diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb967f45..b7b533b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ copyparty/res/COPYING.txt
 copyparty/web/deps/
 srv/
 scripts/docker/i/
+scripts/deps-docker/uncomment.py
 contrib/package/arch/pkg/
 contrib/package/arch/src/
 
diff --git a/copyparty/web/svcs.html b/copyparty/web/svcs.html
index ef8847e9..65038deb 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/svcs.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/svcs.html
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
         <h1>partyfuse</h1>
         <p>
             <a href="{{ r }}/.cpr/a/partyfuse.py">partyfuse.py</a> -- fast, read-only,
+            needs <a href="{{ r }}/.cpr/deps/fuse.py">fuse.py</a> in the same folder,
             <span class="os win">needs <a href="https://winfsp.dev/rel/">winfsp</a></span>
             <span class="os lin">doesn't need root</span>
         </p>
diff --git a/scripts/deps-docker/Dockerfile b/scripts/deps-docker/Dockerfile
index a59c15a5..a66191ee 100644
--- a/scripts/deps-docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/deps-docker/Dockerfile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ RUN     mkdir -p /z/dist/no-pk \
         && wget https://github.com/google/zopfli/archive/zopfli-$ver_zopfli.tar.gz -O zopfli.tgz \
         && wget https://github.com/Daninet/hash-wasm/releases/download/v$ver_hashwasm/hash-wasm@$ver_hashwasm.zip -O hash-wasm.zip \
         && wget https://github.com/PrismJS/prism/archive/refs/tags/v$ver_prism.tar.gz -O prism.tgz \
+        && wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/04/0b/4506cb2e831cea4b0214d3625430e921faaa05a7fb520458c75a2dbd2152/fusepy-3.0.1.tar.gz -O fusepy.tgz \
         && (mkdir hash-wasm \
             && cd hash-wasm \
             && unzip ../hash-wasm.zip) \
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ RUN     mkdir -p /z/dist/no-pk \
             && npm i gulp-cli -g ) \
         && tar -xf dompurify.tgz \
         && tar -xf prism.tgz \
+        && tar -xf fusepy.tgz \
         && unzip fontawesome.zip \
         && tar -xf zopfli.tgz
 
@@ -158,6 +160,18 @@ RUN     cd /z/dist \
         && rmdir no-pk
 
 
+# build fusepy
+COPY    uncomment.py /z
+RUN     mv /z/fusepy-3.0.1/fuse.py /z/dist/f1 \
+        && cd /z/dist \
+        && python3 /z/uncomment.py f1 \
+        && sed -ri '/self.__critical_exception = e/d' f1 \
+        && awk '/^log =/{s=0} !s; /^from traceback im/{s=1;print"from functools import partial";print"basestring = str"}' <f1 >f2 \
+        && awk '/LoggingMixIn:/{exit} /Time as floating/{s=3}--s<0' <f2 >f1 \
+        && awk "/if _machine =/{s=0} /'(mips|ppc|ppc64)'/{s=1} !s" <f1 >f2 \
+        && rm f1 && mv f2 fuse.py
+
+
 # git diff -U2 --no-index marked-1.1.0-orig/ marked-1.1.0-edit/ -U2 | sed -r '/^index /d;s`^(diff --git a/)[^/]+/(.* b/)[^/]+/`\1\2`; s`^(---|\+\+\+) ([ab]/)[^/]+/`\1 \2`' > ../dev/copyparty/scripts/deps-docker/marked-ln.patch
 # d=/home/ed/dev/copyparty/scripts/deps-docker/; tar -cf ../x . && ssh root@$bip "cd $d && tar -xv >&2 && make >&2 && tar -cC ../../copyparty/web deps" <../x | (cd ../../copyparty/web/; cat > the.tgz; tar -xvf the.tgz; rm the.tgz)
 # gzip -dkf ../dev/copyparty/copyparty/web/deps/deps/marked.full.js.gz && diff -NarU2 ../dev/copyparty/copyparty/web/deps/{,deps/}marked.full.js
diff --git a/scripts/deps-docker/Makefile b/scripts/deps-docker/Makefile
index 4951d11e..dcd1f03f 100644
--- a/scripts/deps-docker/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/deps-docker/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ vend := $(self)/../../copyparty/web/deps
 # prefers podman-docker (optionally rootless) over actual docker/moby
 
 all:
+	cp -pv ../uncomment.py .
+
 	docker build -t build-copyparty-deps .
-	
+
 	rm -rf $(vend)
 	mkdir $(vend)
 
diff --git a/scripts/make-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
index 474d2f39..34ecbe2f 100755
--- a/scripts/make-sfx.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ rm -f ftp/pyftpdlib/{__main__,prefork}.py
 	rm -rf copyparty/mdns.py copyparty/stolen/dnslib
 
 [ $no_pf ] &&
-	rm -rf copyparty/web/a/partyfuse.py
+	rm -rf copyparty/web/a/partyfuse.py copyparty/web/deps/fuse.py
 
 [ $no_cm ] && {
 	rm -rf copyparty/web/mde.* copyparty/web/deps/easymde*
diff --git a/scripts/sfx.ls b/scripts/sfx.ls
index 5fc14001..46d5eb40 100644
--- a/scripts/sfx.ls
+++ b/scripts/sfx.ls
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ copyparty/web/deps/__init__.py,
 copyparty/web/deps/busy.mp3,
 copyparty/web/deps/easymde.css,
 copyparty/web/deps/easymde.js,
+copyparty/web/deps/fuse.py,
 copyparty/web/deps/marked.js,
 copyparty/web/deps/mini-fa.css,
 copyparty/web/deps/mini-fa.woff,