diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f239bfd..4f61ea4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ modVersion=0.1.2
 compatibleVersions=1.21.1
 
 # mod compat
-enable_sodium=false
+enable_sodium=true
 enable_axiom=false
diff --git a/neoforge/build.gradle.kts b/neoforge/build.gradle.kts
index c3c16d7..e051b67 100644
--- a/neoforge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/neoforge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ dependencies {
 	neoForge(libs.nf)
 
 	modCompileOnly(libs.sodium.neoforge)
-	if (!inCI && "enable_sodium"().toBoolean()) {
+	/*if (!inCI && "enable_sodium"().toBoolean()) { // this doesn't work, because of jar-in-jar
 		modLocalRuntime(libs.sodium.neoforge)
-	}
+	}*/
 
 	compileOnly(annotationProcessor(libs.mixinextras.common.get())!!)!!
 	implementation(include(libs.mixinextras.neoforge.get())!!)!!