diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index c976d38..861d753 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ android {
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "0.0.1"
 
-        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
+        vectorDrawables {
+            useSupportLibrary = true
+        }
 
         buildConfigField("String", "TAG", "\"AliucordManager\"")
         buildConfigField("String", "SUPPORT_SERVER", "\"EsNDvBaHVU\"")
@@ -68,11 +70,20 @@ android {
 
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = "11"
-        freeCompilerArgs += "-Xcontext-receivers"
+        freeCompilerArgs += listOf(
+            "-Xcontext-receivers",
+            "-P",
+            "plugin:androidx.compose.compiler.plugins.kotlin:reportsDestination=${buildDir.resolve("report").absolutePath}",
+        )
     }
 
-    buildFeatures.compose = true
-    composeOptions.kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.3.1"
+    buildFeatures {
+        compose = true
+    }
+
+    composeOptions {
+        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.3.1"
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -114,6 +125,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.aliucord:axml:1.0.1")
     implementation("com.android.tools.build:apksig:7.4.0-beta04")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.4.0")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-collections-immutable:0.3.5")
 }
 
 fun getCurrentBranch(): String? =
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/MainActivity.kt
index 50aff20..40b25da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/MainActivity.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.aliucord.manager.ui.screen.*
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.theme.ManagerTheme
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.theme.Theme
 import dev.olshevski.navigation.reimagined.*
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentListOf
 import org.koin.android.ext.android.inject
 
 val aliucordDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().resolve("Aliucord")
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                     when (val dest = this.currentHostEntry.destination) {
                         is BaseScreenDestination -> BaseScreen(
                             currentNavItem = dest,
-                            bottomNavItems = listOf(AppDestination.Home, AppDestination.Plugins, AppDestination.Settings),
+                            bottomNavItems = persistentListOf(AppDestination.Home, AppDestination.Plugins, AppDestination.Settings),
                             onNavChanged = { navController.replaceLast(it) }
                         ) {
                             when (dest) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Manifest.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Manifest.kt
index eaa305c..96cc3cb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Manifest.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Manifest.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 
 package com.aliucord.manager.domain.model
 
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Immutable
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
 
+@Immutable
 @Serializable
 data class Manifest(
     val name: String,
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ data class Manifest(
     val updateUrl: String,
     val changelog: String?,
     val changelogMedia: String?,
-    val links: JsonObject
 ) {
     val repositoryUrl = updateUrl
         .replace("raw.githubusercontent.com", "github.com")
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Plugin.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Plugin.kt
index 5c797bb..8cfd131 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Plugin.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/domain/model/Plugin.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package com.aliucord.manager.domain.model
 
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Immutable
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.decodeFromStream
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ private val json = Json {
 }
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
+@Immutable
 data class Plugin(val file: File) {
     val manifest: Manifest
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/home/CommitList.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/home/CommitList.kt
index c7309c9..43c5f60 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/home/CommitList.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/home/CommitList.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.aliucord.manager.R
 import com.aliucord.manager.network.dto.Commit
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.component.LoadFailure
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.util.annotatingStringResource
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentListOf
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 
 @Composable
@@ -142,8 +143,10 @@ fun CommitItem(
             Text(
                 annotatingStringResource(
                     R.string.contributors_commit_title,
-                    commit.author.name,
-                    commit.sha.take(8)
+                    persistentListOf(
+                        commit.author.name,
+                        commit.sha.take(8),
+                    )
                 ) {
                     when (it) {
                         "name" -> SpanStyle(
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/installer/InstallGroup.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/installer/InstallGroup.kt
index 55e501d..55db420 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/installer/InstallGroup.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/installer/InstallGroup.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.*
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.outlined.Circle
 import androidx.compose.material3.*
-import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.*
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontStyle
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.*
 import com.aliucord.manager.R
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
 import kotlin.math.floor
 
 enum class InstallStatus {
@@ -30,18 +31,23 @@ enum class InstallStatus {
     QUEUED
 }
 
-data class InstallStepData(
-    var nameResId: Int,
-    var status: InstallStatus,
-    var duration: Float = 0f,
-    var cached: Boolean = false
-)
+@Stable
+class InstallStepData(
+    val nameResId: Int,
+    status: InstallStatus,
+    duration: Float = 0f,
+    cached: Boolean = false
+) {
+    var status by mutableStateOf(status)
+    var duration by mutableStateOf(duration)
+    var cached by mutableStateOf(cached)
+}
 
 @Composable
 fun InstallGroup(
     name: String,
     isCurrent: Boolean,
-    subSteps: List<InstallStepData>,
+    subSteps: ImmutableList<InstallStepData>,
     onClick: () -> Unit
 ) {
     val status = when {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/plugins/PluginCard.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/plugins/PluginCard.kt
index 4fae717..a01b371 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/plugins/PluginCard.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/component/plugins/PluginCard.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.aliucord.manager.R
 import com.aliucord.manager.domain.model.Plugin
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.util.annotatingStringResource
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.util.joinToAnnotatedString
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentListOf
 
 @Composable
 fun PluginCard(
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@ fun PluginCard(
                 Text(
                     annotatingStringResource(
                         R.string.plugins_plugin_title,
-                        plugin.manifest.name,
-                        plugin.manifest.version
+                        persistentListOf(
+                            plugin.manifest.name,
+                            plugin.manifest.version,
+                        )
                     ) {
                         when (it) {
                             "plugin" -> SpanStyle(fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/navigation/BaseScreen.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/navigation/BaseScreen.kt
index 59a831a..81f41a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/navigation/BaseScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/navigation/BaseScreen.kt
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import com.aliucord.manager.BuildConfig
 import com.aliucord.manager.R
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.screen.*
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
 
 @Composable
 fun BaseScreen(
     currentNavItem: BaseScreenDestination,
-    bottomNavItems: List<BaseScreenDestination>,
+    bottomNavItems: ImmutableList<BaseScreenDestination>,
     onNavChanged: (AppDestination) -> Unit,
     content: @Composable () -> Unit
 ) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/screen/InstallScreen.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/screen/InstallScreen.kt
index 45af877..23664a5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/screen/InstallScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/screen/InstallScreen.kt
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ import com.aliucord.manager.ui.dialog.DiscordType
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.dialog.DownloadMethod
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.viewmodel.InstallViewModel
 import com.aliucord.manager.ui.viewmodel.InstallViewModel.InstallStepGroup
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.toImmutableList
 import kotlinx.parcelize.Parcelize
 import org.koin.androidx.compose.getViewModel
 import org.koin.core.parameter.parametersOf
 import java.util.*
 
+@Immutable // this isn't *really* stable, but this never gets modified after being passed to a composable, so...
 @Parcelize
 data class InstallData(
     val downloadMethod: DownloadMethod,
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ fun InstallerScreen(
                         name = stringResource(group.nameResId),
                         isCurrent = expandedGroup == group,
                         onClick = { expandedGroup = group },
-                        subSteps = viewModel.getSteps(group)
+                        subSteps = viewModel.getSteps(group).toImmutableList(),
                     )
                 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/util/Utils.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/util/Utils.kt
index a67adcb..38844ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/util/Utils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/util/Utils.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.StringRes
 import androidx.compose.runtime.*
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.*
+import kotlinx.collections.immutable.ImmutableList
 
 context(AnnotatedString.Builder)
     inline fun <T> Iterable<T>.joinToAnnotatedString(
@@ -35,12 +36,11 @@ context(AnnotatedString.Builder)
 @Composable
 inline fun annotatingStringResource(
     @StringRes id: Int,
-    vararg args: Any,
-    crossinline annotationHandler: @Composable (annotationName: String) -> SpanStyle?
+    args: ImmutableList<Any>,
+    crossinline annotationHandler: @Composable (annotationName: String) -> SpanStyle?,
 ): AnnotatedString {
-    val string = stringResource(id, *args)
+    val string = stringResource(id, *args.toTypedArray())
 
-    // TODO: figure out a way to put this in remember {} while still having @Composable annotationHandler
     val markerIndexes = string
         .mapIndexedNotNull { index, elem -> index.takeIf { elem == '§' } }
         .takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() && it.size % 3 == 0 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/viewmodel/InstallViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/viewmodel/InstallViewModel.kt
index 4e73985..d8d8461 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/viewmodel/InstallViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/aliucord/manager/ui/viewmodel/InstallViewModel.kt
@@ -583,8 +583,7 @@ class InstallViewModel(
 
     @OptIn(ExperimentalTime::class)
     private inline fun <T> step(step: InstallStep, block: InstallStepData.() -> T): T {
-        steps[step] = steps[step]!!.copy(status = InstallStatus.ONGOING)
-
+        steps[step]!!.status = InstallStatus.ONGOING
         currentStep = step
 
         try {
@@ -596,15 +595,15 @@ class InstallViewModel(
                 Thread.sleep(1000 - millis)
             }
 
-            steps[step] = steps[step]!!.copy(
-                duration = millis.div(1000f),
+            steps[step]!!.apply {
+                duration = millis.div(1000f)
                 status = InstallStatus.SUCCESSFUL
-            )
+            }
 
             currentStep = step
             return value.value
         } catch (t: Throwable) {
-            steps[step] = steps[step]!!.copy(status = InstallStatus.UNSUCCESSFUL)
+            steps[step]!!.status = InstallStatus.UNSUCCESSFUL
 
             currentStep = step
             throw t
@@ -656,6 +655,7 @@ class InstallViewModel(
     var currentStep: InstallStep? by mutableStateOf(null)
     val steps = mutableStateMapOf<InstallStep, InstallStepData>()
 
+    // TODO: cache this instead
     fun getSteps(group: InstallStepGroup): List<InstallStepData> {
         return steps
             .filterKeys { it.group == group }.entries