diff --git a/src/discord.zig b/src/discord.zig
index c0edb1b..6375ca9 100644
--- a/src/discord.zig
+++ b/src/discord.zig
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ pub const GatewayPayload = @import("structures/types.zig").GatewayPayload;
 // END USING NAMESPACE
 
 pub const Shard = @import("shard.zig");
-pub const zjson = @import("json.zig");
+pub const zjson = @compileError("Deprecated, use std.json instead.");
 
 pub const Internal = @import("internal.zig");
 const GatewayDispatchEvent = Internal.GatewayDispatchEvent;
diff --git a/src/shard.zig b/src/shard.zig
index 59d6dfa..a5a0fa0 100644
--- a/src/shard.zig
+++ b/src/shard.zig
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ pub fn close(self: *Self, code: ShardSocketCloseCodes, reason: []const u8) Close
         .reason = reason, //[]const u8
     }) catch {
         // log that the connection died, but don't stop the bot
-        self.logif("Shard {d} closed with error: {s} # {d}", .{self.id, reason, @intFromEnum(code)});
+        std.debug.print("Shard {d} closed with error: {s} # {d}\n", .{self.id, reason, @intFromEnum(code)});
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/structures/component.zig b/src/structures/component.zig
index 4ad359e..5c0b252 100644
--- a/src/structures/component.zig
+++ b/src/structures/component.zig
@@ -153,6 +153,28 @@ pub const SelectMenu = union(MessageComponentTypes) {
     SelectMenuUsersAndRoles: SelectMenuUsersAndRoles,
     SelectMenuChannels: SelectMenuChannels,
 
+    pub fn jsonParse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, src: []const u8) !@This() {
+        const value = try std.json.innerParse(std.json.Value, allocator, src, .{
+            .max_value_len  = 0x100,
+        });
+
+        if (!value != .object) @panic("coulnd't match against non-object type");
+
+        switch (value.object.get("type") orelse @panic("couldn't find property `type`")) {
+            .integer => |num| return switch (@as(MessageComponentTypes, @enumFromInt(num))) {
+                .SelectMenu => .{ .SelectMenu = try std.json.parseFromValue(SelectMenuString, allocator, value, .{.max_value_len = 0x100})},
+                .SelectMenuUsers => .{ .SelectMenuUsers = try std.json.parseFromValue(SelectMenuUsers, allocator, value, .{.max_value_len = 0x100})},
+                .SelectMenuRoles => .{ .SelectMenuRoles = try std.json.parseFromValue(SelectMenuRoles, allocator, value, .{.max_value_len = 0x100})},
+                .SelectMenuUsersAndRoles => .{ .SelectMenuUsersAndRoles = try std.json.parseFromValue(SelectMenuUsersAndRoles, allocator, value, .{.max_value_len = 0x100})},
+                .SelectMenuChannels => .{ .SelectMenuChannels = try std.json.parseFromValue(SelectMenuChannels, allocator, value, .{.max_value_len = 0x100})},
+            },
+            else => @panic("got type but couldn't match against non enum member `type`"),
+        }
+
+        return try MessageComponent.json(allocator, value);
+    }
+
+    // legacy
     pub fn json(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, value: zjson.JsonType) !@This() {
         if (!value.is(.object))
             @panic("coulnd't match against non-object type");
diff --git a/src/structures/snowflake.zig b/src/structures/snowflake.zig
index c5d70c0..e001ccc 100644
--- a/src/structures/snowflake.zig
+++ b/src/structures/snowflake.zig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub const Snowflake = enum(u64) {
     }
 
     /// zjson parse
+    /// legacy
     pub fn json(_: std.mem.Allocator, value: zjson.JsonType) !@This() {
         if (value.is(.string))
             return Snowflake.fromRaw(value.string) catch
@@ -61,6 +62,18 @@ pub const Snowflake = enum(u64) {
         unreachable;
     }
 
+    /// std.json parse
+    pub fn jsonParse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, src: []const u8) !@This() {
+        const value = try std.json.parseFromSlice(std.json.Value, allocator, src, .{
+        .max_value_len = 0x100
+            });
+
+        if (value != .string)
+            return Snowflake.fromRaw(value.string) catch
+                std.debug.panic("invalid snowflake: {s}\n", .{value.string});
+        unreachable;
+    }
+
     /// print
     pub fn format(self: Snowflake, comptime _: []const u8, _: std.fmt.FormatOptions, writer: anytype) !void {
         try writer.print("{d}", .{self.into()});