diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ce0958d..040359f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const PORT int = 8080
+var LAST_MODIFIED = time.Now()
 
 var mime_types = map[string]string{
         "css":  "text/css; charset=utf-8",
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ func handle_request(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
         //         }
         // }
 
+        writer.Header().Set("Server", "arimelody.me")
+        writer.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=86400")
+        writer.Header().Set("Last-Modified", LAST_MODIFIED.Format(http.TimeFormat))
+
         code := func(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) int {
                 // var root *template.Template
                 // if hx_request {
@@ -84,19 +89,19 @@ func handle_request(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
                 var root = template.Must(base_template.Clone())
 
                 if req.URL.Path == "/" {
-                        return index_handler(writer, root)
+                        return handle_index(writer, req, root)
                 }
 
                 if uri == "/music" || uri == "/music/" {
-                        return music_directory_handler(writer, root)
+                        return handle_music(writer, req, root)
                 }
 
                 if strings.HasPrefix(uri, "/music/") {
-                        return music_gateway_handler(writer, req, root)
+                        return handle_music_gateway(writer, req, root)
                 }
 
                 if strings.HasPrefix(uri, "/admin") {
-                        return admin_handler(writer, req, root)
+                        return handle_admin(writer, req, root)
                 }
 
                 if strings.HasPrefix(uri, "/api") {
@@ -109,7 +114,12 @@ func handle_request(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
         log_request(req, code, start_time)
 }
 
-func index_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, root *template.Template) int {
+func handle_index(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+        if !was_modified(req, LAST_MODIFIED) {
+                writer.WriteHeader(304)
+                return 304
+        }
+
         index_template := template.Must(root.ParseFiles("views/index.html"))
         err := index_template.Execute(writer, nil)
         if err != nil {
@@ -119,7 +129,12 @@ func index_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, root *template.Template) int {
         return 200
 }
 
-func music_directory_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, root *template.Template) int {
+func handle_music(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+        if !was_modified(req, LAST_MODIFIED) {
+                writer.WriteHeader(304)
+                return 304
+        }
+
         music_template := template.Must(root.ParseFiles("views/music.html"))
         music := music.QueryAllMusic()
         err := music_template.Execute(writer, music)
@@ -130,7 +145,12 @@ func music_directory_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, root *template.Template
         return 200
 }
 
-func music_gateway_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+func handle_music_gateway(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+        if !was_modified(req, LAST_MODIFIED) {
+                writer.WriteHeader(304)
+                return 304
+        }
+
         id := req.URL.Path[len("/music/"):]
         // http.Redirect(writer, req, "https://mellodoot.com/music/"+title, 302)
         // return
@@ -147,7 +167,12 @@ func music_gateway_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *
         return 200
 }
 
-func admin_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+func handle_admin(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *template.Template) int {
+        if !was_modified(req, LAST_MODIFIED) {
+                writer.WriteHeader(304)
+                return 304
+        }
+
         admin_template := template.Must(root.ParseFiles("views/admin.html"))
         err := admin_template.Execute(writer, nil)
         if err != nil {
@@ -166,23 +191,13 @@ func static_handler(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *templat
                 return handle_not_found(writer, req, root)
         }
 
-        if len(req.Header["If-Modified-Since"]) > 0 && req.Header["If-Modified-Since"][0] != "" {
-                if_modified_since_time, err := time.Parse(http.TimeFormat, req.Header["If-Modified-Since"][0])
-                if err != nil {
-                        http.Error(writer, "400 bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
-                        return 400
-                }
-                if req.Header["If-Modified-Since"][0] == info.ModTime().Format(http.TimeFormat) || if_modified_since_time.After(info.ModTime()) {
-                        writer.WriteHeader(304) // not modified
-                        return 304
-                }
+        if !was_modified(req, info.ModTime()) {
+                writer.WriteHeader(304)
+                return 304
         }
 
-        // set other nice headers
-        writer.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=86400")
+        // set Last-Modified to file modification date
         writer.Header().Set("Last-Modified", info.ModTime().Format(http.TimeFormat))
-        // Last-Modified: <day-name>, <day> <month> <year> <hour>:<minute>:<second> GMT
-        // Last-Modified: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:28:00 GMT
 
         // read the file
         body, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
@@ -218,6 +233,20 @@ func handle_not_found(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, root *templ
         return 404
 }
 
+func was_modified(req *http.Request, last_modified time.Time) bool {
+        if len(req.Header["If-Modified-Since"]) == 0 || len(req.Header["If-Modified-Since"][0]) == 0 {
+                return true
+        }
+        request_time, err := time.Parse(http.TimeFormat, req.Header["If-Modified-Since"][0])
+        if err != nil {
+                return true
+        }
+        if request_time.Before(last_modified) {
+                return true
+        }
+        return false
+}
+
 func parse_markdown(md []byte) []byte {
         extensions := parser.CommonExtensions | parser.AutoHeadingIDs | parser.NoEmptyLineBeforeBlock
         p := parser.NewWithExtensions(extensions)
diff --git a/public/script/swap.js b/public/script/swap.js
index 708764e..ccc834d 100644
--- a/public/script/swap.js
+++ b/public/script/swap.js
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
 const swap_event = new Event("swap");
 
 let caches = {};
-window.lmao = caches;
 
-async function check_cache(url) {
-        if (caches[url]) {
-                return caches[url];
-        } else {
-                const res = await fetch(url);
+async function cached_fetch(url) {
+        let cached = caches[url];
+        console.log("cache: " + cached);
 
-                if (res.status !== 200) return;
-                if (!res.headers.get("content-type").startsWith("text/html")) return;
+        const res = cached === undefined ? await fetch(url) : await fetch(url, {
+                headers: {
+                        "If-Modified-Since": cached.last_modified
+                }
+        });
 
-                const text = await res.text();
-                caches[url] = text;
-                return text;
+        if (res.status === 304 && cached !== undefined) {
+                return cached.content;
         }
+        if (res.status !== 200) return;
+        if (!res.headers.get("content-type").startsWith("text/html")) return;
+
+        const text = await res.text();
+        if (res.headers.get("last-modified")) {
+                caches[url] = {
+                        content: text,
+                        last_modified: res.headers.get("last-modified")
+                }
+        }
+        return text;
 }
 
 async function swap(url, stateful) {
@@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ async function swap(url, stateful) {
 
         if (stateful && window.location.href.endsWith(url)) return;
 
-        const text = await check_cache(url);
+        const text = await cached_fetch(url);
         const content = new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, "text/html");
 
         const stylesheets = [...content.querySelectorAll("link[rel='stylesheet']")];
diff --git a/views/index.html b/views/index.html
index 73bd61b..0572f8e 100644
--- a/views/index.html
+++ b/views/index.html
@@ -149,39 +149,39 @@
 
         <div id="web-buttons">
                 <a href="https://arimelody.me">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/ari melody.gif" alt="ari melody web button">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/ari melody.gif" alt="ari melody web button" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
                 <a href="https://supitszaire.com" target="_blank">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/zaire.gif" alt="zaire web button">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/zaire.gif" alt="zaire web button" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
                 <a href="https://mae.wtf" target="_blank">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/mae.png" alt="vimae web button">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/mae.png" alt="vimae web button" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
                 <a href="https://zvava.org" target="_blank">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/zvava.png" alt="zvava web button">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/zvava.png" alt="zvava web button" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
 
                 <hr>
 
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/debian.gif" alt="powered by debian">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/girls4notepad.gif" alt="girls 4 notepad">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/gaywebring.gif" alt="this website is GAY">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/graphicdesign.gif" alt="graphic design is my passion">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/gplv3.gif" alt="GPLv3 free software">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/hl.gif" alt="half-life">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/h-free-anim.gif" alt="dis site is hentai FREE">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/sprunk.gif" alt="sprunk">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/tohell.gif" alt="go straight to hell">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/virusalert.gif" alt="virus alert! click here" onclick="alert('meow :3')">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/wii.gif" alt="wii">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/www2.gif" alt="www">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/iemandatory.gif" alt="get mandatory internet explorer">
-                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/learn_html.gif" alt="HTML - learn it today!">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/debian.gif" alt="powered by debian" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/girls4notepad.gif" alt="girls 4 notepad" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/gaywebring.gif" alt="this website is GAY" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/graphicdesign.gif" alt="graphic design is my passion" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/gplv3.gif" alt="GPLv3 free software" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/hl.gif" alt="half-life" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/h-free-anim.gif" alt="dis site is hentai FREE" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/sprunk.gif" alt="sprunk" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/tohell.gif" alt="go straight to hell" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/virusalert.gif" alt="virus alert! click here" onclick="alert('meow :3')" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/wii.gif" alt="wii" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/www2.gif" alt="www" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/iemandatory.gif" alt="get mandatory internet explorer" loading="lazy">
+                <img src="/img/buttons/misc/learn_html.gif" alt="HTML - learn it today!" loading="lazy">
                 <a href="https://smokepowered.com" target="_blank">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/misc/smokepowered.gif" alt="high on SMOKE">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/misc/smokepowered.gif" alt="high on SMOKE" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
                 <a href="https://epicblazed.com" target="_blank">
-                        <img src="/img/buttons/misc/epicblazed.png" alt="epic blazed">
+                        <img src="/img/buttons/misc/epicblazed.png" alt="epic blazed" loading="lazy">
                 </a>
         </div>
 </main>
diff --git a/views/music.html b/views/music.html
index 6430aed..cf60e5e 100644
--- a/views/music.html
+++ b/views/music.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 {{range $Album := .}}
                 <div class="music" id="{{$Album.Id}}" swap-url="/music/{{$Album.Id}}">
                         <div class="music-artwork">
-                                <img src="{{$Album.ResolveArtwork}}" alt="{{$Album.Title}} artwork" width="128">
+                                <img src="{{$Album.ResolveArtwork}}" alt="{{$Album.Title}} artwork" width="128" loading="lazy">
                         </div>
                         <div class="music-details">
                                 <a href="/music/{{$Album.Id}}"><h1 class="music-title">{{$Album.Title}}</h1></a>