diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10a4505..bec7076 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ publish/
 # OS noise
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+
+# Log files
+*.log
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj b/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj
index 1055326..a66c275 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Jellyfin.Model" Version="10.11.11">
       <ExcludeAssets>runtime</ExcludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.18" />
+    <!-- Pinned to the exact version Jellyfin 10.11.x ships for its own database (via EF Core 9.0.11).
+         Runtime assets are excluded: the server already has Microsoft.Data.Sqlite and the native
+         e_sqlite3 library loaded, so the plugin must not ship its own copies. Shipping them would
+         also break plugin loading, because PluginManager tries to load every *.dll in the plugin
+         folder as a managed assembly (including native binaries like e_sqlite3.dll). -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.11">
+      <ExcludeAssets>runtime</ExcludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 161ffd3..617496d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ primarily for anime, where almost every episode has a thread on r/anime.
    - Linux (native): `/var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/RedditComments`
    - Docker: `<your config volume>/plugins/RedditComments`
    - Windows: `%ProgramData%\Jellyfin\Server\plugins\RedditComments`
-3. Extract the zip contents into that folder (the DLLs must sit directly inside it).
+3. Extract the zip contents into that folder (the plugin DLL must sit directly inside it).
 4. Restart Jellyfin.
 
 ### Option B — plugin repository
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ Requires the .NET 9 SDK:
 dotnet publish Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj -c Release -o publish
 ```
 
-Copy the plugin DLL plus `Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.dll`, the `SQLitePCLRaw.*.dll`s and the native
-`e_sqlite3` library for your platform (under `publish/runtimes/<rid>/native/`) into your plugins
-folder. The `dist/` zip in this repo is already assembled this way.
+Copy `Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.dll` into your plugins folder and restart. The package is
+intentionally a single DLL: the plugin uses the same `Microsoft.Data.Sqlite` build that Jellyfin
+itself ships for `jellyfin.db`, so no extra assemblies or native libraries may be placed in the
+plugin folder (Jellyfin tries to load every `*.dll` there as a managed assembly and disables the
+plugin on failure).
 
 Run the smoke tests (cache, Reddit response parsing, rate limiter):
 
diff --git a/SmokeTests/SmokeTests.csproj b/SmokeTests/SmokeTests.csproj
index e7229c1..51519ab 100644
--- a/SmokeTests/SmokeTests.csproj
+++ b/SmokeTests/SmokeTests.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments\Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments.csproj" />
+    <!-- The plugin itself excludes runtime assets (the Jellyfin server provides this assembly);
+         the tests need it present to exercise the cache. -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.11" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index b28fc4f..1f24029 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
                 "version": "1.0.0.0",
                 "changelog": "- Initial release\n- Player OSD button + comments sidebar\n- Reddit thread search across configurable subreddits\n- SQLite caching with separate TTLs for found/not-found results\n- Sliding-window rate limiter (default 60 requests/minute, max 100)\n- Lazy loading: Reddit is only contacted on button click",
                 "targetAbi": "10.11.0.0",
-                "sourceUrl": "https://git.gabjimmy.com/Gabe/Jellyfin-Comments/releases/download/1.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments_1.0.0.0.zip",
-                "checksum": "9ee28786f8f9c7edb17f3f7c147a6df9",
+                "sourceUrl": "https://git.gabjimmy.com/Gabe/Jellyfin-Comments/releases/download/FixedV1/Jellyfin.Plugin.RedditComments_1.0.0.0.zip",
+                "checksum": "83c0fe073263c25c119ef3421fe9dbfb",
                 "timestamp": "2026-07-16T00:00:00Z"
             }
         ]