diff --git a/public/api/rooms/index.ts b/public/api/rooms/index.ts
index 8b3dd9b..020592a 100644
--- a/public/api/rooms/index.ts
+++ b/public/api/rooms/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export async function GET(_req: Request, meta: Record<string, any>): Promise<Res
 			// doesn't yet filter that out in its all() logic
 			return entry.path.indexOf('/events/') === -1;
 		}
-	})).map((item) => item.load());
+	})).map((room_entry) => room_entry.load());
 
 	return Response.json(rooms, {
 		status: 200
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diff --git a/public/icons/apple-touch-icon.png b/public/icons/apple-touch-icon.png
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diff --git a/public/icons/favicon.ico b/public/icons/favicon.ico
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diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 2cc7d28..13c9791 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 		<meta charset="UTF-8" />
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
 		<title>autonomous.contact</title>
+
+		<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="./icons/apple-touch-icon.png" ></link>
+		<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="./icons/favicon-32x32.png" ></link>
+		<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="./icons/favicon-16x16.png" ></link>
+
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="./base.css"></link>
+
 		<script src="./js/datetimeutils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 		<script src="./js/locationchange.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 		<script src="./js/totp.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
diff --git a/public/tabs/tabs.html b/public/tabs/tabs.html
index 936214b..c41ad36 100644
--- a/public/tabs/tabs.html
+++ b/public/tabs/tabs.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	window.addEventListener("locationchange", () => {
 		const hash = window.location.hash?.slice(1);
 		if (hash) {
-			const target_tab_url = hash.slice(0, hash.slice(1).indexOf("/"));
+			const target_tab_url = hash.slice(0, hash.slice(1).indexOf("/") + 1);
 			const target_tab = document.querySelector(`[data-hash="${target_tab_url}"]`);
 			console.dir({
 				hash,
diff --git a/public/tabs/talk.html b/public/tabs/talk.html
index 4082df8..bfd51a7 100644
--- a/public/tabs/talk.html
+++ b/public/tabs/talk.html
@@ -229,12 +229,23 @@
 						const room_id = room_chat_content.dataset.room_id;
 						const last_message_id = room_chat_content.dataset.last_message_id;
 
+						if (!room_id) {
+							return;
+						}
+
 						const message_polling_url = `/rooms/${room_id}/events?type=chat&limit=100&sort=newest&wait=true${last_message_id ? `&after_id=${last_message_id}` : ""}`;
 
+						room_polling_request_abort_controller =
+							room_polling_request_abort_controller || new AbortController();
+
 						api.fetch(message_polling_url, {
 							signal: room_polling_request_abort_controller.signal,
 						})
 							.then((new_events) => {
+								console.dir({
+									room_id,
+									new_events,
+								});
 								append_room_events(new_events);
 								poll_for_new_events(room_id);
 							})
@@ -245,6 +256,8 @@
 					}
 
 					async function load_room(room_id) {
+						const room_chat_content = document.getElementById("room-chat-content");
+
 						if (room_polling_request_abort_controller) {
 							room_polling_request_abort_controller.abort();
 							room_polling_request_abort_controller = null;
@@ -259,7 +272,6 @@
 						}
 
 						const room = await room_response.json();
-						const room_chat_content = document.getElementById("room-chat-content");
 
 						room_chat_content.dataset.room_id = room.id;
 						room_chat_content.innerHTML = "";
@@ -328,14 +340,15 @@
 						const room_id = hash.substring(12) || first_room_id;
 
 						if (!room_id) {
-							alert("failed to load chat room!");
 							return;
 						}
 
 						const room_chat_container = document.getElementById("room-chat-container");
-						room_chat_container.dataset.room_id = room_id;
 
-						load_room(room_id);
+						if (room_chat_container.dataset.room_id !== room_id) {
+							room_chat_container.dataset.room_id = room_id;
+							load_room(room_id);
+						}
 					}
 					window.addEventListener("locationchange", check_for_room_in_url);