diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe95260..f345dd8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,27 +41,12 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bstr"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "473fc6b38233f9af7baa94fb5852dca389e3d95b8e21c8e3719301462c5d9faf"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ae44d1a3d5a19df61dd0c8beb138458ac2a53a7ac09eba97d55592540004306b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.66"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c0496836a84f8d0495758516b8621a622beb77c0fed418570e50764093ced48"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -168,12 +153,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rawpointer",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memchr"
-version = "2.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ee1c47aaa256ecabcaea351eae4a9b01ef39ed810004e298d2511ed284b1525"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -184,26 +163,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mlua"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0bd179c80340f87911c17eb365ab9f890cf745ac722860d1465be5889be2853a"
-dependencies = [
- "bstr",
- "cc",
- "lazy_static",
- "num-traits",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "musiclight"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "fftw",
- "mlua",
  "rand",
 ]
 
@@ -244,12 +209,6 @@ version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a9a7ab5d64814df0fe4a4b5ead45ed6c5f181ee3ff04ba344313a6c80446c5d4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3831453b3449ceb48b6d9c7ad7c96d5ea673e9b470a1dc578c2ce6521230884c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.10"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b965389..ee0ac29 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.4"
 fftw      = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["system"] }
-mlua      = { version = "0.5", features = ["lua53"] }
 rand      = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/animation.rs b/src/animation.rs
index ff392c3..1302e3b 100644
--- a/src/animation.rs
+++ b/src/animation.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, AnimationError>;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum AnimationError
 {
-	LuaError(mlua::Error),
 	ErrorMessage(std::string::String),
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for AnimationError {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 		match self {
-			AnimationError::LuaError(e) => f.write_fmt(format_args!("=== Lua Error ===\n{}\n=================", e))?,
 			AnimationError::ErrorMessage(s) => f.write_fmt(format_args!("Message({})", s))?,
 		};
 
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for AnimationError {
 impl StdError for AnimationError {
 	fn description(&self) -> &str {
 		match *self {
-			AnimationError::LuaError(_) => "Lua Error",
 			AnimationError::ErrorMessage(_) => "Error Message",
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 45793b0..8baf502 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ use byteorder::{NativeEndian, ReadBytesExt};
 
 mod signal_processing;
 mod config;
-//mod userscript;
 mod udpproto;
 mod animation;
 
 use crate::signal_processing::SignalProcessing;
-//use crate::userscript::UserScript;
 use crate::udpproto::UdpProto;
 use crate::animation::Animation;
 
@@ -42,30 +40,6 @@ fn main()
 	let sigproc = Rc::new(RefCell::new(
 	                  SignalProcessing::new(config::BLOCK_LEN, config::SAMP_RATE).unwrap()));
 
-	/*
-	// set up Lua environment
-
-	println!("Loading user script...");
-
-	let mut script = match UserScript::new(sigproc.clone(), "particles.lua") {
-		Ok(script) => script,
-		Err(e) => {
-			println!("=== Lua Error ===\n{}\n====> Terminating.", e);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	};
-
-	println!("Calling init()...");
-
-	match script.init() {
-		Ok(_) => (),
-		Err(e) => {
-			println!("=== Lua Error ===\n{}\n====> Terminating.", e);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	};
-	*/
-
 	println!("Contructing Animation...");
 
 	// TODO: let the user select via the command line