diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index d39c4cb2..f761e5ee 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ build-notebook-lifecycle-observe: (build-features "notebook,lifecycle,observe")
 
 build-notebook-lifecycle-mcp: (build-features "notebook,lifecycle,mcp")
 
+build-no-observe: (build-features "notebook,lifecycle,mcp,openwebui")
+
 build-full: (build-features "notebook,lifecycle,observe,mcp,openwebui")
 
 # --- Frontend & Minification ---
diff --git a/src/logger/observability.rs b/src/logger/observability.rs
index 8792a91c..faef0dfa 100644
--- a/src/logger/observability.rs
+++ b/src/logger/observability.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl ObserveEvents {
     }
 
     pub fn send_message(&self, event: ObserveEventEntry) {
-        let message = format!("{:?}", &event);
+        let message = format!("{:?}", event);
         if let Err(e) = self.sender.try_send(event) {
             match e {
                 tokio::sync::mpsc::error::TrySendError::Full(_) => warn!(
diff --git a/src/web/route/auth/mod.rs b/src/web/route/auth/mod.rs
index e47a7e23..94cabeeb 100644
--- a/src/web/route/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/route/auth/mod.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ use crate::{
         helper::{self},
     },
 };
+use crate::config::CONFIG;
 #[cfg(feature = "observe")]
-use crate::{config::CONFIG, logger::MESSAGE_DELIMITER};
+use crate::logger::MESSAGE_DELIMITER;
 
 pub use self::oauth::generate_token_with_cookie;
 use self::{
diff --git a/src/web/route/openwebui/mod.rs b/src/web/route/openwebui/mod.rs
index facd661a..e8f79028 100644
--- a/src/web/route/openwebui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/route/openwebui/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashSet, marker::PhantomData, str::FromStr, sync::LazyLock, time::Duration};
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow, collections::HashSet, marker::PhantomData, str::FromStr, sync::LazyLock,
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
 use actix_web::{
     HttpRequest, HttpResponse, delete,
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ use tera::{Context, Tera};
 use tracing::{instrument, warn};
 use url::Url;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "observe")]
+use crate::web::helper::observability_post;
 use crate::{
     config::CONFIG,
     db::{
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ use crate::{
     web::{
         bridge_middleware::{CookieCheck, Htmx},
         bson,
-        helper::{self, forwarding, observability_post},
+        helper::{self, forwarding},
     },
 };
 
@@ -258,6 +263,7 @@ async fn create_owui(
             )
             .await?;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "observe")]
         if let Some(bc) = bcookie {
             observability_post("owui instance has been created", &bc);
         }
@@ -331,6 +337,7 @@ async fn delete_owui(
             )
             .await?;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "observe")]
         if let Some(bc) = bcookie {
             observability_post("owui instance has been deleted", &bc);
         }
diff --git a/src/web/route/portal/helper.rs b/src/web/route/portal/helper.rs
index 240234e9..3213be48 100644
--- a/src/web/route/portal/helper.rs
+++ b/src/web/route/portal/helper.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ where
 #[cfg(feature = "openwebui")]
 pub(super) async fn owui_bookkeeping(user: &User) -> (Option<UserOwui>, bool) {
     let id = user._id.to_string();
-    let name = format!("u{}-openwebui", &id);
+    let name = format!("u{}-openwebui", id);
     let pod_name = format!("u{}-openwebui-0", id);
     let pvc_name = format!("owui1-u{}-openwebui-0", id);
 
diff --git a/src/web/route/resource/mod.rs b/src/web/route/resource/mod.rs
index 91cb5cd0..6b10df14 100644
--- a/src/web/route/resource/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/route/resource/mod.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub async fn resource_http(
     client: Data<reqwest::Client>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
     let (mut bridge_cookie, resource) = resource.into_inner();
-    let prefix = format!("/resource/{}", &resource);
+    let prefix = format!("/resource/{}", resource);
     let path = req
         .uri()
         .path()