diff --git a/freak/__init__.py b/freak/__init__.py
index 7b98de3..eaa67c4 100644
--- a/freak/__init__.py
+++ b/freak/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from suou import twocolon_list, WantsContentType
 
 from .colors import color_themes, theme_classes
 
-__version__ = '0.5.0-dev43'
+__version__ = '0.5.0-dev42'
 
 APP_BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ async def error_handler_for(status: int, message: str, template: str):
         case WantsContentType.JSON:
             return jsonify({'error': f'{message}', 'status': status}), status
         case WantsContentType.HTML:
-            if request.path.startswith('/admin'):
-                return await render_template('admin/' + template, message=f'{message}'), status
             return await render_template(template, message=f'{message}'), status
         case WantsContentType.PLAIN:
             return f'{message} (HTTP {status})', status, {'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'}
diff --git a/freak/accounts.py b/freak/accounts.py
index db34516..5ae845c 100644
--- a/freak/accounts.py
+++ b/freak/accounts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import enum
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
-from suou.sqlalchemy.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from .models import User, db
 from quart_auth import AuthUser, Action as _Action
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ class UserLoader(AuthUser):
     def __init__(self, auth_id: str | None, action: _Action= _Action.PASS):
         self._auth_id = auth_id
         self._auth_obj = None
-        self._auth_sess: AsyncSession | None = None
+        self._auth_sess = None
         self.action = action
     
     @property
@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ class UserLoader(AuthUser):
     def __bool__(self):
         return self._auth_obj is not None
 
-    @property
-    def session(self):
-        return self._auth_sess
-
     async def _unload(self):
         # user is not expected to mutate
         if self._auth_sess:
diff --git a/freak/models.py b/freak/models.py
index d34d567..392f6ad 100644
--- a/freak/models.py
+++ b/freak/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 from collections import namedtuple
 import datetime
 from functools import partial
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, ForeignKey, UniqueConstraint, an
     SmallInteger, select, update, Table
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Relationship, relationship
 from suou.sqlalchemy_async import SQLAlchemy
-from suou import SiqType, Snowflake, Wanted, deprecated, makelist, not_implemented, want_isodate
+from suou import SiqType, Snowflake, Wanted, deprecated, makelist, not_implemented
 from suou.sqlalchemy import create_session, declarative_base, id_column, parent_children, snowflake_column
 from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
 
@@ -664,17 +663,6 @@ class Post(Base):
             created_at = self.created_at
         )
 
-    async def feed_info_counts(self):
-        pj = self.feed_info()
-        if self.is_text_post():
-            pj['content'] = self.text_content[:181]
-        (pj['comment_count'], pj['votes'], pj['my_vote']) = await asyncio.gather(
-            self.comment_count(), 
-            self.upvotes(),
-            self.upvoted_by(current_user.user)
-        )
-        return pj
-
 class Comment(Base):
     __tablename__ = 'freak_comment'
     __table_args__ = (
@@ -706,18 +694,6 @@ class Comment(Base):
     def url(self):
         return self.parent_post.url() + f'/comment/{Snowflake(self.id):l}'
 
-    async def is_parent_locked(self):
-        if self.is_locked:
-            return True
-        if self.parent_comment_id == None:
-            return False
-        async with db as session:
-            parent = (await session.execute(select(Comment).where(Comment.id == self.parent_comment_id))).scalar()
-            try:
-                return parent.is_parent_locked()
-            except RecursionError:
-                return True
-
     def report_url(self) -> str:
         return f'/report/comment/{Snowflake(self.id):l}' 
 
@@ -733,21 +709,6 @@ class Comment(Base):
     def not_removed(cls):
         return Post.removed_at == None
 
-    async def section_info(self):
-        obj = dict(
-            id = Snowflake(self.id).to_b32l(),
-            parent = dict(id=Snowflake(self.parent_comment_id)) if self.parent_comment_id else None,
-            locked = await self.is_parent_locked(),
-            created_at = want_isodate(self.created_at)
-        )
-        if self.is_removed:
-            obj['removed'] = self.removed_reason
-        else:
-            obj['content'] = self.text_content
-
-        return obj
-
-
 class PostReport(Base):
     __tablename__ = 'freak_postreport'
 
diff --git a/freak/rest/__init__.py b/freak/rest/__init__.py
index e89dc85..1f66eb5 100644
--- a/freak/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/freak/rest/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import Iterable, TypeVar
+from typing import Iterable
 
 from quart import session
 from quart import abort, Blueprint, redirect, request, url_for
 from pydantic import BaseModel
-from quart_auth import current_user, login_required, login_user, logout_user
-from quart_schema import  validate_request, validate_response
-from sqlalchemy import delete, insert, select
+from quart_auth import AuthUser, current_user, login_required, login_user, logout_user
+from quart_schema import QuartSchema, validate_request, validate_response
+from sqlalchemy import select
 from suou import Snowflake, deprecated, makelist, not_implemented, want_isodate
 
-from suou.classtools import MISSING, MissingType
 from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
 from suou.quart import add_rest
 
@@ -18,11 +17,9 @@ from freak.accounts import LoginStatus, check_login
 from freak.algorithms import public_timeline, top_guilds_query, topic_timeline, user_timeline
 from freak.search import SearchQuery
 
-from ..models import Comment, Guild, Post, PostUpvote, User, db
+from ..models import Guild, Post, User, db
 from .. import UserLoader, app, app_config,  __version__ as freak_version, csrf
 
-_T = TypeVar('_T')
-
 bp = Blueprint('rest', __name__, url_prefix='/v1')
 rest = add_rest(app, '/v1', '/ajax')
 
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@ async def user_feed_get(id: int):
         algo = user_timeline(u)
         posts = await db.paginate(algo)
         async for p in posts:
-            feed.append(await p.feed_info_counts())
+            feed.append(p.feed_info())
 
     return dict(users={f'{Snowflake(id):l}': uj}, feed=feed)
 
@@ -158,63 +155,8 @@ async def get_post(id: int):
         if p.is_text_post():
             pj['content'] = p.text_content
 
-        pj['comment_count'] = await p.comment_count()
-        pj['votes'] = await p.upvotes()
-        pj['my_vote'] = await p.upvoted_by(current_user.user)
-
     return dict(posts={f'{Snowflake(id):l}': pj})
 
-class VoteIn(BaseModel):
-    vote: int
-
-@bp.post('/post/<b32l:id>/upvote')
-@validate_request(VoteIn)
-async def upvote_post(id: int, data: VoteIn):
-    async with db as session:
-        p: Post | None = (await session.execute(select(Post).where(Post.id == id))).scalar()
-
-        if p is None:
-            return { 'status': 404, 'error': 'Post not found' }, 404
-        
-        cur_score = await p.upvoted_by(current_user.user)
-
-        match (data.vote, cur_score):
-            case (1, 0) | (1, -1):
-                await session.execute(delete(PostUpvote).where(PostUpvote.c.post_id == p.id, PostUpvote.c.voter_id == current_user.id, PostUpvote.c.is_downvote == True))
-                await session.execute(insert(PostUpvote).values(post_id = p.id, voter_id = current_user.id, is_downvote = False))
-            case (0, _):
-                await session.execute(delete(PostUpvote).where(PostUpvote.c.post_id == p.id, PostUpvote.c.voter_id == current_user.id))
-            case (-1, 1) | (-1, 0):
-                await session.execute(delete(PostUpvote).where(PostUpvote.c.post_id == p.id, PostUpvote.c.voter_id == current_user.id, PostUpvote.c.is_downvote == False))
-                await session.execute(insert(PostUpvote).values(post_id = p.id, voter_id = current_user.id, is_downvote = True))
-            case (1, 1) | (1, -1):
-                pass
-            case _:
-                await session.rollback()
-                return { 'status': 400, 'error': 'Invalid score' }, 400
-        
-        await session.commit()
-        return { 'votes': await p.upvotes() }
-
-## COMMENTS ##
-
-@bp.get('/post/<b32l:id>/comments')
-async def post_comments (id: int):
-    async with db as session:
-        p: Post | None = (await session.execute(select(Post).where(Post.id == id))).scalar()
-
-        if p is None:
-            return { 'status': 404, 'error': 'Post not found' }, 404
-        
-        l = []
-        for com in await p.top_level_comments():
-            com: Comment
-            l.append(await com.section_info())
-        
-        return dict(has=l)
-
-
-
 ## GUILDS ##
 
 async def _guild_info(gu: Guild):
@@ -262,7 +204,7 @@ async def guild_feed(gname: str):
         algo = topic_timeline(gname)
         posts = await db.paginate(algo)
         async for p in posts:
-            feed.append(await p.feed_info_counts())
+            feed.append(p.feed_info())
 
     return dict(guilds={f'{Snowflake(gu.id):l}': gj}, feed=feed)
 
@@ -311,7 +253,7 @@ async def home_feed():
         posts = await db.paginate(public_timeline())
         feed = []
         async for post in posts:
-            feed.append(await post.feed_info_counts())
+            feed.append(post.feed_info())
 
         return dict(feed=feed)
 
@@ -335,7 +277,7 @@ async def search_top(data: QueryIn):
     async with db as session:
         sq = SearchQuery(data.query)
 
-        result = (await session.execute(sq.select(Post, [Post.title]).limit(20))).scalars()
+        result: Iterable[Post] = (await session.execute(sq.select(Post, [Post.title]).limit(20))).scalars()
         
         return dict(has = [p.feed_info() for p in result])
     
@@ -353,42 +295,6 @@ async def suggest_guild(data: QueryIn):
 
         result: Iterable[Guild] = (await session.execute(sq.limit(10))).scalars()
 
-        return dict(has = [g.simple_info() for g in result if await g.allows_posting(current_user.user)])
+        return dict(has = [g.simple_info() for g in result])
 
 
-## SETTINGS
-
-@bp.get("/settings/appearance")
-@login_required
-async def get_settings_appearance():
-    return dict(
-        color_theme = current_user.user.color_theme
-    )
-
-
-class SettingsAppearanceIn(BaseModel):
-    color_theme : int | None = None
-    color_scheme : int | None = None
-
-
-def _missing_or(obj: _T | MissingType, obj2: _T) -> _T:
-    if obj is None:
-        return obj2
-    return obj
-
-@bp.patch("/settings/appearance")
-@login_required
-@validate_request(SettingsAppearanceIn)
-async def patch_settings_appearance(data: SettingsIn):
-    u = current_user.user
-    if u is None:
-        abort(401)
-    
-    u.color_theme = (
-        _missing_or(data.color_theme, u.color_theme % (1 << 8)) % 256 +
-        _missing_or(data.color_scheme, u.color_theme >> 8) << 8
-    )
-    current_user.session.add(u)
-    await current_user.session.commit()
-
-    return '', 204
diff --git a/freak/templates/admin/400.html b/freak/templates/admin/400.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 302b34c..0000000
--- a/freak/templates/admin/400.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "admin/admin_base.html" %}
-
-
-{% block content %}
-<div class="centered">
-  <h2>Bad Request</h2>
-  
-  <p><a href="/">Back to homepage.</a></p>
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/freak/templates/admin/403.html b/freak/templates/admin/403.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d48cc53..0000000
--- a/freak/templates/admin/403.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "admin/admin_base.html" %}
-{% from "macros/title.html" import title_tag with context %}
-
-
-
-{% block content %}
-<div class="centered">
-  <h2>Access Denied</h2>
-  
-  <p><a href="/">Back to homepage.</a></p>
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/freak/templates/admin/404.html b/freak/templates/admin/404.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b7dd7ff..0000000
--- a/freak/templates/admin/404.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "admin/admin_base.html" %}
-{% from "macros/title.html" import title_tag with context %}
-
-
-
-{% block content %}
-<div class="centered">
-  <h2>Not Found</h2>
-  
-  <p><a href="/admin/">Back</a></p>
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/freak/templates/admin/500.html b/freak/templates/admin/500.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 23e2f50..0000000
--- a/freak/templates/admin/500.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "admin/admin_base.html" %}
-
-
-{% block content %}
-<div class="centered">
-  <h2>Internal Server Error</h2>
-
-  <p>It's on us. <a href="javascript:history.go(0)">Refresh the page</a>.</p>
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
-
diff --git a/freak/templates/admin/admin_base.html b/freak/templates/admin/admin_base.html
index 46d9655..5288f35 100644
--- a/freak/templates/admin/admin_base.html
+++ b/freak/templates/admin/admin_base.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {{ title_tag("Admin") }}
     <meta charset="utf-8">
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/admin/style.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/css/style.css">
     {% for private_style in private_styles %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ private_style }}" />
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/freak/templates/macros/embed.html b/freak/templates/macros/embed.html
index 8b5633c..c96db78 100644
--- a/freak/templates/macros/embed.html
+++ b/freak/templates/macros/embed.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% macro embed_post(p) %}
   <div id="post-{{ p.id | to_b32l }}" class="post-frame" data-endpoint="{{ p.id | to_b32l }}">
-	<h3 class="message-title"><a href="/={{ p.id | to_b32l }}">{{ p.title }}</a></h3>
+	<h3 class="message-title"><a href="{{ p.url() }}">{{ p.title }}</a></h3>
 	<div class="message-meta">Posted by <a href="{{ p.author.url() }}">@{{ p.author.username }}</a>
 	  {% if p.parent_post %}
 	    as a comment on <a href="{{ p.parent_post.url() }}">post “{{ p.parent_post.title }}”</a>
diff --git a/freak/website/admin.py b/freak/website/admin.py
index accb25e..46cb9b0 100644
--- a/freak/website/admin.py
+++ b/freak/website/admin.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 import datetime
 from functools import wraps
-import os
 from typing import Callable
 import warnings
-from quart import Blueprint, abort, redirect, render_template, request, send_from_directory, url_for
+from quart import Blueprint, abort, redirect, render_template, request, url_for
 from quart_auth import current_user
 from markupsafe import Markup
 from sqlalchemy import insert, select, update
@@ -24,11 +23,11 @@ current_user: UserLoader
 
 def admin_required(func: Callable):
     @wraps(func)
-    async def wrapper(*a, **ka):
+    def wrapper(*a, **ka):
         user: User = current_user.user
         if not user or not user.is_administrator:
             abort(403)
-        return await func(*a, **ka)
+        return func(*a, **ka)
     return wrapper
 
 
@@ -156,14 +155,10 @@ def escalate_report(target, source: PostReport):
 async def homepage():
     return await render_template('admin/admin_home.html')
 
-@bp.route('/admin/style.css')
-async def style_css():
-    return await send_from_directory(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + '/static/css', 'style.css')
-
 @bp.route('/admin/reports/')
 @admin_required
 async def reports():
-    report_list = await db.paginate(select(PostReport).order_by(PostReport.id.desc()))
+    report_list = db.paginate(select(PostReport).order_by(PostReport.id.desc()))
     return await render_template('admin/admin_reports.html',
     report_list=report_list, report_reasons=REPORT_REASON_STRINGS)
 
@@ -174,13 +169,10 @@ async def report_detail(id: int):
         report = (await session.execute(select(PostReport).where(PostReport.id == id))).scalar()
         if report is None:
             abort(404)
-        target = await report.target()
-        if target is None:
-            abort(404)
         if request.method == 'POST':
             form = await get_request_form()
             action = REPORT_ACTIONS[form['do']]
-            await action(target, report)
+            await action(report.target(), report)
             return redirect(url_for('admin.reports'))
     return await render_template('admin/admin_report_detail.html', report=report,
         report_reasons=REPORT_REASON_STRINGS)
@@ -196,7 +188,7 @@ async def strikes():
 @bp.route('/admin/users/')
 @admin_required
 async def users():
-    user_list = await db.paginate(select(User).order_by(User.joined_at.desc()))
+    user_list = db.paginate(select(User).order_by(User.joined_at.desc()))
     return await render_template('admin/admin_users.html',
     user_list=user_list, account_status_string=colorized_account_status_string)
 
@@ -227,7 +219,5 @@ async def user_detail(id: int):
             else:
                 abort(400)
         strikes = (await session.execute(select(UserStrike).where(UserStrike.user_id == id).order_by(UserStrike.id.desc()))).scalars()
-    return await render_template('admin/admin_user_detail.html', u=u,
+    return render_template('admin/admin_user_detail.html', u=u,
     report_reasons=REPORT_REASON_STRINGS, account_status_string=colorized_account_status_string, strikes=strikes)
-
-
diff --git a/freak/website/reports.py b/freak/website/reports.py
index 21b08c5..f24273c 100644
--- a/freak/website/reports.py
+++ b/freak/website/reports.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from quart import Blueprint, render_template, request
 from quart_auth import current_user, login_required
 from sqlalchemy import insert, select
-from suou import Snowflake
 
 from freak import UserLoader
 from ..models import REPORT_TARGET_COMMENT, REPORT_TARGET_POST, ReportReason, User, post_report_reasons, Comment, Post, PostReport, REPORT_REASONS, db
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ async def report_post(id: int):
                 reason_code = REPORT_REASONS[reason]
             ))
             session.commit()
-            return await render_template('reports/report_done.html', back_to_url='/=' + Snowflake(p.id).to_b32l())
+            return await render_template('reports/report_done.html', back_to_url=p.url())
     return await render_template('reports/report_post.html', id = id,
         report_reasons = post_report_reasons, description_text=description_text)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f60780..dab79c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libsass",
     "setuptools>=78.1.0",
     "Hypercorn",
-    "suou[sqlalchemy]>=0.7.5"
+    "suou>=0.6.1"
 ]
 requires-python =  ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [