diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 48a29ad..d33367f 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 const DISCORD_ID = '298221448642953217';
 const SITE_TITLE = '0xA0.dev';
+const REPO_URL   = 'https://git.0xa0.dev';
 
 define('DATA_DIR', getenv('DATA_DIR') ?: '/var/www/data');
diff --git a/inc/footer.php b/inc/footer.php
index 2e797fd..354580d 100644
--- a/inc/footer.php
+++ b/inc/footer.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <div class="buttons88x31">
     <?= render_buttons_88x31() ?>
   </div>
-  <small>&copy; <?= date('Y') ?> · <a href="https://git.0xa0.dev">source</a> · build: <?= htmlspecialchars($build) ?></small>
+  <small>&copy; <?= date('Y') ?> · <a href="<?= htmlspecialchars(REPO_URL) ?>">build <?= htmlspecialchars($build) ?></a></small>
 </footer>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f27070f..6925d6a 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 <section class="status-widget">
   <h2>status</h2>
-  <div id="status" hx-get="/status.php" hx-trigger="every 10s" hx-ext="morph" hx-swap="morph:innerHTML">
+  <div id="status" hx-get="/status.php" hx-trigger="every 3s" hx-ext="morph" hx-swap="morph:innerHTML">
     <?php include __DIR__ . '/status.php'; ?>
   </div>
 </section>
diff --git a/status.php b/status.php
index 13da74d..b1366ed 100644
--- a/status.php
+++ b/status.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/config.php';
 
 $cacheFile = DATA_DIR . '/lanyard.json';
-$ttl = 15;
+$ttl = 2;
 
 if (!function_exists('lanyard_refresh')) {
     function lanyard_refresh(string $cacheFile): void {
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ if (!function_exists('lanyard_refresh')) {
     }
 }
 
-$haveCache = is_file($cacheFile);
-$stale = !$haveCache || (time() - filemtime($cacheFile) > $ttl);
+$isPoll = realpath($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ?? '') === __FILE__;
+$stale  = !is_file($cacheFile) || (time() - filemtime($cacheFile) > $ttl);
 
-if ($stale && !$haveCache) {
+if ($stale && ($isPoll || !is_file($cacheFile))) {
     lanyard_refresh($cacheFile);
-    $stale = false;
 }
 
 $data    = json_decode(@file_get_contents($cacheFile), true)['data'] ?? null;
@@ -83,11 +82,3 @@ $banner = $bannerHash
   </div>
   <?php endif; ?>
 </div>
-<?php
-if ($stale && realpath($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ?? '') === __FILE__) {
-    if (function_exists('fastcgi_finish_request')) {
-        fastcgi_finish_request();
-    }
-    lanyard_refresh($cacheFile);
-}
-?>