diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4aa0e3..44d56ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ message(STATUS "Adding local source dependencies")
 include_directories("asio/asio/include")
 include_directories("rapidjson/include")
 include_directories("websocketpp")
-add_subdirectory("socket.io-client-cpp")
 add_subdirectory("include/commandline")
 
 
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ target_include_directories(BeamMP-Server PUBLIC
     ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} 
     ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    "socket.io-client-cpp/src" 
     "include/tomlplusplus" 
     "include/sentry-native/include"
     "include/curl/include")
@@ -142,4 +140,4 @@ elseif (WIN32)
         commandline
         sioclient_tls
         sentry)
-endif ()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif ()
diff --git a/include/Common.h b/include/Common.h
index cc5fb94..bdcd7ab 100644
--- a/include/Common.h
+++ b/include/Common.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ private:
     static inline std::mutex mShutdownHandlersMutex {};
     static inline std::deque<TShutdownHandler> mShutdownHandlers {};
 
-    static inline Version mVersion { 2, 3, 0 };
+    static inline Version mVersion { 2, 4, 0 };
 };
 
 std::string ThreadName(bool DebugModeOverride = false);
diff --git a/include/SocketIO.h b/include/SocketIO.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 47c090e..0000000
--- a/include/SocketIO.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <atomic>
-#include <deque>
-#include <mutex>
-#include <sio_client.h>
-#include <thread>
-#include <memory>
-
-/*
- * We send relevant server events over socket.io to the backend.
- *
- * We send all events to `backend.beammp.com`, to the room `/key` 
- * where `key` is the currently active auth-key. 
- */
-
-enum class SocketIOEvent {
-    ConsoleOut,
-    CPUUsage,
-    MemoryUsage,
-    NetworkUsage,
-    PlayerList,
-};
-
-enum class SocketIORoom {
-    None,
-    Stats,
-    Player,
-    Info,
-    Console,
-};
-
-class SocketIO final {
-private:
-    struct Event;
-
-public:
-    enum class EventType {
-    };
-
-    // Singleton pattern
-    static SocketIO& Get();
-
-    void Emit(SocketIOEvent Event, const std::string& Data);
-
-    ~SocketIO();
-
-    void SetAuthenticated(bool auth) { mAuthenticated = auth; }
-
-private:
-    SocketIO() noexcept;
-
-    void ThreadMain();
-
-    struct Event {
-        std::string Name;
-        std::string Data;
-    };
-
-    bool mAuthenticated { false };
-    sio::client mClient;
-    std::thread mThread;
-    std::atomic_bool mCloseThread { false };
-    std::mutex mQueueMutex;
-    std::deque<Event> mQueue;
-
-    friend std::unique_ptr<SocketIO> std::make_unique<SocketIO>();
-};
-
diff --git a/src/SocketIO.cpp b/src/SocketIO.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c10f6f..0000000
--- a/src/SocketIO.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-#include "SocketIO.h"
-#include "Common.h"
-#include <iostream>
-
-
-//TODO Default disabled with config option
-static std::unique_ptr<SocketIO> SocketIOInstance = std::make_unique<SocketIO>();
-
-SocketIO& SocketIO::Get() {
-    return *SocketIOInstance;
-}
-
-SocketIO::SocketIO() noexcept
-    : mThread([this] { ThreadMain(); }) {
-
-    mClient.socket()->on("network", [&](sio::event&e) {
-        if(e.get_message()->get_string() == "Welcome"){
-            info("SocketIO Authenticated!");
-            mAuthenticated = true;
-        }
-    });
-
-    mClient.socket()->on("welcome", [&](sio::event&) {
-        info("Got welcome from backend! Authenticating SocketIO...");
-        mClient.socket()->emit("onInitConnection", Application::Settings.Key);
-    });
-
-    mClient.set_logs_quiet();
-    mClient.set_reconnect_delay(10000);
-    mClient.connect(Application::GetBackendUrlForSocketIO());
-}
-
-SocketIO::~SocketIO() {
-    mCloseThread.store(true);
-    mThread.join();
-}
-
-
-static constexpr auto EventNameFromEnum(SocketIOEvent Event) {
-    switch (Event) {
-    case SocketIOEvent::CPUUsage:
-        return "cpu usage";
-    case SocketIOEvent::MemoryUsage:
-        return "memory usage";
-    case SocketIOEvent::ConsoleOut:
-        return "console out";
-    case SocketIOEvent::NetworkUsage:
-        return "network usage";
-    case SocketIOEvent::PlayerList:
-        return "player list";
-    default:
-        error("unreachable code reached (developer error)");
-        abort();
-    }
-}
-
-void SocketIO::Emit(SocketIOEvent Event, const std::string& Data) {
-    if (!mAuthenticated) {
-        debug("trying to emit a socket.io event when not yet authenticated");
-        return;
-    }
-    std::string EventName = EventNameFromEnum(Event);
-    debug("emitting event \"" + EventName + "\" with data: \"" + Data);
-    std::unique_lock Lock(mQueueMutex);
-    mQueue.push_back({EventName, Data });
-    debug("queue now has " + std::to_string(mQueue.size()) + " events");
-}
-
-void SocketIO::ThreadMain() {
-    while (!mCloseThread.load()) {
-        bool empty;
-        { // queue lock scope
-            std::unique_lock Lock(mQueueMutex);
-            empty = mQueue.empty();
-        } // end queue lock scope
-        if (empty || !mClient.opened()) {
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
-            continue;
-        } else {
-            Event TheEvent;
-            { // queue lock scope
-                std::unique_lock Lock(mQueueMutex);
-                TheEvent = mQueue.front();
-                mQueue.pop_front();
-            } // end queue lock scope
-            debug("sending \"" + TheEvent.Name + "\" event");
-            mClient.socket()->emit(TheEvent.Name, TheEvent.Data);
-            debug("sent \"" + TheEvent.Name + "\" event");
-        }
-    }
-    // using std::cout as this happens during static destruction and the logger might be dead already
-    std::cout << "closing " + std::string(__func__) << std::endl;
-
-    mClient.sync_close();
-    mClient.clear_con_listeners();
-
-    std::cout << "closed" << std::endl;
-}