diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index ee0319d..2f31054 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 		</div>
 
 		<div id="container-app" class="hide">
-		<div id="gsticker" title="This is alpha software.">αlpha</div>
 		<nav id="gnav" class="">
 			<button class="icon" role="open-gnav" title="Open Menu" onclick="toggle_gnav(this)">
 				<img class="icon svg invert" src="icon/logo.svg"/>
diff --git a/web/js/main.js b/web/js/main.js
index 10ad2e1..27fc681 100644
--- a/web/js/main.js
+++ b/web/js/main.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (ev) => {
 });
 
 async function damus_web_init() {
-	init_message_textareas();
 	let tries = 0;
 	function init() {
 		// only wait for 500ms max
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ async function webapp_init() {
 	const model = DAMUS;
 
 	// WARNING Order Matters!
+	init_message_textareas();
 	view_show_spinner(true);
 	document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
 		update_title(model);