diff --git a/assets/js/counter.js b/assets/js/counter.js
index 4742697f..da157a0b 100644
--- a/assets/js/counter.js
+++ b/assets/js/counter.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   var wrapper = document.getElementById("meta-hits");
 
   if (wrapper) {
+    // javascript is enabled so show the loading indicator
     wrapper.style.display = "inline-block";
 
     // deduce a consistent identifier for this page, no matter the URL
diff --git a/assets/js/vendor/twemoji.js b/assets/js/vendor/twemoji.js
index f5476097..fa781cee 100644
--- a/assets/js/vendor/twemoji.js
+++ b/assets/js/vendor/twemoji.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     /////////////////////////
 
       // default assets url, by default will be Twitter Inc. CDN
-      base: '{{ "vendor/emoji/" | absURL }}',
+      base: '/vendor/emoji/',
 
       // default assets file extensions, by default '.png'
       ext: '.svg',
diff --git a/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss b/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
index 1f01f20d..75549058 100644
--- a/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ div.layout-single {
       color: inherit;
     }
 
-    > span {
+    > div {
+      display: inline-block;
       margin-right: 1.25em;
       white-space: nowrap;
 
diff --git a/functions/hits.js b/functions/hits.js
index bf715eb1..917b0c52 100644
--- a/functions/hits.js
+++ b/functions/hits.js
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ exports.handler = async (event) => {
     return {
       statusCode: 200,
       headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
         "Cache-Control": "private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate",
         Expires: "0",
         Pragma: "no-cache",
+        "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET",
+        "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
+        "x-fauna-ts": result.ts.toString().slice(0, -3),
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({
         slug: result.data.slug,
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 51b4c9d5..8a0852fc 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 <div class="layout layout-single">
   <article>
     <div id="meta">
-      <span id="meta-date">
+      <div id="meta-date">
         <a class="no-underline" href="{{ .Permalink }}" title="{{ .Date.Format "Mon, Jan 2 2006 3:04:05 PM MST" }}">📅 {{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</a>
-      </span>
+      </div>
+
       {{ with .Scratch.Get "sourceURL" }}
-      <span id="meta-edit">
+      <div id="meta-edit">
         <a class="no-underline" href="{{ . | safeURL }}" title="Edit this post on GitHub" target="_blank" rel="noopener">✏️ Improve This Post</a>
-      </span>
+      </div>
       {{ end }}
-      <span id="meta-hits" style="display:none;">
+
+      <div id="meta-hits" style="display: none;">
         👀
         <div id="hit-spinner" class="spinner"><div class="spin-bounce1"></div><div class="spin-bounce2"></div><div class="spin-bounce3"></div></div>
         <span id="hit-counter"></span>
-      </span>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <h1 class="title"><a class="no-underline" href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title | markdownify }}</a></h1>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/scripts/_bundle.html b/layouts/partials/scripts/_bundle.html
index 91b3e75d..befd461b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/scripts/_bundle.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/scripts/_bundle.html
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {{/* only parse and append analytics script on production site */}}
 {{- $includeProdScripts := eq hugo.Environment "production" -}}
 
-{{- $twemoji := resources.Get "js/vendor/twemoji.js" | resources.ExecuteAsTemplate "js/vendor/twemoji.js" . -}}
 {{- $counter := resources.Get "js/counter.js"  -}}
+{{- $twemoji := resources.Get "js/vendor/twemoji.js" -}}
 
-{{- $bundle := slice $twemoji $counter -}}
+{{- $bundle := slice $counter $twemoji -}}
 
-{{- if $includeProdScripts }}
-  {{- $fathom := resources.Get "js/fathom.js" | resources.ExecuteAsTemplate "js/fathom.js" . }}
-  {{- $bundle = $bundle | append $fathom }}
-{{- end }}
+{{- if $includeProdScripts -}}
+  {{- $fathom := resources.Get "js/fathom.js" -}}
+  {{- $bundle = $bundle | append $fathom -}}
+{{- end -}}
 
 {{- $js := $bundle | resources.Concat "/js/app.js" -}}
 <script async defer src="{{ $js.Permalink }}"></script>