diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8989cbf..c5bd81c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,4 +74,7 @@ docs/_build/
 
 /tests/files/*
 AGENTS.md
-.agentbridge
\ No newline at end of file
+.agentbridge
+
+py/ndbioimage/jassets
+py/ndbioimage/deps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index daf2713..04cddcf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libczirw-sys = { path = "../libczirw-sys", optional = true }
 ndarray = { version = "0.17", features = ["serde"] }
 num = "0.4"
 numpy = { version = "0.29", optional = true }
-ome-metadata = { path = "../ome-metadata/ome-metadata" }
+ome-metadata = "0.5"
 ordered-float = { version = "5", optional = true }
 phf = { version = "0.14", features = ["macros"] }
 postcard = { version = "1", features = ["use-std"], optional = true }
diff --git a/py/ndbioimage/__init__.py b/py/ndbioimage/__init__.py
index e08fcc4..c787a00 100755
--- a/py/ndbioimage/__init__.py
+++ b/py/ndbioimage/__init__.py
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ os.environ["COLORBT_SHOW_HIDDEN"] = "1"
 
 from . import ndbioimage_rs as rs  # noqa
 from .ndbioimage_rs import View as Imread
-from .ndbioimage_rs import batch_to_tiff
 from .transforms import Transform, Transforms  # noqa: F401
 
+try:
+    from .ndbioimage_rs import batch_to_tiff
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 try:
     import ome_metadata  # noqa
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08a59a9..77773bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ ndbioimage_generate_stub = "ndbioimage:ndbioimage_generate_stub"
 
 [tool.maturin]
 python-source = "py"
-features = ["python", "default"]
+features = ["python", "bioformats_java", " tiffwrite", "movie"]
+no-default-features = true
 module-name = "ndbioimage.ndbioimage_rs"
 include = ["py/ndbioimage/jassets/j4rs*", "py/ndbioimage/deps/libj4rs*"]
 
diff --git a/src/py.rs b/src/py.rs
index 0980ff7..6364815 100644
--- a/src/py.rs
+++ b/src/py.rs
@@ -1796,6 +1796,10 @@ impl PyView {
         self.view.save_as_movie(file, &options)?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// backwards compatibility
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    fn set_cache_size(&self, size: usize) {}
 }
 
 submit! {