diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 6017c89..959ae11 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
     "@twind/preset-tailwind": "https://esm.sh/@twind/preset-tailwind@1.1.4",
     "@twind/preset-autoprefix": "https://esm.sh/@twind/preset-autoprefix@1.0.7",
     "$std/": "https://deno.land/std@0.193.0/",
-    "$gfm": "https://deno.land/x/gfm@0.2.3/mod.ts",
-    "axios-web": "https://esm.sh/axios@1.3.2?target=es2022"
+    "$gfm": "https://deno.land/x/gfm@0.2.3/mod.ts"
   },
   "compilerOptions": { "jsx": "react-jsx", "jsxImportSource": "preact" },
   "exclude": ["**/_fresh/*"]
diff --git a/islands/CounterCard.tsx b/islands/CounterCard.tsx
index 4799b6e..e355f99 100644
--- a/islands/CounterCard.tsx
+++ b/islands/CounterCard.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Button } from "../components/Button.tsx";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
-import axios from "axios-web";
 
 interface SharedProps {
   globalCount: bigint;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ export default function Counter(props: SharedProps) {
   );
   const [internalCount, setInternalCount] = useState(0);
   const [timer, setTimer] = useState(0);
+  const ipc = new BroadcastChannel("counterIpc");
 
   const onClick = () => {
     setInternalCount(internalCount + 1);
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ export default function Counter(props: SharedProps) {
         setCount(0);
         setInternalCount(0);
       } else {
-        axios.post(
-          window.location.href,
-          JSON.stringify({ data: internalCount + 1 }),
-        );
+        ipc.postMessage(internalCount + 1);
         console.info(
           `[${new Date().toISOString()}] Updating global count: ${
             internalCount + 1
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ export default function Counter(props: SharedProps) {
         );
         setInternalCount(0);
       }
-    }, 5000));
+    }, 2048));
   };
 
   const handleWSEvents = (ws: WebSocket) => {
@@ -153,6 +150,10 @@ export default function Counter(props: SharedProps) {
 
     handleWSEvents(ws);
 
+    ipc.addEventListener("message", (e) => {
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify({data: e.data}));
+    });
+
     const onlineHandler = () => {
       console.log("Client detected online, resuming connection.");
       ws = new WebSocket(window.location.href.replace("http", "ws"));
@@ -161,20 +162,20 @@ export default function Counter(props: SharedProps) {
 
     const offlineHandler = () => {
       console.warn("Client detected offline!");
-      ws.close();
+      ws!.close();
     };
 
     globalThis.window.addEventListener("online", onlineHandler);
     globalThis.window.addEventListener("offline", offlineHandler);
     globalThis.window.addEventListener("beforeunload", () => {
-      ws.close();
+      ws!.close();
     });
 
     return () => {
       globalThis.window.removeEventListener("online", onlineHandler);
       globalThis.window.removeEventListener("offline", offlineHandler);
-      handleWSEvents(ws);
-      ws.close();
+      handleWSEvents(ws!);
+      ws!.close();
     };
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/routes/index.tsx b/routes/index.tsx
index 5cab704..e8094da 100644
--- a/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/routes/index.tsx
@@ -45,9 +45,20 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
         }
       });
 
-      socket.onmessage = (e) => {
+      socket.onmessage = async (e) => {
         // client will send 0x0 as a string, send back 0x1 as a string to confirm the connection is alive
-        if (e.data === (0x0).toString()) socket.send((0x1).toString());
+        if (e.data === (0x0).toString()) {
+          socket.send((0x1).toString());
+        } else {
+          const reqNewCount = JSON.parse(e.data);
+
+          // check against MAX_SAFE_INTEGER. Ignore if it's larger than that
+          if (reqNewCount.data >= Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER && Number.isNaN(reqNewCount)) return;
+          await setGlobalStatistics(reqNewCount.data);
+
+          const newCount = await getGlobalStatistics();
+          bc.postMessage(newCount.toString());
+        }
       };
 
       socket.onclose = () => {
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
     const res = await ctx.render({ globalCount: data });
     return res;
   },
-  POST: async (req, ctx) => {
+  POST: async (req) => {
     const body = await req.json();
     const headers = req.headers;
 
@@ -96,24 +107,10 @@ export const handler: Handlers = {
       });
     }
 
-    await setGlobalStatistics(body.data);
-
-    const updatedCount = await getGlobalStatistics();
-    const bc = new BroadcastChannel("global-count");
-    bc.postMessage(updatedCount.toString());
-
-    // log the request
-    console.log(
-      `[${
-        new Date().toISOString()
-      }] Updated global count to ${updatedCount} from ${
-        JSON.stringify(ctx.remoteAddr)
-      } (UA: ${headers.get("user-agent")})})`,
-    );
-
+    // ha you thought this is an endpoint
     return new Response("", {
-      status: 200,
-      statusText: "OK",
+      status: 410,
+      statusText: "💀",
     });
   },
 };
diff --git a/shared/db.ts b/shared/db.ts
index 232c035..e7ff623 100644
--- a/shared/db.ts
+++ b/shared/db.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 const kv = await Deno.openKv();
 
 export async function getGlobalStatistics() {
-  const res = await kv.get<bigint>(["global-statistics"])!;
+  const res = await kv.get<number>(["global-statistics"])!;
   return res.value!;
 }
 
-export async function setGlobalStatistics(value: bigint) {
+export async function setGlobalStatistics(value: number) {
   const pv = await getGlobalStatistics();
   await kv.set(["global-statistics"], pv + value);
 }