diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 591691e..53ab308 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitstream-io"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -403,6 +409,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.34"
@@ -1121,9 +1133,9 @@ checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.153"
+version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
+checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libfuzzer-sys"
@@ -1244,6 +1256,18 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -1440,7 +1464,7 @@ version = "0.17.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06e4b0d3d1312775e782c86c91a111aa1f910cbb65e1337f9975b5f9a554b5e1"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crc32fast",
  "fdeflate",
  "flate2",
@@ -1710,7 +1734,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1763,6 +1787,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rootshell"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusb"
diff --git a/rootshell/Cargo.toml b/rootshell/Cargo.toml
index 52cb6bd..a714608 100644
--- a/rootshell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rootshell/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+nix = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["user"] }
diff --git a/rootshell/rust-toolchain.toml b/rootshell/rust-toolchain.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d56faf..0000000
--- a/rootshell/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[toolchain]
-channel = "nightly"
diff --git a/rootshell/src/main.rs b/rootshell/src/main.rs
index 19983e0..c1e03fe 100644
--- a/rootshell/src/main.rs
+++ b/rootshell/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![feature(setgroups)]
-
 //! a simple shell for uploading to the orbic device.
 //! 
 //! It literally just runs bash as UID/GID 0 
@@ -7,23 +5,19 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::env;
 
-const ANDROID_PARANOID_NETWORK_GROUPS: &[u32] = &[
-   3001, // AID_BT
-   3002, // AID_BT_NET
-   3003, // AID_INET
-   3004, // AID_NET_RAW
-   3005, // AID_ADMIN
-];
+use nix::unistd::{Gid, Uid};
 
 fn main() {
    let mut args = env::args();
 
+   nix::unistd::setegid(Gid::from_raw(0)).expect("setegid(0) failed");
+   nix::unistd::seteuid(Uid::from_raw(0)).expect("seteuid(0) failed");
+
    // discard argv[0]
    let _ = args.next();
    Command::new("/bin/bash")
 	.args(args)
 	.uid(0)
 	.gid(0)
-   .groups(ANDROID_PARANOID_NETWORK_GROUPS)
 	.exec();
 }