diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ddd4b97cf..e6e8c3425 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f notifiarr notifiarr.*.{macos,freebsd,linux,exe}{,.gz,.zip} notifiarr.1{,.gz} notifiarr.rb
 	rm -f notifiarr{_,-}*.{deb,rpm,txz} v*.tar.gz.sha256 examples/MANUAL .metadata.make rsrc_*.syso
 	rm -f cmd/notifiarr/README{,.html} README{,.html} ./notifiarr_manual.html rsrc.syso Notifiarr.*.app.zip
-	rm -f notifiarr.service pkg/bindata/bindata.go pack.temp.dmg notifiarr.conf.example
+	rm -f notifiarr.service pack.temp.dmg notifiarr.conf.example
 	rm -rf package_build_* release Notifiarr.*.app Notifiarr.app
 	rm -f pkg/bindata/docs/api_docs.go
 
@@ -355,12 +355,10 @@ lint: generate
 	GOOS=freebsd golangci-lint --build-tags nodbus run
 	GOOS=windows golangci-lint run
 
-generate: pkg/bindata/bindata.go pkg/bindata/docs/api_docs.go
+generate: pkg/bindata/docs/api_docs.go
 pkg/bindata/docs/api_docs.go: 
-	go generate ./pkg/bindata/docs
-pkg/bindata/bindata.go:
 	find pkg -name .DS\* -delete
-	go generate ./pkg/bindata/
+	go generate ./pkg/bindata/docs
 
 ##################
 ##### Docker #####
diff --git a/init/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/init/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index 1286232a5..d81d5648d 100644
--- a/init/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/init/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COPY main.go go.mod go.sum ./
 
 # Cache all the needed tools.
 RUN go mod download \
-    && go run github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/v4/go-bindata@latest -v \
-    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@master -v
+    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@latest -v
 
 COPY pkg pkg
 RUN go generate ./...
diff --git a/init/docker/Dockerfile.cuda b/init/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
index 3d4ee09d1..1d0fb0f8f 100644
--- a/init/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
+++ b/init/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COPY main.go go.mod go.sum ./
 
 # Cache all the needed tools.
 RUN go mod download \
-    && go run github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/v4/go-bindata@latest -v \
-    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@master -v
+    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@latest -v
 
 COPY pkg pkg
 RUN go generate ./...
diff --git a/init/docker/Dockerfile.scratch b/init/docker/Dockerfile.scratch
index 865f01d28..0f3cb8639 100644
--- a/init/docker/Dockerfile.scratch
+++ b/init/docker/Dockerfile.scratch
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COPY main.go go.mod go.sum ./
 
 # Cache all the needed tools.
 RUN go mod download \
-    && go run github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/v4/go-bindata@latest -v \
-    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@master -v
+    && go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@latest -v
 
 # Cache apt installs.
 RUN apt update \
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/.gitignore b/pkg/bindata/.gitignore
index 581f91ba5..fff0ee588 100644
--- a/pkg/bindata/.gitignore
+++ b/pkg/bindata/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 api_docs.go
-bindata.go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/README.md b/pkg/bindata/README.md
index e4e945b92..0e485c96a 100644
--- a/pkg/bindata/README.md
+++ b/pkg/bindata/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-The files in this folder are auto generated from the files/ and templates/ folders.
-
-- To generate the binary base64 data you need to install `go-bindata`:
-
-```shell
-curl --silent --location --output /usr/local/bin/go-bindata https://github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/releases/download/v3.22.0/go-bindata-linux-amd64
-chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/go-bindata
-make generate
-```
-
-See: https://github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata
-
-- **Do not put anything except Go HTML template files in the templates/ directory.**
\ No newline at end of file
+- **Do not put anything except Go HTML template files in the templates/ directory.**
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/bindata.go b/pkg/bindata/bindata.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9e50ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/bindata/bindata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Package bindata provides file system assets to the running binary.
+package bindata
+
+import "embed"
+
+var (
+	//go:embed files
+	Files embed.FS
+	//go:embed templates
+	Templates embed.FS
+	//go:embed other/fortunes.txt
+	Fortunes string
+)
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/docs/generate.go b/pkg/bindata/docs/generate.go
index be477b624..fab4d2266 100644
--- a/pkg/bindata/docs/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/bindata/docs/generate.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package docs
 
-//go:generate go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@v1.8.12 i --parseDependency --instanceName api --outputTypes go  --parseInternal --dir ../../../ -g main.go --output .
+//go:generate go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@latest i --parseDependency --instanceName api --outputTypes go  --parseInternal --dir ../../../ -g main.go --output .
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/generate.go b/pkg/bindata/generate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bcc54c731..000000000
--- a/pkg/bindata/generate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Package bindata provides the go:generate command to create new base64 binary
-// data, as well as the binary data itself, in both formats. That means, you will
-// find the _things_ we compress into base64 inside the files/ directory, and you
-// will find the base64 files in the bindata.go file. The generate.go file contains
-// the command that creates the binary data.
-// See: https://github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata or the README.md file.
-package bindata
-
-//go:generate go run github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/v4/go-bindata@latest -pkg bindata -modtime 1587356420 -o bindata.go files/... templates/... other/...
diff --git a/pkg/bindata/tools.go b/pkg/bindata/tools.go
index df2dc0655..f6eee02e0 100644
--- a/pkg/bindata/tools.go
+++ b/pkg/bindata/tools.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ package bindata
 import (
 	// Used to build windows exe metadata.
 	_ "github.com/akavel/rsrc"
-	// Used to convert static files to internal binary data.
-	_ "github.com/kevinburke/go-bindata/v4"
 	// Used to create API docs.
 	_ "github.com/swaggo/swag"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/client/cli.go b/pkg/client/cli.go
index 244bc0263..2adca0513 100644
--- a/pkg/client/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/client/cli.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func printCurlReply(resp *http.Response, body []byte) {
 
 // Fortune returns a fortune.
 func Fortune() string {
-	fortunes := strings.Split(bindata.MustAssetString("other/fortunes.txt"), "\n%\n")
+	fortunes := strings.Split(bindata.Fortunes, "\n%\n")
 	return fortunes[rand.Intn(len(fortunes))] //nolint:gosec
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/handlers.go b/pkg/client/handlers.go
index 99e641bc0..145a43166 100644
--- a/pkg/client/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/client/handlers.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (c *Client) slash(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (c *Client) favIcon(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { //nolint:varnamelen
-	ico, err := bindata.Asset("files/images/favicon.ico")
+	ico, err := bindata.Files.ReadFile("files/images/favicon.ico")
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/client/handlers_gui.go b/pkg/client/handlers_gui.go
index 0b4155623..a587f9738 100644
--- a/pkg/client/handlers_gui.go
+++ b/pkg/client/handlers_gui.go
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ func (c *Client) handleStaticAssets(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.
 }
 
 func (c *Client) handleInternalAsset(response http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	data, err := bindata.Asset(request.URL.Path[1:])
+	data, err := bindata.Files.ReadFile(request.URL.Path[1:])
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(response, err.Error(), http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/client/html_templates.go b/pkg/client/html_templates.go
index d03739851..ecf42df24 100644
--- a/pkg/client/html_templates.go
+++ b/pkg/client/html_templates.go
@@ -329,22 +329,45 @@ func since(t time.Time) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(durafmt.Parse(time.Since(t)).LimitFirstN(3).Format(mnd.DurafmtShort), " ", "")
 }
 
+func (c *Client) parseTemplatesDirectory(filePath string) error {
+	items, err := bindata.Templates.ReadDir(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed reading internal templates: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, entry := range items {
+		filePath := path.Join(filePath, entry.Name())
+
+		if entry.IsDir() { // Recursion.
+			if err := c.parseTemplatesDirectory(filePath); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		data, err := bindata.Templates.ReadFile(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed reading internal template %s: %w", filePath, err)
+		}
+
+		filePath = strings.TrimPrefix(filePath, "templates/") // no leading junk.
+		if c.template, err = c.template.New(filePath).Parse(string(data)); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bug parsing internal template: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ParseGUITemplates parses the baked-in templates, and overrides them if a template directory is provided.
 func (c *Client) ParseGUITemplates() error {
 	// Index and 404 do not have template files, but they can be customized.
 	index := "<p>" + c.Flags.Name() + `: <strong>working</strong></p>`
 	c.template = template.Must(template.New("index.html").Parse(index)).Funcs(c.getFuncMap())
 
-	var err error
-
-	// Parse all our compiled-in templates.
-	for _, name := range bindata.AssetNames() {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "templates/") {
-			trim := strings.TrimPrefix(name, "templates/")
-			if c.template, err = c.template.New(trim).Parse(bindata.MustAssetString(name)); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("bug parsing internal template: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
+	if err := c.parseTemplatesDirectory("templates"); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	if c.Flags.Assets != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/client/tray.go b/pkg/client/tray.go
index 70bbf22c5..f30dddc09 100644
--- a/pkg/client/tray.go
+++ b/pkg/client/tray.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (c *Client) startTray(ctx context.Context, clientInfo *clientinfo.ClientInf
 		defer os.Exit(0)
 		defer c.CapturePanic()
 
-		b, _ := bindata.Asset(ui.SystrayIcon)
+		b, _ := bindata.Files.ReadFile(ui.SystrayIcon)
 		systray.SetTemplateIcon(b, b)
 		systray.SetTooltip(mnd.PrintVersionInfo(c.Flags.Name()))
 		// systray.SetOnClick(c.showMenu) // buggy
diff --git a/pkg/ui/ui.go b/pkg/ui/ui.go
index 7351f4609..3fdc52282 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/ui.go
+++ b/pkg/ui/ui.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func GetPNG() string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	data, err := bindata.Asset("files/images/favicon.png")
+	data, err := bindata.Files.ReadFile("files/images/favicon.png")
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}