++ b/src/checker.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ pub async fn do_request(
 /// Makes a request to a url to determine whether it is up.
 /// Up is defined as returning a 2xx within a specific timeframe.
 pub async fn check_url(client: &reqwest::Client, url: String) -> CheckResult {
-
-
     match do_request(client, url).await {
         Ok(_) => CheckResult::SUCCESS,
         Err(e) => {