diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index f582e01..cef1392 100755
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ verify_ssl = true
 
 [packages]
 python-decouple = "*"
-xattr = "*"
 python-etcd3 = {editable = true,git = "https://github.com/kragniz/python-etcd3.git"}
 etcd3-wrapper = {editable = true,git = "https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/etcd3_wrapper.git",ref = "wip"}
 ucloud-common = {editable = true,git = "https://code.ungleich.ch/ucloud/ucloud_common.git",ref = "wip"}
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index d72fadc..d63e265 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "bb1c563b5ae54f6e0ffd6e174485bd4ba2b7616c15371da75947d6198ec1878e"
+            "sha256": "a4e768bcbf48b95824887d9825cd00e2eb689c9e03c154cc123fb1d472c8d00c"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -16,43 +16,10 @@
         ]
     },
     "default": {
-        "cffi": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:041c81822e9f84b1d9c401182e174996f0bae9991f33725d059b771744290774",
-                "sha256:046ef9a22f5d3eed06334d01b1e836977eeef500d9b78e9ef693f9380ad0b83d",
-                "sha256:066bc4c7895c91812eff46f4b1c285220947d4aa46fa0a2651ff85f2afae9c90",
-                "sha256:066c7ff148ae33040c01058662d6752fd73fbc8e64787229ea8498c7d7f4041b",
-                "sha256:2444d0c61f03dcd26dbf7600cf64354376ee579acad77aef459e34efcb438c63",
-                "sha256:300832850b8f7967e278870c5d51e3819b9aad8f0a2c8dbe39ab11f119237f45",
-                "sha256:34c77afe85b6b9e967bd8154e3855e847b70ca42043db6ad17f26899a3df1b25",
-                "sha256:46de5fa00f7ac09f020729148ff632819649b3e05a007d286242c4882f7b1dc3",
-                "sha256:4aa8ee7ba27c472d429b980c51e714a24f47ca296d53f4d7868075b175866f4b",
-                "sha256:4d0004eb4351e35ed950c14c11e734182591465a33e960a4ab5e8d4f04d72647",
-                "sha256:4e3d3f31a1e202b0f5a35ba3bc4eb41e2fc2b11c1eff38b362de710bcffb5016",
-                "sha256:50bec6d35e6b1aaeb17f7c4e2b9374ebf95a8975d57863546fa83e8d31bdb8c4",
-                "sha256:55cad9a6df1e2a1d62063f79d0881a414a906a6962bc160ac968cc03ed3efcfb",
-                "sha256:5662ad4e4e84f1eaa8efce5da695c5d2e229c563f9d5ce5b0113f71321bcf753",
-                "sha256:59b4dc008f98fc6ee2bb4fd7fc786a8d70000d058c2bbe2698275bc53a8d3fa7",
-                "sha256:73e1ffefe05e4ccd7bcea61af76f36077b914f92b76f95ccf00b0c1b9186f3f9",
-                "sha256:a1f0fd46eba2d71ce1589f7e50a9e2ffaeb739fb2c11e8192aa2b45d5f6cc41f",
-                "sha256:a2e85dc204556657661051ff4bab75a84e968669765c8a2cd425918699c3d0e8",
-                "sha256:a5457d47dfff24882a21492e5815f891c0ca35fefae8aa742c6c263dac16ef1f",
-                "sha256:a8dccd61d52a8dae4a825cdbb7735da530179fea472903eb871a5513b5abbfdc",
-                "sha256:ae61af521ed676cf16ae94f30fe202781a38d7178b6b4ab622e4eec8cefaff42",
-                "sha256:b012a5edb48288f77a63dba0840c92d0504aa215612da4541b7b42d849bc83a3",
-                "sha256:d2c5cfa536227f57f97c92ac30c8109688ace8fa4ac086d19d0af47d134e2909",
-                "sha256:d42b5796e20aacc9d15e66befb7a345454eef794fdb0737d1af593447c6c8f45",
-                "sha256:dee54f5d30d775f525894d67b1495625dd9322945e7fee00731952e0368ff42d",
-                "sha256:e070535507bd6aa07124258171be2ee8dfc19119c28ca94c9dfb7efd23564512",
-                "sha256:e1ff2748c84d97b065cc95429814cdba39bcbd77c9c85c89344b317dc0d9cbff",
-                "sha256:ed851c75d1e0e043cbf5ca9a8e1b13c4c90f3fbd863dacb01c0808e2b5204201"
-            ],
-            "version": "==1.12.3"
-        },
         "etcd3-wrapper": {
             "editable": true,
             "git": "https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/etcd3_wrapper.git",
-            "ref": "b1893fc286e9ed59876a526d81094edd796d6815"
+            "ref": "24c53ba969bda8d58e38373310eb41914dd566fd"
         },
         "grpcio": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -112,12 +79,6 @@
             ],
             "version": "==3.9.1"
         },
-        "pycparser": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:a988718abfad80b6b157acce7bf130a30876d27603738ac39f140993246b25b3"
-            ],
-            "version": "==2.19"
-        },
         "python-decouple": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:1317df14b43efee4337a4aa02914bf004f010cd56d6c4bd894e6474ec8c4fe2d"
@@ -148,16 +109,6 @@
             "editable": true,
             "git": "https://code.ungleich.ch/ucloud/ucloud_common.git",
             "ref": "0976a3e2ef648564483e69e89a530f55be630e08"
-        },
-        "xattr": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:117f864caf6428a75ed1263d29e020afb5db30dcbdfc1b79da9f19ec8748d2df",
-                "sha256:4ea01c6d23252d9caeae613ea63191095924ec14df3a9390a404e84df6a1ddb7",
-                "sha256:7cb1b28eeab4fe99cc4350e831434142fce658f7d03f173ff7722144e6a47458",
-                "sha256:c0a5ec84ec3b98f0082cf3bafd299f2fa89a4e54ae4b0b1d6fab5ceea3d0d37a"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==0.9.6"
         }
     },
     "develop": {}
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index dc526b5..ad8b6b1 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 import os
 import glob
-import xattr
 import pathlib
 import time
 import hashlib
+import subprocess as sp
 
 from decouple import config
 from etcd3_wrapper import Etcd3Wrapper
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 
-def getxattr(f, attr, symlink=False):
+
+def getxattr(file, attr):
     try:
-        return xattr.getxattr(f, attr, symlink).decode("utf-8")
-    except OSError as _:
-        return None
+        attr = "user." + attr
+        value = sp.check_output(['getfattr', file,
+                                 '--name', attr,
+                                 '--only-values',
+                                 '--absolute-names'])
+        value = value.decode("utf-8")
+    except sp.CalledProcessError:
+        value = None
+    
+    return value
+
+def setxattr(file, attr, value):
+    attr = "user." + attr
+    sp.check_output(['setfattr', file,
+                        '--name', attr,
+                        '--value', str(value)])
 
 
 def sha512sum(filename):
@@ -83,4 +97,4 @@ for file in untracked_files:
     print("Tracking {}".format(file))
     # Insert Entry
     etcd_client.put(entry_key, entry_value, value_in_json=True)
-    xattr.setxattr(file, b"user.utracked", b"True")
+    setxattr(file, "user.utracked", True)