diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4508ddf6..e1295b37 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ authors = ["Rhys Lloyd <krakow20@gmail.com>"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["snf"]
+snf = ["dep:strafesnet_snf"]
 source = ["dep:strafesnet_deferred_loader", "dep:strafesnet_bsp_loader"]
 roblox = ["dep:strafesnet_deferred_loader", "dep:strafesnet_rbx_loader"]
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ strafesnet_bsp_loader = { version = "0.1.3", registry = "strafesnet", optional =
 strafesnet_common = { version = "0.2.0", registry = "strafesnet" }
 strafesnet_deferred_loader = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["legacy"], registry = "strafesnet", optional = true }
 strafesnet_rbx_loader = { version = "0.3.2", registry = "strafesnet", optional = true }
-strafesnet_snf = { version = "0.1.0", registry = "strafesnet" }
+strafesnet_snf = { version = "0.1.0", registry = "strafesnet", optional = true }
 wgpu = "22.0.0"
 winit = "0.30.4"
 
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index affb652e..61b5bf7b 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ pub enum ReadError{
 	Roblox(strafesnet_rbx_loader::ReadError),
 	#[cfg(feature="source")]
 	Source(strafesnet_bsp_loader::ReadError),
+	#[cfg(feature="snf")]
 	StrafesNET(strafesnet_snf::Error),
+	#[cfg(feature="snf")]
 	StrafesNETMap(strafesnet_snf::map::Error),
 	Io(std::io::Error),
 	UnknownFileFormat,
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ pub enum DataStructure{
 	Roblox(strafesnet_rbx_loader::Dom),
 	#[cfg(feature="source")]
 	Source(strafesnet_bsp_loader::Bsp),
+	#[cfg(feature="snf")]
 	StrafesNET(strafesnet_common::map::CompleteMap),
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ pub fn read<R:Read+std::io::Seek>(input:R)->Result<DataStructure,ReadError>{
 		b"<rob"=>Ok(DataStructure::Roblox(strafesnet_rbx_loader::read(buf).map_err(ReadError::Roblox)?)),
 		#[cfg(feature="source")]
 		b"VBSP"=>Ok(DataStructure::Source(strafesnet_bsp_loader::read(buf).map_err(ReadError::Source)?)),
+		#[cfg(feature="snf")]
 		b"SNFM"=>Ok(DataStructure::StrafesNET(
 			strafesnet_snf::read_map(buf).map_err(ReadError::StrafesNET)?
 			.into_complete_map().map_err(ReadError::StrafesNETMap)?
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ pub fn load<P:AsRef<std::path::Path>>(path:P)->Result<strafesnet_common::map::Co
 	//blocking because it's simpler...
 	let file=std::fs::File::open(path).map_err(LoadError::File)?;
 	match read(file).map_err(LoadError::ReadError)?{
+		#[cfg(feature="snf")]
 		DataStructure::StrafesNET(map)=>Ok(map),
 		#[cfg(feature="roblox")]
 		DataStructure::Roblox(dom)=>{