diff --git a/android/external/Cargo.toml.tmp b/android/external/Cargo.toml.tmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133f77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/external/Cargo.toml.tmp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[package]
+name = "pep_engine_sequoia_backend"
+description = "An implementation of the p≡p Engine's cryptotech interface using Sequoia."
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Neal H. Walfield <neal@pep.foundation>"]
+homepage = "https://sequoia-pgp.org/"
+repository = "https://gitea.pep.foundation/neal/pEpEngineSequoiaBackend/"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["cryptography", "openpgp", "pgp", "encryption", "signing"]
+categories = ["cryptography", "authentication", "email"]
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[badges]
+maintenance = { status = "actively-developed" }
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1"
+backtrace = "0.3.61"
+chrono = "0.4"
+enumber = "0.3"
+lazy_static = "1"
+libc = "0.2"
+lru = "0.6.6"
+memmem = "0.1"
+memoffset = "0.6"
+# When bumping the version of Sequoia search the code for XXX to find
+# spots where we can take advantage of new features.
+sequoia-openpgp = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+thiserror = "1"
+
+[dependencies.rusqlite]
+version = "0.25"
+features = ["bundled", "collation", "blob"]
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["lib", "cdylib", "staticlib"]
+
+[features]
+default = [
+    "sequoia-openpgp/default",
+]
+crypto-nettle = ["sequoia-openpgp/crypto-nettle"]
+crypto-cng = ["sequoia-openpgp/crypto-cng"]
diff --git a/android/external/MakefileTemplate b/android/external/MakefileTemplate
index e9e2d5b..4f30ab7 100644
--- a/android/external/MakefileTemplate
+++ b/android/external/MakefileTemplate
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)/$(SEQUOIA_ARCH)/release/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.so:  p
 	ARMV7_LINUX_ANDROIDEABI_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR="$(LOCAL)/include" \
 	ARMV7_LINUX_ANDROIDEABI_OPENSSL_DIR="$(LOCAL)/bin" \
 	CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$(CARGO_TARGET_DIR) cargo build --target $(SEQUOIA_ARCH) -p pep_engine_sequoia_backend --release
-
+#TODO PEMA-103 we cna move seq to static (.a)
 $(LOCAL)/lib/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.so: $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)/$(SEQUOIA_ARCH)/release/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.so
 	cp $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)/$(SEQUOIA_ARCH)/release/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.* $(LOCAL)/lib/
 
diff --git a/android/jni/Android.mk b/android/jni/Android.mk
index 907e147..a28d3e4 100644
--- a/android/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/jni/Android.mk
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_MODULE := libpep_engine_sequoia_backend
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(GPGBUILD)/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.so
-include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(GPGBUILD)/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/libpep_engine_sequoia_backend.a
+include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_MODULE := libhogweed
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ $(shell sh $(ENGINE_PATH)/build-android/takeOutHeaderFiles.sh $(ENGINE_PATH))
 
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_MODULE     := pEpJNI
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES :=  libnettle libhogweed libgmp libpep_engine_sequoia_backend
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := pEpEngine libetpan libiconv pEpAdapter pEpCxx11
-LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libuuid
+#TODO PEMA-103 we cna move seq to static
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES :=  libnettle libhogweed libgmp
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := pEpEngine libetpan libuuid libiconv pEpAdapter pEpCxx11 libpep_engine_sequoia_backend
 LOCAL_CPP_FEATURES += exceptions
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -std=c++11 -DANDROID_STL=c++_shared -DHAVE_PTHREADS -DDISABLE_SYNC -fuse-ld=lld
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES  := \
diff --git a/android/src/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/AndroidHelper.java b/android/src/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/AndroidHelper.java
index e746075..36aa174 100644
--- a/android/src/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/AndroidHelper.java
+++ b/android/src/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/AndroidHelper.java
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ public class AndroidHelper {
         System.loadLibrary("gmp");
         System.loadLibrary("nettle");
         System.loadLibrary("hogweed");
+        //TODO PEMA-103 Check if we are required to link the shared lib here
+//        System.loadLibrary("libpep_engine_sequoia_backend");
 
         migrateFromGPGToSequoiaIfNeeded(c.getFilesDir());