diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1677805..d7cebfb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     <spotless-plugin.version>2.43.0</spotless-plugin.version>
 
     <basic-annotations.version>0.2.0</basic-annotations.version>
-    <blaze-persistence.version>1.6.12</blaze-persistence.version>
     <findbugs-jsr305.version>3.0.2</findbugs-jsr305.version>
     <flexmark.version>0.64.8</flexmark.version>
     <google.java.format.version>1.15.0</google.java.format.version>
@@ -55,14 +54,6 @@
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.blazebit</groupId>
-        <artifactId>blaze-persistence-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${blaze-persistence.version}</version>
-        <type>pom</type>
-        <scope>import</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- Hibernate PostgreSQL Extra Types -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.hypersistence</groupId>
@@ -202,22 +193,9 @@
       <artifactId>quarkus-container-image-jib</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+
     <!-- Quarkus universe -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.blazebit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>blaze-persistence-integration-quarkus-3</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.blazebit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>blaze-persistence-integration-hibernate-6.2</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.blazebit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>blaze-persistence-entity-view-processor</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>camel-quarkus-mail</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/Post.java b/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/Post.java
index e757972..eeee6cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/Post.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/Post.java
@@ -2,22 +2,18 @@
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
-import com.blazebit.persistence.CriteriaBuilder;
-import com.blazebit.persistence.CriteriaBuilderFactory;
 import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.accesscontrol.Role;
 import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.bookmarks.Bookmark;
 import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.lazychat.LazychatMessage;
 import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.newsletter.Newsletter;
 import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.users.User;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.JdbcTypeCode;
-import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
+import eu.mulk.mulkcms2.benki.users.User_;
 import io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.panache.PanacheEntityBase;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import jakarta.json.bind.annotation.JsonbTransient;
 import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType;
 import jakarta.persistence.Column;
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
-import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.EnumType;
 import jakarta.persistence.Enumerated;
 import jakarta.persistence.FetchType;
@@ -35,6 +31,11 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.OrderBy;
 import jakarta.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.From;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.JoinType;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -48,9 +49,12 @@
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.JdbcTypeCode;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.SQLRestriction;
+import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "posts", schema = "benki")
@@ -171,76 +175,80 @@
     }
   }
 
-  protected static <T extends Post<?>> CriteriaBuilder<T> queryViewable(
+  protected static <T extends Post> CriteriaQuery<T> queryViewable(
       Class<T> entityClass,
       @CheckForNull User reader,
       @CheckForNull User owner,
       @CheckForNull Integer cursor,
-      EntityManager em,
-      CriteriaBuilderFactory cbf,
+      CriteriaBuilder cb,
       boolean forward,
       @CheckForNull String searchQuery) {
+    CriteriaQuery<T> query = cb.createQuery(entityClass);
 
-    CriteriaBuilder<T> cb = cbf.create(em, entityClass).select("post");
+    var conditions = new ArrayList<Predicate>();
 
+    From<?, T> post;
     if (reader == null) {
-      cb =
-          cb.from(entityClass, "post")
-              .innerJoin("post.targets", "role")
-              .where("'world'")
-              .isMemberOf("role.tags");
+      post = query.from(entityClass);
+      var target = post.join(Post_.targets);
+      conditions.add(cb.equal(target, Role.getWorld()));
     } else {
-      cb = cb.from(User.class, "user").where("user").eq(reader);
+      var root = query.from(User.class);
+      conditions.add(cb.equal(root, reader));
       if (entityClass.isAssignableFrom(Post.class)) {
-        cb = cb.innerJoin("user.visiblePosts", "post");
+        post = (From<?, T>) root.join(User_.visiblePosts);
       } else if (entityClass.isAssignableFrom(Bookmark.class)) {
-        cb = cb.innerJoin("user.visibleBookmarks", "post");
+        post = (From<?, T>) root.join(User_.visibleBookmarks);
       } else if (entityClass.isAssignableFrom(LazychatMessage.class)) {
-        cb = cb.innerJoin("user.visibleLazychatMessages", "post");
+        post = (From<?, T>) root.join(User_.visibleLazychatMessages);
       } else {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException();
       }
     }
 
-    cb = cb.fetch("post.owner");
+    query.select(post);
+    post.fetch(Post_.owner, JoinType.LEFT);
 
     if (owner != null) {
-      cb = cb.where("post.owner").eq(owner);
+      conditions.add(cb.equal(post.get(Post_.owner), owner));
     }
 
     if (forward) {
-      cb = cb.orderByDesc("post.id");
+      query.orderBy(cb.desc(post.get(Post_.id)));
     } else {
-      cb = cb.orderByAsc("post.id");
+      query.orderBy(cb.asc(post.get(Post_.id)));
     }
 
     if (cursor != null) {
       if (forward) {
-        cb = cb.where("post.id").le(cursor);
+        conditions.add(cb.le(post.get(Post_.id), cursor));
       } else {
-        cb = cb.where("post.id").gt(cursor);
+        conditions.add(cb.gt(post.get(Post_.id), cursor));
       }
     }
 
     if (searchQuery != null && !searchQuery.isBlank()) {
-      cb =
-          cb.whereExists()
-              .from(PostText.class, "postText")
-              .where("postText.post")
-              .eqExpression("post")
-              .whereOr()
-              .whereExpression(
-                  "post_matches_websearch(postText.searchTerms, 'de', :searchQueryText) = true")
-              .whereExpression(
-                  "post_matches_websearch(postText.searchTerms, 'en', :searchQueryText) = true")
-              .endOr()
-              .end()
-              .setParameter("searchQueryText", searchQuery);
+      var postTexts = post.join(Post_.texts);
+      var localizedSearches =
+          Stream.of("de", "en")
+              .map(
+                  language ->
+                      cb.isTrue(
+                          cb.function(
+                              "post_matches_websearch",
+                              Boolean.class,
+                              postTexts.get(PostText_.searchTerms),
+                              cb.literal(language),
+                              cb.literal(searchQuery))))
+              .toArray(n -> new Predicate[n]);
+      conditions.add(cb.or(localizedSearches));
     }
 
-    cb = cb.where("post.scope").eq(Scope.top_level);
+    conditions.add(cb.equal(post.get(Post_.scope), Scope.top_level));
 
-    return cb;
+    query.where(conditions.toArray(new Predicate[0]));
+
+    return query;
   }
 
   public final boolean isVisibleTo(@Nullable User user) {
@@ -312,18 +320,13 @@
   }
 
   public static PostPage<Post<? extends PostText<?>>> findViewable(
-      PostFilter postFilter,
-      EntityManager em,
-      CriteriaBuilderFactory cbf,
-      @CheckForNull User viewer,
-      @CheckForNull User owner) {
-    return findViewable(postFilter, em, cbf, viewer, owner, null, null, null);
+      PostFilter postFilter, Session session, @CheckForNull User viewer, @CheckForNull User owner) {
+    return findViewable(postFilter, session, viewer, owner, null, null, null);
   }
 
   public static PostPage<Post<? extends PostText<?>>> findViewable(
       PostFilter postFilter,
-      EntityManager em,
-      CriteriaBuilderFactory cbf,
+      Session session,
       @CheckForNull User viewer,
       @CheckForNull User owner,
       @CheckForNull Integer cursor,
@@ -340,13 +343,12 @@
       default:
         entityClass = Post.class;
     }
-    return findViewable(entityClass, em, cbf, viewer, owner, cursor, count, searchQuery);
+    return findViewable(entityClass, session, viewer, owner, cursor, count, searchQuery);
   }
 
   protected static <T extends Post<? extends PostText<?>>> PostPage<T> findViewable(
       Class<? extends T> entityClass,
-      EntityManager em,
-      CriteriaBuilderFactory cbf,
+      Session session,
       @CheckForNull User viewer,
       @CheckForNull User owner,
       @CheckForNull Integer cursor,
@@ -357,9 +359,10 @@
       Objects.requireNonNull(count);
     }
 
-    var forwardCriteria =
-        queryViewable(entityClass, viewer, owner, cursor, em, cbf, true, searchQuery);
-    var forwardQuery = forwardCriteria.getQuery();
+    var cb = session.getCriteriaBuilder();
+
+    var forwardCriteria = queryViewable(entityClass, viewer, owner, cursor, cb, true, searchQuery);
+    var forwardQuery = session.createQuery(forwardCriteria);
 
     if (count != null) {
       forwardQuery.setMaxResults(count + 1);
@@ -371,8 +374,8 @@
     if (cursor != null) {
       // Look backwards as well so we can find the prevCursor.
       var backwardCriteria =
-          queryViewable(entityClass, viewer, owner, cursor, em, cbf, false, searchQuery);
-      var backwardQuery = backwardCriteria.getQuery();
+          queryViewable(entityClass, viewer, owner, cursor, cb, false, searchQuery);
+      var backwardQuery = session.createQuery(backwardCriteria);
       backwardQuery.setMaxResults(count);
       var backwardResults = backwardQuery.getResultList();
       if (!backwardResults.isEmpty()) {
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    var forwardResults = new ArrayList<T>(forwardQuery.getResultList());
+    var forwardResults = (List<T>) forwardQuery.getResultList();
     if (count != null) {
       if (forwardResults.size() == count + 1) {
         nextCursor = forwardResults.get(count).id;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/PostResource.java b/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/PostResource.java
index c8090ba..58b29a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/PostResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mulk/mulkcms2/benki/posts/PostResource.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import static jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-import com.blazebit.persistence.CriteriaBuilderFactory;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.atom.Content;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.atom.Entry;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.atom.Feed;
@@ -121,8 +120,6 @@
 
   @PersistenceContext protected EntityManager entityManager;
 
-  @Inject protected CriteriaBuilderFactory criteriaBuilderFactory;
-
   private final SecureRandom secureRandom;
 
   private final PostFilter postFilter;
@@ -145,16 +142,8 @@
     maxResults = maxResults == null ? defaultMaxResults : maxResults;
 
     @CheckForNull var reader = getCurrentUser();
-    var q =
-        Post.findViewable(
-            postFilter,
-            entityManager,
-            criteriaBuilderFactory,
-            reader,
-            null,
-            cursor,
-            maxResults,
-            searchQuery);
+    var session = entityManager.unwrap(Session.class);
+    var q = Post.findViewable(postFilter, session, reader, null, cursor, maxResults, searchQuery);
 
     q.cacheDescriptions();
 
@@ -192,16 +181,8 @@
 
     @CheckForNull var reader = getCurrentUser();
     var owner = User.findByNickname(ownerName);
-    var q =
-        Post.findViewable(
-            postFilter,
-            entityManager,
-            criteriaBuilderFactory,
-            reader,
-            owner,
-            cursor,
-            maxResults,
-            null);
+    var session = entityManager.unwrap(Session.class);
+    var q = Post.findViewable(postFilter, session, reader, owner, cursor, maxResults, null);
 
     q.cacheDescriptions();
 
@@ -373,7 +354,7 @@
   private String makeFeed(
       @CheckForNull User reader, @Nullable User owner, @Nullable String ownerName)
       throws FeedException {
-    var q = Post.findViewable(postFilter, entityManager, criteriaBuilderFactory, reader, owner);
+    var q = Post.findViewable(postFilter, entityManager.unwrap(Session.class), reader, owner);
     q.cacheDescriptions();
     var posts = q.posts;