diff --git a/core/headscale/go.mod b/core/headscale/go.mod
index 783dc19..c2c1616 100644
--- a/core/headscale/go.mod
+++ b/core/headscale/go.mod
@@ -2,16 +2,4 @@
 
 go 1.18
 
-require github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.10.2
-
-require (
-	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
-	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 // indirect
-)
+require github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
diff --git a/core/headscale/go.sum b/core/headscale/go.sum
index 64dbbfd..7128337 100644
--- a/core/headscale/go.sum
+++ b/core/headscale/go.sum
@@ -1,40 +1,2 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.10.2 h1:n1jAhnq/elIFTHr1EYpiYtyKgx4RW9ccVgkqByZaN2M=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.10.2/go.mod h1:OEyqf2//K1DFdE57vw2DRgWY0M7s65IVQO2FzvI4J5k=
-github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.0 h1:y7cvthEAEbU0yHOf4axH8ZG2NH8knB9iNSoTO8dyIk8=
-github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.0/go.mod h1:uW6kP17uPlLJsD3ijUYn3/M5bAxtlZhMI6m3MFxTMTM=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.11/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 h1:BTarxUcIeDqL27Mc+vyvdWYSL28zpIhv3RoTdsLMPng=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
-github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 h1:lxLXG0uE3Qnshl9QyaK6XJxMXlQZELvChBOCmQD0Loo=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0 h1:qfktjS5LUO+fFKeJXZ+ikTRijMmljikvG68fpMMruSc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
-golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 h1:rJrUqqhjsgNp7KqAIc25s9pZnjU7TUcSY7HcVZjdn1g=
-golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211103235746-7861aae1554b/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 h1:MUK/U/4lj1t1oPg0HfuXDN/Z1wv31ZJ/YcPiGccS4DU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 h1:4BRB4x83lYWy72KwLD/qYDuTu7q9PjSagHvijDw7cLo=
-golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
diff --git a/core/headscale/main.go b/core/headscale/main.go
index 43e63b7..de0c2ff 100644
--- a/core/headscale/main.go
+++ b/core/headscale/main.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
 var port = flag.Int("port", 3000, "Port to listen on")
@@ -53,43 +53,53 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *server) start() {
-	e := echo.New()
-	e.POST("/user/:user/preauthkey", s.createReusablePreAuthKey)
-	e.POST("/user", s.createUser)
-	e.POST("/routes/:id/enable", s.enableRoute)
-	log.Fatal(e.Start(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", s.port)))
+func (s *server) start() error {
+	r := mux.NewRouter()
+	r.HandleFunc("/user/{user}/preauthkey", s.createReusablePreAuthKey).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	r.HandleFunc("/user", s.createUser).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	r.HandleFunc("/routes/{id}/enable", s.enableRoute).Methods(http.MethodPost)
+	return http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", s.port), r)
 }
 
 type createUserReq struct {
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 }
 
-func (s *server) createUser(c echo.Context) error {
+func (s *server) createUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req createUserReq
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(c.Request().Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
 	}
 	if err := s.client.createUser(req.Name); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else {
-		return c.String(http.StatusOK, "")
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *server) createReusablePreAuthKey(c echo.Context) error {
-	if key, err := s.client.createPreAuthKey(c.Param("user")); err != nil {
-		return err
+func (s *server) createReusablePreAuthKey(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	user, ok := mux.Vars(r)["user"]
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, "no user", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	if key, err := s.client.createPreAuthKey(user); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
 	} else {
-		return c.String(http.StatusOK, key)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, key)
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *server) enableRoute(c echo.Context) error {
-	if err := s.client.enableRoute(c.Param("id")); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else {
-		return c.String(http.StatusOK, "")
+func (s *server) enableRoute(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	id, ok := mux.Vars(r)["id"]
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, "no id", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.client.enableRoute(id); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
 	}
 }
 
@@ -124,5 +134,5 @@
 	updateACLs(cidrs, *acls)
 	c := newClient(*config)
 	s := newServer(*port, c)
-	s.start()
+	log.Fatal(s.start())
 }