diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 663b8b4..6af4888 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -2111,6 +2117,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "side-node"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bft-crdt-derive",
  "bft-json-crdt",
  "clap",
diff --git a/side-node/Cargo.toml b/side-node/Cargo.toml
index 8378589..5dbe9fd 100644
--- a/side-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/side-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["time"] }
-websockets = "0.3.0"
 base64 = "0.21.7"
 bft-json-crdt = { path = "../crates/bft-json-crdt" }
 bft-crdt-derive = { path = "../crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive" }
+clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 # serde_cbor = "0.11.2" # move to this once we need to pack things in CBOR
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 serde_with = "3.8.1"
+tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["time"] }
+websockets = "0.3.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["bft", "logging-list", "logging-json"]