diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 228d80d81..06f806982 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 [[package]]
 name = "blitstr"
 version = "0.2.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/betrusted-io/blitstr.git?rev=7684e03f98cf72d78e7ed148a34aca97a7ee5e25#7684e03f98cf72d78e7ed148a34aca97a7ee5e25"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
diff --git a/services/graphics-server/Cargo.toml b/services/graphics-server/Cargo.toml
index a1d685de4..8cd23e4da 100644
--- a/services/graphics-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/graphics-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ description = "Manage the video output"
 xous = { path = "../../xous-rs" }
 log-server = { path = "../log-server" }
 log = "0.4"
-#blitstr = { git = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/blitstr.git", rev = "18385c8f433b90c9414dc80580c642e3270a0f66" }
-blitstr = { path = "../../../blitstr" }
+blitstr = { git = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/blitstr.git", rev = "7684e03f98cf72d78e7ed148a34aca97a7ee5e25" }
+# blitstr = { path = "../../../blitstr" }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(windows,unix)))'.dependencies]
 utralib = { path = "../../utralib"}
diff --git a/services/shell/Cargo.toml b/services/shell/Cargo.toml
index 97e4970bc..4ae0bc9c0 100644
--- a/services/shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ ticktimer-server = { path = "../ticktimer-server" }
 log-server = { path = "../log-server" }
 log = "0.4"
 com = { path = "../com"}
-# blitstr = { git = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/blitstr.git", rev = "18385c8f433b90c9414dc80580c642e3270a0f66" }
-blitstr = { path = "../../../blitstr" }
+blitstr = { git = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/blitstr.git", rev = "7684e03f98cf72d78e7ed148a34aca97a7ee5e25" }
+# blitstr = { path = "../../../blitstr" }
 # com_rs = { git = "https://github.com/betrusted-io/com_rs.git", rev = "9a91a81f482ea8eba2f2de5d6c20b9bd399f39a9" }