diff --git a/assets/style.css b/assets/style.css
index db799d7..9e5be39 100644
--- a/assets/style.css
+++ b/assets/style.css
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ body{
     background-color: #0C1616FF;
     color: #8896b2;
     min-width: 0px;
-    margin: 2em auto !important;
+    margin: 2em 2em !important;
     margin-left: auto;
     margin-right: auto;
     line-height: 1.5;
     font-size: 16px;
     font-family: Open Sans,Arial;
+    font-weight: bold;
     text-align: center;
     display: block;
 }
@@ -22,18 +23,6 @@ tr{
 #usertable{
     display: block ruby;
 }
-.actiontable{
-    display: inline flow-root;
-    margin-inline: 10px;
-}
-.action_name{
-    border: none;
-  display: inline;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  font-size: inherit;
-  padding: none;
-  width: auto;
-}
 #errorbox{
     border: 1px solid black;
     background-color: darkorange;
diff --git a/assets/style.css.gz b/assets/style.css.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f04e9a..0000000
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diff --git a/broker/sse.go b/broker/sse.go
index 116c23f..85b4093 100644
--- a/broker/sse.go
+++ b/broker/sse.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // the amount of time to wait when pushing a message to
 // a slow client or a client that closed after `range clients` started.
-const patience time.Duration = time.Second * 1
+const patience time.Duration = time.Millisecond * 500
 
 type (
 	NotificationEvent struct {
diff --git a/components/error.html b/components/error.html
index 2fe8b70..ea4c078 100644
--- a/components/error.html
+++ b/components/error.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{define "error"}}
 <a href="/">
-    <div id=errorbox class="bg-orange-100 border-l-4 border-orange-500 text-orange-700 p-4" role="alert">
+    <div id=errorbox class="bg-orange-100 border-l-4 border-black text-black p-4" role="alert">
       <p class="font-bold">An error from server</p>
       <p>{{.}}</p>
       <p>Click this banner to return to main page.</p>
diff --git a/components/journal.html b/components/journal.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb766da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/journal.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{define "journal"}}
+<div id="systembox" class="overflow-y-auto max-h-96 border-2 border-gray-300 p-4 rounded-lg space-y-2">
+    bot journal: <br>
+    <ul>
+    {{range .LogJournal}} 
+    <li>{{.Username}}: {{.Entry}}</li>
+    {{end}}
+    </ul>
+</div>
+{{end}}
+
diff --git a/components/room.html b/components/room.html
index 9704937..fce5a74 100644
--- a/components/room.html
+++ b/components/room.html
@@ -53,22 +53,16 @@
   </div>
   <hr/>
   <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-5 md:gap-4">
-    <div hx-get="/actionhistory" hx-trigger="sse:backlog_{{.Room.ID}}" class="md:col-span-1">
+    <div class="md:col-span-1">
       {{template "actionhistory" .Room.ActionHistory}}
     </div>
     <div id="cardtable" class="md:col-span-3">
       {{template "cardtable" .Room}}
     </div>
-    <div class="hidden md:block md:col-span-1"></div> <!-- Spacer -->
-  </div>
-  <div id="systembox" class="overflow-y-auto max-h-96 border-2 border-gray-300 p-4 rounded-lg space-y-2">
-    bot thought: <br>
-    <ul>
-    {{range .Room.LogJournal}} 
-    <li>{{.Username}}: {{.Entry}}</li>
-    {{end}}
-    </ul>
-  </div>
+    <div class="hidden md:block md:col-span-1">
+      {{template "journal" .Room}}
+    </div> <!-- Spacer -->
+  </div> 
   <div>
     {{if .Room.IsRunning}}
     {{if and (eq .State.Role "guesser") (eq .State.Team .Room.TeamTurn)}}
diff --git a/handlers/handlers.go b/handlers/handlers.go
index f7b56c0..315327e 100644
--- a/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ func HandleExit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if err := repo.RoomDeleteByID(r.Context(), fi.Room.ID); err != nil {
 			log.Error("failed to remove room", "error", err)
 		}
-		notify(models.NotifyRoomListUpdate, "")
+		notify(models.NotifyRoomListUpdate, "") // why is it needed?
 	} else {
+		notify(models.NotifyRoomUpdatePrefix, "")
 		// if regular player leaves, just exit room
 		if err := repo.PlayerExitRoom(r.Context(), fi.State.Username); err != nil {
 			log.Error("failed to exit room", "error", err)