diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f48d85d..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "submodules/settings"]
-	path = submodules/settings
-	url = https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/settings.git
diff --git a/.woodpecker.release/package.json b/.woodpecker.release/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..269e73f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker.release/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "codeberg-release-tool",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "node dist/release.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
+    "form-data": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^20.5.0",
+    "typescript": "^4.2.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.woodpecker.release/release.ts b/.woodpecker.release/release.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d6e2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker.release/release.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import axios from 'axios';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import FormData from 'form-data';
+
+
+// Environment Variables:
+// CB_API_KEY: The API key for accessing Codeberg.
+
+// TODO: change this to match
+const repoUrl = 'https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/threadpanic/cb-src-woodpecker';
+
+
+
+
+// Extract the command-line argument and assign to 'version'
+const version = process.argv[2];
+if (!version) {
+    console.error('Please provide the version as a command-line argument.');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const tarball_artifact = `librewolf-${version}.source.tar.gz`;
+const sha256sum_artifact = `${tarball_artifact}.sha256sum`;
+const tarballExists = fs.existsSync(path.join('..', tarball_artifact));
+const sha256sumExists = fs.existsSync(path.join('..', sha256sum_artifact));
+
+if (!tarballExists || !sha256sumExists) {
+    console.error(`Missing artifacts. Ensure both ${tarball_artifact} and ${sha256sum_artifact} are present in the parent directory.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const apiKey = process.env.CB_API_KEY;
+
+if (!apiKey) {
+    console.error('API key not found in environment variable CB_API_KEY.');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const headers = {
+    'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`
+};
+
+async function addReleaseArtifact(fileName: string, releaseId: number) {
+    const apiUrl = `${repoUrl}/releases/${releaseId}/assets?name=${fileName}`;
+    const formData = new FormData();
+    formData.append('attachment', fs.createReadStream(path.join('..', fileName)));
+
+    try {
+        const response = await axios.post(apiUrl, formData, {
+            headers: {
+                ...headers,
+                ...formData.getHeaders()
+            }
+        });
+
+        if (response.status !== 201) {
+            throw new Error(`Failed to attach artifact ${fileName}. Unexpected response status: ${response.status}`);
+        }
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        console.error(`Error while attaching artifact ${fileName}:`, error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+
+async function createNewRelease() {
+    const releaseUrl = `${repoUrl}/releases`;
+    const requestBody = {
+        body: `Release v${version} of the LibreWolf source tarball. Please see the README.md file for compilation instructions and dependency details.`,
+        draft: false,
+        name: `Release ${version}`,
+        prerelease: false,
+        tag_name: `v${version}`
+    };
+
+    try {
+        const response = await axios.post(releaseUrl, requestBody, { headers: headers });
+
+        if (response.status === 201) {
+            await addReleaseArtifact(tarball_artifact, response.data.id);
+            await addReleaseArtifact(sha256sum_artifact, response.data.id);
+        } else {
+            throw new Error(`Failed to create release. Unexpected response status: ${response.status}`);
+        }
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        console.error("Error while creating release:", error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    try {
+        const releaseListResponse = await axios.get(`${repoUrl}/releases`);
+
+        if (releaseListResponse.data.length === 0) {
+            await createNewRelease();
+        } else {
+            const latestReleaseResponse = await axios.get(`${repoUrl}/releases/latest`);
+            if (latestReleaseResponse.data.tag_name === `v${version}`) {
+                console.log(`Version v${version} already exists as a release. Exiting without creating a new release.`);
+                process.exit(0);
+            }
+            await createNewRelease();
+        }
+        process.exit(0);
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        console.error('Error while processing releases:', error);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+main();
+
diff --git a/.woodpecker.release/tsconfig.json b/.woodpecker.release/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..330f53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker.release/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "release.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0842501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+steps:
+
+  fetch:
+    image: alpine
+    commands:
+      - apk update -U
+      - apk add make gnupg
+
+      - make fetch-upstream-woodpecker
+
+  test:
+    image: alpine
+    commands:
+      - apk update -U
+      - apk add make patch
+
+      - make check-patchfail-woodpecker
+
+  build:
+    image: alpine
+    commands:
+      - apk update -U
+      - apk add make gnupg patch python3 bash xz
+
+      - make all
+
+
+
+# my ts+axios api stuff
+######
+#
+#  release:
+#    image: alpine
+#    when:
+#      - branch: main
+#    commands:
+#      - apk update -U
+#      - apk add nodejs npm
+#      
+#      - ( cd .woodpecker.release && npm install && npm run build )
+#      - ( cd .woodpecker.release && npm run start $(cat ../version)-$(cat ../release) )
+#      
+#    secrets: [ cb_api_key ]
+#
+
+
+
+
+
+# uploading to stortage.ci.librewolf.net
+####
+#
+#  upload:
+#    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-s3
+#    when:
+#      - branch: main
+#    settings:
+#      bucket: artifacts
+#      source: "*.{tar.gz,sha256sum}"
+#      target: /${CI_BUILD_NUMBER}
+#      path_style: true
+#      endpoint: https://storage.ci.librewolf.net
+#
+#    secrets: [aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key]
+#
+#  display-links:
+#    image: alpine
+#    when:
+#      - branch: main
+#    commands:
+#      - echo "https://storage.ci.librewolf.net/artifacts/${CI_BUILD_NUMBER}/librewolf-$(cat version)-$(cat release).source.tar.gz"
+#      - echo "https://storage.ci.librewolf.net/artifacts/${CI_BUILD_NUMBER}/librewolf-$(cat version)-$(cat release).source.tar.gz.sha256sum"
+#
+#
+#
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1dfb5e3..2d9e4d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 docker_targets=docker-build-image docker-run-build-job docker-remove-image
-
-.PHONY : help check all clean veryclean dir bootstrap fetch build package run update setup-wasi check-patchfail check-fuzz fixfuzz $(docker_targets)
+woodpecker_targets=fetch-upstream-woodpecker check-patchfail-woodpecker
+.PHONY : help check all clean veryclean dir bootstrap fetch build package run update setup-wasi check-patchfail check-fuzz fixfuzz $(docker_targets) $(woodpecker_targets)
 
 version:=$(shell cat ./version)
 release:=$(shell cat ./release)
@@ -93,12 +93,15 @@ $(lw_source_dir) : $(ff_source_tarball) ./version ./release scripts/librewolf-pa
 
 $(lw_source_tarball) : $(lw_source_dir)
 	rm -f $(lw_source_tarball)
-	$(archive_create) $(lw_source_tarball) $(lw_source_dir)
+	tar cf librewolf-$(version)-$(release).source.tar $(lw_source_dir)
+	gzip --fast librewolf-$(version)-$(release).source.tar
 	touch $(lw_source_dir)
 	sha256sum $(lw_source_tarball) > $(lw_source_tarball).sha256sum
 	cat $(lw_source_tarball).sha256sum
+	sha256sum -c $(lw_source_tarball).sha256sum
 	[ "$(SIGNING_KEY)" != "" ] && cp -v $(SIGNING_KEY) pk.asc ; true
 	if [ -f pk.asc ]; then gpg --import pk.asc; gpg --detach-sign $(lw_source_tarball) && ls -lh $(lw_source_tarball).sig; fi
+	ls -lh $(lw_source_tarball)*
 
 
 debs=python3 python3-dev python3-pip
@@ -124,8 +127,12 @@ package :
 run :
 	(cd $(lw_source_dir) && ./mach run)
 
+
 check-patchfail:
 	sh -c "./scripts/check-patchfail.sh" > patchfail.out
+
+
+
 check-fuzz:
 	-sh -c "./scripts/check-patchfail.sh --fuzz=0" > patchfail-fuzz.out
 fixfuzz :
@@ -158,3 +165,18 @@ setup-debian :
 setup-fedora :
 	dnf -y install python3 curl wget zstd python3-devel python3-pip mercurial openssl-devel libxml2-devel
 
+
+
+
+
+
+#
+# for .woodpecker.yml
+#
+
+check-patchfail-woodpecker :
+
+	( sh -c "./scripts/check-patchfail.sh" > patchfail.out ; exit_code=$$? ; \
+		cat patchfail.out ; rm -f patchfail.out ; exit $$exit_code )
+
+fetch-upstream-woodpecker : fetch
diff --git a/assets/uBOAssets.json b/assets/uBOAssets.json
index 2ea6a39..cd1c0b3 100644
--- a/assets/uBOAssets.json
+++ b/assets/uBOAssets.json
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     "group": "malware",
     "title": "Online Malicious URL Blocklist",
     "contentURL": [
-      "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/urlhaus-filter-online.txt",
+      "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/urlhaus-filter/urlhaus-filter-online.txt",
       "assets/thirdparties/urlhaus-filter/urlhaus-filter-online.txt"
     ],
     "cdnURLs": [
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     "content": "filters",
     "group": "malware",
     "title": "Phishing URL Blocklist",
-    "contentURL": "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.txt",
+    "contentURL": "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.txt",
     "cdnURLs": [
       "https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.txt",
       "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.txt",
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
     "group": "malware",
     "off": true,
     "title": "PUP Domains Blocklist",
-    "contentURL": "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.txt",
+    "contentURL": "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.txt",
     "cdnURLs": [
       "https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.txt",
       "https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.txt",
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
   "adguard-cookies": {
     "content": "filters",
     "group": "annoyances",
-    "parent": "AdGuard – Annoyances",
+    "parent": "AdGuard – Annoyances|AdGuard/uBO – Cookie Notices",
     "off": true,
     "title": "AdGuard – Cookie Notices",
     "tags": "annoyances cookies",
@@ -269,6 +269,22 @@
     "supportURL": "https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters#adguard-filters",
     "instructionURL": "https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/adguard-ad-filters"
   },
+  "ublock-cookies-adguard": {
+    "content": "filters",
+    "group": "annoyances",
+    "parent": "AdGuard – Annoyances|AdGuard/uBO – Cookie Notices",
+    "off": true,
+    "title": "uBlock filters – Cookie Notices",
+    "tags": "annoyances cookies",
+    "contentURL": "https://ublockorigin.github.io/uAssets/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+    "cdnURLs": [
+      "https://ublockorigin.github.io/uAssetsCDN/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://ublockorigin.pages.dev/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/uBlockOrigin/uAssetsCDN@main/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://cdn.statically.io/gh/uBlockOrigin/uAssetsCDN/main/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt"
+    ],
+    "supportURL": "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets"
+  },
   "adguard-popup-overlays": {
     "content": "filters",
     "group": "annoyances",
@@ -357,7 +373,7 @@
   "fanboy-cookiemonster": {
     "content": "filters",
     "group": "annoyances",
-    "parent": "EasyList – Annoyances",
+    "parent": "EasyList – Annoyances|EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices",
     "off": true,
     "title": "EasyList – Cookie Notices",
     "tags": "annoyances cookies",
@@ -374,6 +390,22 @@
     ],
     "supportURL": "https://github.com/easylist/easylist#fanboy-lists"
   },
+  "ublock-cookies-easylist": {
+    "content": "filters",
+    "group": "annoyances",
+    "parent": "EasyList – Annoyances|EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices",
+    "off": true,
+    "title": "uBlock filters – Cookie Notices",
+    "tags": "annoyances cookies",
+    "contentURL": "https://ublockorigin.github.io/uAssets/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+    "cdnURLs": [
+      "https://ublockorigin.github.io/uAssetsCDN/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://ublockorigin.pages.dev/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/uBlockOrigin/uAssetsCDN@main/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt",
+      "https://cdn.statically.io/gh/uBlockOrigin/uAssetsCDN/main/filters/annoyances-cookies.txt"
+    ],
+    "supportURL": "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets"
+  },
   "easylist-newsletters": {
     "content": "filters",
     "group": "annoyances",
diff --git a/patches/msix.patch b/patches/msix.patch
index 42e73ac..7a2e093 100644
--- a/patches/msix.patch
+++ b/patches/msix.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @@ -29,13 +29,14 @@
    </Resources>
    <Dependencies>
-     <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.19041.1" />
+     <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.17763.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.22621.1555" />
 +    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop" MinVersion="14.0.0.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
    </Dependencies>
    <Capabilities>
diff --git a/patches/sed-patches/stop-undesired-requests.patch b/patches/sed-patches/stop-undesired-requests.patch
index b67971a..9373516 100644
--- a/patches/sed-patches/stop-undesired-requests.patch
+++ b/patches/sed-patches/stop-undesired-requests.patch
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ diff --git a/services/settings/Utils.jsm b/services/settings/Utils.jsm
 index 23d6bf1..4affc89 100644
 --- a/services/settings/Utils.sys.mjs
 +++ b/services/settings/Utils.sys.mjs
-@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "isRunningTests", () => {
+@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "isRunningTests", () => {
  // Overriding the server URL is normally disabled on Beta and Release channels,
  // except under some conditions.
- XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "allowServerURLOverride", () => {
+ ChromeUtils.defineLazyGetter(lazy, "allowServerURLOverride", () => {
++
++  return true; // always override in LW
 +
-+    return true; // always allow this override for LW
-+    
    if (!AppConstants.RELEASE_OR_BETA) {
      // Always allow to override the server URL on Nightly/DevEdition.
      return true;
diff --git a/patches/ui-patches/handlers.patch b/patches/ui-patches/handlers.patch
index 553a6c8..a7d5260 100644
--- a/patches/ui-patches/handlers.patch
+++ b/patches/ui-patches/handlers.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+diff --git a/uriloader/exthandler/HandlerList.sys.mjs b/uriloader/exthandler/HandlerList.sys.mjs
+index e95d627..cd0096e 100644
 --- a/uriloader/exthandler/HandlerList.sys.mjs
 +++ b/uriloader/exthandler/HandlerList.sys.mjs
-@@ -13,228 +13,7 @@ this.kHandlerList = {
+@@ -9,196 +9,7 @@ export const kHandlerList = {
      schemes: {
        mailto: {
          handlers: [
@@ -28,22 +30,6 @@
 -      },
 -    },
 -  },
--  csb: {
--    schemes: {
--      mailto: {
--        handlers: [
--          {
--            name: "Poczta Interia.pl",
--            uriTemplate: "http://poczta.interia.pl/mh/?mailto=%s",
--          },
--          {
--            name: "OnetPoczta",
--            uriTemplate: "http://poczta.onet.pl/napisz.html?uri=%s",
--          },
--        ],
--      },
--    },
--  },
 -  "es-CL": {
 -    schemes: {
 -      mailto: {
@@ -181,22 +167,6 @@
 -      },
 -    },
 -  },
--  sah: {
--    schemes: {
--      mailto: {
--        handlers: [
--          {
--            name: "Яндекс.Почта",
--            uriTemplate: "https://mail.yandex.ru/compose?mailto=%s",
--          },
--          {
--            name: "Mail.Ru",
--            uriTemplate: "https://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?mailto=%s",
--          },
--        ],
--      },
--    },
--  },
 -  uk: {
 -    schemes: {
 -      mailto: {
diff --git a/release b/release
index 0cfbf08..d00491f 100644
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2
+1
diff --git a/scripts/librewolf-patches.py b/scripts/librewolf-patches.py
index da15a81..79d0706 100755
--- a/scripts/librewolf-patches.py
+++ b/scripts/librewolf-patches.py
@@ -106,18 +106,20 @@ def librewolf_patches():
     # we don't want to disturbe those workflows.
     patch('../patches/xmas.patch')
 
-    #
-    # Create the 'lw' folder, it contains the librewolf.cfg and policies.json files.
-    #
-    
-    #exec('mkdir -p lw')
-    
-    # getting the librewolf settings repository
-    exec("cp -v ../submodules/settings/defaults/pref/local-settings.js lw/")
-    exec("cp -v ../submodules/settings/distribution/policies.json lw/")
-    exec("cp -v ../submodules/settings/librewolf.cfg lw/")
 
-    
+    #
+    # Apply most recent `settings` repository files.
+    #
+
+    exec('mkdir -p lw')
+    enter_srcdir('lw')
+    exec('wget -q https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/librewolf.cfg')
+    exec('wget -q https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/distribution/policies.json')
+    exec('wget -q https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/defaults/pref/local-settings.js')
+    leave_srcdir();
+
+
+
     # provide a script that fetches and bootstraps Nightly and some mozconfigs
     exec('cp -v ../scripts/mozfetch.sh lw/')
     exec('cp -v ../assets/mozconfig.new ../assets/mozconfig.new.without-bootstrap ../scripts/setup-wasi-linux.sh lw/')
diff --git a/submodules/settings b/submodules/settings
deleted file mode 160000
index ba238a9..0000000
--- a/submodules/settings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ba238a9ca6bfd509f31e6eb4a45c14c11b7ef7fe
diff --git a/version b/version
index 6dcd8cf..3b50d56 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-115.0.2
+117.0