diff --git a/.clippy.toml b/.clippy.toml
index 429501f3..d38d35a9 100644
--- a/.clippy.toml
+++ b/.clippy.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html 
 
 # Don't warn for functions with too many arguments. Default: 7
-too-many-arguments-threshold = 10
+too-many-arguments-threshold=10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index f5a06708..0853d8e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -38,20 +38,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: cargo clippy
         run: cargo clippy --all
-
-  udeps:
-    name: udeps
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install Rust
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
-        with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-06-10
-
-      - name: install udeps
-        run: cargo install --git https://github.com/est31/cargo-udeps --locked
-
-      - name: cargo udeps
-        run: cargo udeps
diff --git a/.rustfmt.toml b/.rustfmt.toml
index a6271c67..fccf4622 100644
--- a/.rustfmt.toml
+++ b/.rustfmt.toml
@@ -3,42 +3,42 @@
 # https://rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt
 
 # version-related
-edition = "2021"         # redundant, fmt will read Cargo.toml for editor edition year
-unstable_features = true
-use_try_shorthand = true # replace any `try!` (2015 Rust) with `?` 
+edition          ="2021" # redundant, fmt will read Cargo.toml for editor edition year
+unstable_features=true
+use_try_shorthand=true   # replace any `try!` (2015 Rust) with `?` 
 
 # misc formatting
-condense_wildcard_suffixes = true  # replace: (a,b,_,_)=(1, 2, 3, 4); -> (a,b,..)=(1, 2, 3, 4);
-format_code_in_doc_comments = true # format code blocks in doc comments
-format_macro_matchers = true       # $a: ident -> $a:ident
-format_strings = true              # break and insert newlines for long string literals 
-match_block_trailing_comma = true  # include comma in match blocks after '}'
-normalize_comments = true          # convert /*..*/ to //.. where possible
-reorder_impl_items = true          # move `type` and `const` declarations to top of impl block
-struct_field_align_threshold = 20  # align struct arguments' types vertically 
-use_field_init_shorthand = true    # struct initialization short {x: x} -> {x}
+condense_wildcard_suffixes  =true # replace: (a,b,_,_)=(1, 2, 3, 4); -> (a,b,..)=(1, 2, 3, 4);
+format_code_in_doc_comments =true # format code blocks in doc comments
+format_macro_matchers       =true # $a: ident -> $a:ident
+format_strings              =true # break and insert newlines for long string literals 
+match_block_trailing_comma  =true # include comma in match blocks after '}'
+normalize_comments          =true # convert /*..*/ to //.. where possible
+reorder_impl_items          =true # move `type` and `const` declarations to top of impl block
+struct_field_align_threshold=20   # align struct arguments' types vertically 
+use_field_init_shorthand    =true # struct initialization short {x: x} -> {x}
 
 # reduce whitespace
-blank_lines_upper_bound = 1    # default: 1. Sometimes useful to change to 0 to condense a file.
-brace_style = "PreferSameLine" # prefer starting `{` without inserting extra \n
-fn_single_line = true          # if it's a short 1-liner, let it be a short 1-liner
-match_arm_blocks = false       # remove unnecessary {} in match arms
-newline_style = "Unix"         # not auto, we won the culture war. \n over \r\n
-overflow_delimited_expr = true # prefer ]); to ]\n);
-where_single_line = true       # put where on a single line if possible
+blank_lines_upper_bound=1                # default: 1. Sometimes useful to change to 0 to condense a file.
+brace_style            ="PreferSameLine" # prefer starting `{` without inserting extra \n
+fn_single_line         =true             # if it's a short 1-liner, let it be a short 1-liner
+match_arm_blocks       =false            # remove unnecessary {} in match arms
+newline_style          ="Unix"           # not auto, we won the culture war. \n over \r\n
+overflow_delimited_expr=true             # prefer ]); to ]\n);
+where_single_line      =true             # put where on a single line if possible
 
 # imports preferences
-group_imports = "StdExternalCrate" # create import groupings for std, external libs, and internal deps
-imports_granularity = "Crate"      # aggressively group imports
+group_imports      ="StdExternalCrate" # create import groupings for std, external libs, and internal deps
+imports_granularity="Crate"            # aggressively group imports
 
 # width settings: everything to 100
-comment_width = 100          # default: 80
-inline_attribute_width = 60  # inlines #[cfg(test)]\nmod test -> #[cfg(test)] mod test
-max_width = 100              # default: 100
-use_small_heuristics = "Max" # don't ever newline short of `max_width`.
-wrap_comments = true         # wrap comments at `comment_width`
+comment_width         =100   # default: 80
+inline_attribute_width=60    # inlines #[cfg(test)]\nmod test -> #[cfg(test)] mod test
+max_width             =100   # default: 100
+use_small_heuristics  ="Max" # don't ever newline short of `max_width`.
+wrap_comments         =true  # wrap comments at `comment_width`
 # format_strings = true # wrap strings at `max_length`
 
 # tabs and spaces
-hard_tabs = false # (def: false) use spaces over tabs
-tab_spaces = 2    # 2 > 4, it's just math.
+hard_tabs =false # (def: false) use spaces over tabs
+tab_spaces=2     # 2 > 4, it's just math.
diff --git a/.taplo.toml b/.taplo.toml
index e88b1f4d..f58bb47b 100644
--- a/.taplo.toml
+++ b/.taplo.toml
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 
 [formatting]
 # align entries vertically
-align_entries = true
+align_entries=true
 # allow up to 1 consecutive empty line (default: 2)
-allowed_blank_lines = 1
+allowed_blank_lines=1
 # collapse arrays into one line if they fit
-array_auto_collapse = true
+array_auto_collapse=true
 # default: 80
-column_width = 100
+column_width=100
 # remove whitespace around '='
-compact_entries = true
+compact_entries=true
 # alphabetically sort entries not separated by line breaks
-reorder_keys = false
+reorder_keys=false
 # align entries vertically (default: true)
 # align_comments     =false  
 # expand arrays into multiple lines (default: true)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b9d0e04..d553de9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ edition    ="2021"
 license    ="Apache2.0 OR MIT"
 name       ="ronkathon"
 repository ="https://github.com/pluto/ronkathon"
-version    = "0.1.0"
+version    ="0.1.0"
+exclude    =["CHANGELOG.md"]
 
 [dependencies]
 rand     ="0.8.5"
@@ -29,12 +30,11 @@ ark-serialize={ git="https://github.com/arkworks-rs/algebra/" }
 ark-std      ={ git="https://github.com/arkworks-rs/std/" }
 
 [[bin]]
-name = "hmac_sha256_bin"
-path = "src/hmac/bin/hmac_sha256_bin.rs"
+name="hmac_sha256_bin"
+path="src/hmac/bin/hmac_sha256_bin.rs"
 
 [[example]]
 name="aes_chained_cbc"
 
 [[example]]
 name="symmetric_group"
-
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 32999624..175afcc8 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [toolchain]
 # what toolchain to use. 
-channel = "nightly-2024-06-10"
+channel="nightly-2024-06-10"
 # option to specify a date to pin to a particular release 
 # date = "2024-03-19"