diff --git a/services/blob/CMakeLists.txt b/services/blob/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/services/blob/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/services/blob/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,24 +9,28 @@
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
 endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
 set(BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "Turn off tests" FORCE)
 set(WITH_GTEST "Use Google Test" OFF)
 
 # FIND LIBS
-include(./cmake-components/grpc.cmake)
 include(./cmake-components/folly.cmake)
 find_package(AWSSDK REQUIRED COMPONENTS s3 core dynamodb)
 find_package(Boost 1.40 COMPONENTS program_options REQUIRED)
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 
 FetchContent_Declare(
   glog
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/glog.git
   GIT_TAG 96a2f23dca4cc7180821ca5f32e526314395d26a # v0.4.0
 )
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(glog)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  gRPC
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+  GIT_TAG v1.48.0
+)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(glog gRPC)
 
 # FIND FILES
 file(GLOB DOUBLE_CONVERSION_SOURCES
@@ -64,11 +68,10 @@
 set(
   LIBS
 
-  ${GRPC_LIBS}
   ${AWSSDK_LINK_LIBRARIES}
   ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
-  OpenSSL::SSL
   glog
+  grpc++
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(