diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9a04220..f5a3eef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "adler2"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
+checksum = "320119579fcad9c21884f5c4861d16174d0e06250625266f50fe6898340abefa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
@@ -321,18 +321,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.26"
+version = "1.2.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "956a5e21988b87f372569b66183b78babf23ebc2e744b733e4350a752c4dafac"
+checksum = "d487aa071b5f64da6f19a3e848e3578944b726ee5a4854b82172f02aa876bfdc"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+checksum = "9555578bc9e57714c812a1f84e4fc5b4d21fcb063490c624de019f7464c91268"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg_aliases"
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ checksum = "a3d8a32ae18130a3c84dd492d4215c3d913c3b07c6b63c2eb3eb7ff1101ab7bf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enumflags2"
-version = "0.7.11"
+version = "0.7.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba2f4b465f5318854c6f8dd686ede6c0a9dc67d4b1ac241cf0eb51521a309147"
+checksum = "1027f7680c853e056ebcec683615fb6fbbc07dbaa13b4d5d9442b146ded4ecef"
 dependencies = [
  "enumflags2_derive",
  "serde",
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enumflags2_derive"
-version = "0.7.11"
+version = "0.7.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc4caf64a58d7a6d65ab00639b046ff54399a39f5f2554728895ace4b297cd79"
+checksum = "67c78a4d8fdf9953a5c9d458f9efe940fd97a0cab0941c075a813ac594733827"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -773,9 +773,9 @@ checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f154ce46856750ed433c8649605bf7ed2de3bc35fd9d2a9f30cddd873c80cb08"
+checksum = "fc0fef456e4baa96da950455cd02c081ca953b141298e41db3fc7e36b1da849c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
@@ -1056,9 +1056,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a194df1107f33c79f4f93d02c80798520551949d59dfad22b6157048a88cca93"
+checksum = "be1f93b8b1eb69c77f24bbb0afdf66f54b632ee39af40ca21c4365a1d7347e49"
 dependencies = [
  "jiff-static",
  "log",
@@ -1069,9 +1069,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff-static"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c6e1db7ed32c6c71b759497fae34bf7933636f75a251b9e736555da426f6442"
+checksum = "03343451ff899767262ec32146f6d559dd759fdadf42ff0e227c7c48f72594b4"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1096,9 +1096,9 @@ checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.172"
+version = "0.2.173"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d750af042f7ef4f724306de029d18836c26c1765a54a6a3f094cbd23a7267ffa"
+checksum = "d8cfeafaffdbc32176b64fb251369d52ea9f0a8fbc6f8759edffef7b525d64bb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsystemd"
@@ -1160,9 +1160,9 @@ checksum = "670fdfda89751bc4a84ac13eaa63e205cf0fd22b4c9a5fbfa085b63c1f1d3a30"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.7.4"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
+checksum = "32a282da65faaf38286cf3be983213fcf1d2e2a58700e808f83f4ea9a4804bc0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
@@ -1173,17 +1173,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mime"
-version = "0.3.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3be647b768db090acb35d5ec5db2b0e1f1de11133ca123b9eacf5137868f892a"
+checksum = "1fa76a2c86f704bdb222d66965fb3d63269ce38518b83cb0575fca855ebb6316"
 dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
@@ -1195,7 +1189,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78bed444cc8a2160f01cbcf811ef18cac863ad68ae8ca62092e8db51d51c761c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi 0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1647,9 +1641,9 @@ checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.19"
+version = "0.12.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2f8e5513d63f2e5b386eb5106dc67eaf3f84e95258e210489136b8b92ad6119"
+checksum = "eabf4c97d9130e2bf606614eb937e86edac8292eaa6f422f995d7e8de1eb1813"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
@@ -1661,12 +1655,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-rustls",
  "hyper-tls",
  "hyper-util",
- "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
- "mime",
  "native-tls",
- "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
@@ -1706,9 +1697,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
-version = "0.1.24"
+version = "0.1.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
+checksum = "989e6739f80c4ad5b13e0fd7fe89531180375b18520cc8c82080e4dc4035b84f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
@@ -2011,9 +2002,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.101"
+version = "2.0.103"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ce2b7fc941b3a24138a0a7cf8e858bfc6a992e7978a068a5c760deb0ed43caf"
+checksum = "e4307e30089d6fd6aff212f2da3a1f9e32f3223b1f010fb09b7c95f90f3ca1e8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2395,9 +2386,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
+checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
@@ -2614,9 +2605,9 @@ checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.10"
+version = "0.7.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c06928c8748d81b05c9be96aad92e1b6ff01833332f281e8cfca3be4b35fc9ec"
+checksum = "74c7b26e3480b707944fc872477815d29a8e429d2f93a1ce000f5fa84a15cbcd"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e2d6eeb..d5f1f2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ edition = "2024"
 resolver = "3"
 
 [features]
-unstable = []
+capabilities = ["dep:caps"]
+unstable = ["capabilities"]
 
 [dependencies]
 derive-new = "0.7.0"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ toml = "0.8"
 [dependencies.caps]
 version = "0.5.5"
 default-features = false
+optional = true
 
 [dependencies.libc]
 version = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc62b0e..7eedb9c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ pub(crate) mod process;
 pub(crate) mod types;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
+use crate::utils::check_permissions;
 use crate::{
     consts::*,
     prelude::*,
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ use crate::{
             SubCommand,
         },
     },
-    utils::check_permissions,
 };
 use acme2_eab::Directory;
 use async_scoped::TokioScope;
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ async fn schema_generator() -> Result<(), Error> {
 fn main() {
     log_init();
     let args = Arguments::parse();
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     if args.subcommands.is_none() && !check_permissions() {
         error!(
             "This program needs the capability to change the ownership and the permissions of files. this can be done via adding the capability via `capsh --caps=\"cap_chown+ep cap_fowner+ep\" --shell=racme -- racme.toml`, systemd service setting AmbientCapabilities or running as root(not recommended)"
diff --git a/src/process/mod.rs b/src/process/mod.rs
index 5eb156b..7fdf6f2 100644
--- a/src/process/mod.rs
+++ b/src/process/mod.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
+use std::os::{
+    fd::AsFd,
+    unix::fs::fchown,
+};
 use std::{
     collections::{
         HashMap,
         HashSet,
     },
     fs::Permissions,
-    os::{
-        fd::AsFd,
-        unix::fs::{
-            PermissionsExt as _,
-            fchown,
-        },
-    },
+    os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt as _,
     path::PathBuf,
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
+use crate::utils::get_uid_gid;
 use crate::{
     consts::{
         ATTEMPTS,
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ use crate::{
     },
     utils::{
         gen_key,
-        get_uid_gid,
         prefix_emails,
     },
 };
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ pub async fn site(args: ProcessorArgs<'_>) {
         };
         cert_renew = true;
     }
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     let (uid, gid) = get_uid_gid(args.owner(), args.group());
     let mut private_key;
     // Private key block
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ pub async fn site(args: ProcessorArgs<'_>) {
         if write_pkey {
             let pkey = private_key.private_key_to_pem_pkcs8().unwrap();
             let mut file = match_error!(with_mode_write(0o640).open(private_key_file.clone()).await=>Err(error)->"Failed to write new private key: {error}");
+            #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
             if let Err(error) = fchown(file.as_fd(), uid, gid) {
                 error!("Failed to change owner of the new privatekey: {error}");
                 return;
@@ -339,12 +341,14 @@ pub async fn site(args: ProcessorArgs<'_>) {
         let mut pubkey_file =
             match_error!(with_mode_write(0o644).open(pubkey_filename).await=>Err(error)->  "Failed to open the file for the publickey: {error}");
         match_error!(pubkey_file.write_all(&certs[0].to_pem().unwrap()).await=>Err(error)->  "Failed to write the publickey: {error}");
+        #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
         if let Err(error) = fchown(pubkey_file.as_fd(), uid, gid) {
             error!("Failed to change owner of the new publickey: {error}");
             return;
         }
         let mut fullchain =
             match_error!(with_mode_write(0o644).open(directory.join("fullchain.pem")).await=>Err(error)->  "failed to open the fullchain.pem: {error}");
+        #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
         if let Err(error) = fchown(fullchain.as_fd(), uid, gid) {
             error!("Failed to change owner of the new file with the complete chain: {error}");
             return;
@@ -353,6 +357,7 @@ pub async fn site(args: ProcessorArgs<'_>) {
             let _ = fullchain.write_all(&cert.to_pem().unwrap()).await;
         }
         let mut bundle = match_error!(with_mode_write(0o640).open(directory.join("bundle.pem")).await=>Err(error)->  "failed to open the bundle.pem: {error}");
+        #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
         if let Err(error) = fchown(bundle.as_fd(), uid, gid) {
             error!("Failed to change owner of the new bundle: {error}");
             return;
diff --git a/src/types/config.rs b/src/types/config.rs
index a74d55c..ae09ee4 100644
--- a/src/types/config.rs
+++ b/src/types/config.rs
@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ pub struct SiteConfig {
 
     /// Owner of the Certificate and private key
     #[serde(default)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     pub owner: String,
 
     /// Group of the Certificate and private key
     #[serde(default)]
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     pub group: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/types/structs.rs b/src/types/structs.rs
index e033722..7aa953a 100644
--- a/src/types/structs.rs
+++ b/src/types/structs.rs
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ impl<'a: 'b, 'b> ProcessorArgs<'a> {
 
     attr_function!(pub challenge_dir => Option<PathBuf>);
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     attr_function!(pub owner site => String);
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
     attr_function!(pub group site => String);
 
     attr_function!(pub client => Client);
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 94ec9fe..ed1c346 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::{
         structs::Error,
     },
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
 use caps::{
     CapSet,
     has_cap,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ use openssl::{
     },
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
 const CAPABILITY_SET: CapSet = CapSet::Permitted;
 
 pub fn prefix_emails(input: Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ pub fn string_to_cn(name: String) -> X509Name {
     builder.build()
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "capabilities")]
 pub fn check_permissions() -> bool {
     let caps = has_cap(None, CAPABILITY_SET, caps::Capability::CAP_CHOWN).unwrap_or(false) &&
         has_cap(None, CAPABILITY_SET, caps::Capability::CAP_FOWNER).unwrap_or(false);