diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..9f59e66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+count.txt
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7b3774b..28ef665 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 4
+version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-lc-sys"
-version = "0.28.1"
+version = "0.28.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ddeb19ee86cb16ecfc871e5b0660aff6285760957aaedda6284cf0e790d3769"
+checksum = "bfa9b6986f250236c27e5a204062434a773a13243d2ffc2955f37bdba4c5c6a1"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "cc",
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ checksum = "d71b6127be86fdcfddb610f7182ac57211d4b18a3e9c82eb2d17662f2227ad6a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.19"
+version = "1.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e3a13707ac958681c13b39b458c073d0d9bc8a22cb1b2f4c8e55eb72c13f362"
+checksum = "04da6a0d40b948dfc4fa8f5bbf402b0fc1a64a28dbf7d12ffd683550f2c1b63a"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
@@ -503,9 +503,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
+checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "libc",
  "untrusted",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -1175,9 +1175,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.100"
+version = "2.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b09a44accad81e1ba1cd74a32461ba89dee89095ba17b32f5d03683b1b1fc2a0"
+checksum = "8ce2b7fc941b3a24138a0a7cf8e858bfc6a992e7978a068a5c760deb0ed43caf"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1229,9 +1229,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.14"
+version = "0.7.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b9590b93e6fcc1739458317cccd391ad3955e2bde8913edf6f95f9e65a8f034"
+checksum = "66a539a9ad6d5d281510d5bd368c973d636c02dbf8a67300bfb6b950696ad7df"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -1543,18 +1543,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.24"
+version = "0.8.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2586fea28e186957ef732a5f8b3be2da217d65c5969d4b1e17f973ebbe876879"
+checksum = "a1702d9583232ddb9174e01bb7c15a2ab8fb1bc6f227aa1233858c351a3ba0cb"
 dependencies = [
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.24"
+version = "0.8.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a996a8f63c5c4448cd959ac1bab0aaa3306ccfd060472f85943ee0750f0169be"
+checksum = "28a6e20d751156648aa063f3800b706ee209a32c0b4d9f24be3d980b01be55ef"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 122db6d..f402615 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "babble"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2024"
+# edition = "2024"
+edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = "0.8.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index de68c2c..fd8ccf5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 mod generator;
 
-use axum::{Router, extract::Path, response::Html, routing::get};
+use axum::{extract::Path, response::Html, routing::get, Router};
 use axum_server::{bind_rustls, tls_rustls::RustlsConfig};
 use clap::Parser;
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use rand::{Rng as _, prelude::*, random_range};
-use rand_chacha::{ChaCha8Rng, rand_core::SeedableRng};
+use rand::{prelude::*, Rng as _};
+use rand_chacha::{rand_core::SeedableRng, ChaCha8Rng};
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     path::PathBuf,
     sync::{
-        Arc,
         atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
+        Arc,
     },
     time::Duration,
 };
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ pub struct Args {
     key: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
+#[inline]
+fn create_rng(seed_bytes: impl IntoIterator<Item = u8>) -> Rng {
+    let mut seed = [0; 32];
+    for (i, b) in seed_bytes.into_iter().take(seed.len()).enumerate() {
+        seed[i] = b;
+    }
+    Rng::from_seed(seed)
+}
+
+const COUNT_FILE: &str = "count.txt";
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
@@ -41,43 +52,54 @@ async fn main() {
         Arc::new(generator::Ast::new()),
     ];
 
-    let counter = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
+    let counter = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(
+        if let Some(prev_count) = std::fs::read_to_string(COUNT_FILE)
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+        {
+            prev_count
+        } else {
+            0
+        },
+    ));
 
     let app = {
         let counter = counter.clone();
         Router::new().route(
             "/{id}",
             get(|Path(id): Path<String>| async move {
-                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(random_range(200..1000))).await;
-                counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                // Create a RNG for this path (deterministic, to simulate static pages)
+                let mut rng = create_rng(id.bytes());
 
-                let mut seed = [0; 32];
-                for (i, b) in id
-                    .bytes()
-                    .chain(core::iter::repeat(0))
-                    .take(seed.len())
-                    .enumerate()
-                {
-                    seed[i] = b;
-                }
-                let mut rng = Rng::from_seed(seed);
+                // Count the request. Also doubles as the non-deterministic seed
+                let count = counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
+                // Create a RNG for this session (non-deterministic)
+                let mut session_rng = create_rng(count.to_le_bytes());
+
+                // Artificially slow down connections as rudimentary DDoS protection, and to use up client resources
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(session_rng.random_range(200..1000)))
+                    .await;
+
+                // Choose a bullshit generator from our collection for this page
                 let generator = generators.choose(&mut rng).unwrap();
 
                 let title = generator
                     .word_stream(rng.random_range(2..10), &mut rng.clone())
                     .join(" ");
 
+                let stats = format!("Served rubbish to {count} clients so far");
+
                 let content = generator
                     .word_stream(rng.random_range(50..5_000), &mut rng.clone())
                     .fold(String::new(), |mut content, word| {
+                        // Small chance of every word becoming a link back into the void
                         if rng.random_bool(0.05) {
                             let url = generator.word_stream(3, &mut rng.clone()).join("-");
                             content += &format!(" <a href=\"{}\">{}</a>", url, word);
-                        } else if rng.random_bool(0.01) {
-                            content += ".<br>";
                         } else {
-                            content += " ";
+                            // Also, a chance for every word to end with a newline. This should probably be controlled by the generator.
+                            content += if rng.random_bool(0.01) { ".<br>" } else { " " };
                             content += &word
                         }
                         content
@@ -92,6 +114,7 @@ async fn main() {
                     <body>
 
                     <h1>{title}</h1>
+                    <p>{stats}</p>
                     <p>{content}</p>
 
                     </body>
@@ -116,6 +139,7 @@ async fn main() {
                     chrono::offset::Local::now(),
                     count,
                 );
+                let _ = std::fs::write(COUNT_FILE, &format!("{count}"));
             }
         }
     });