diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/file-server.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/file-server.hoon
index 8bff63cc7..1cdff8bba 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/file-server.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/file-server.hoon
@@ -188,8 +188,11 @@
     ?:  ?=([%'~landscape' %js %session ~] site.req-line)
       %+  require-authorization-simple:app
         inbound-request
-      %-  js-response:gen
-      (as-octt:mimes:html "window.ship = '{+:(scow %p our.bowl)}';")
+      %.  %-  as-octs:mimes:html
+          :((cury cat 3) 'window.ship = "' (rsh 3 (scot %p our.bowl)) '";')
+      %*  .  js-response:gen
+        cache  %.n
+      ==
     ::
     =/  [payload=simple-payload:http public=?]  (get-file req-line is-file)
     ?:  public  payload
diff --git a/pkg/arvo/lib/server.hoon b/pkg/arvo/lib/server.hoon
index 1f450c3e5..2bb6f5521 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/lib/server.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/lib/server.hoon
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
       ~!  +:*handler
       (handler inbound-request)
     ::
-    =/  redirect=cord
-      %-  crip
-      "/~/login?redirect={(trip url.request.inbound-request)}"
-    [[307 ['location' redirect]~] ~]
+    =-  [[307 ['location' -]~] ~]
+    %^  cat  3
+      '/~/login?redirect='
+    url.request.inbound-request
   ::
   ::  +require-authorization-simple:
   ::      redirect to the login page when unauthenticated
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
       ~!  this
       simple-payload
     ::
-    =/  redirect=cord
-      %-  crip
-      "/~/login?redirect={(trip url.request.inbound-request)}"
-    [[307 ['location' redirect]~] ~]
+    =-  [[307 ['location' -]~] ~]
+    %^  cat  3
+      '/~/login?redirect='
+    url.request.inbound-request
   ::
   ++  give-simple-payload
     |=  [eyre-id=@ta =simple-payload:http]
@@ -86,36 +86,47 @@
     :_  `octs
     [200 [['content-type' 'text/html'] ?:(cache [max-1-wk ~] ~)]]
   ::
-  ++  js-response
-    |=  =octs
-    ^-  simple-payload:http
-    [[200 [['content-type' 'text/javascript'] max-1-da ~]] `octs]
-  ::
-  ++  json-response
-    |=  =json
-    ^-  simple-payload:http
-    [[200 ['content-type' 'application/json']~] `(json-to-octs json)]
-  ::
   ++  css-response
+    =|  cache=?
     |=  =octs
     ^-  simple-payload:http
-    [[200 [['content-type' 'text/css'] max-1-da ~]] `octs]
+    :_  `octs
+    [200 [['content-type' 'text/css'] ?:(cache [max-1-wk ~] ~)]]
   ::
-  ++  manx-response
-    |=  man=manx
+  ++  js-response
+    =|  cache=?
+    |=  =octs
     ^-  simple-payload:http
-    [[200 ['content-type' 'text/html']~] `(manx-to-octs man)]
+    :_  `octs
+    [200 [['content-type' 'text/javascript'] ?:(cache [max-1-wk ~] ~)]]
   ::
   ++  png-response
+    =|  cache=?
     |=  =octs
     ^-  simple-payload:http
-    [[200 [['content-type' 'image/png'] max-1-wk ~]] `octs]
+    :_  `octs
+    [200 [['content-type' 'image/png'] ?:(cache [max-1-wk ~] ~)]]
   ::
   ++  woff2-response
+    =|  cache=?
     |=  =octs
     ^-  simple-payload:http
     [[200 [['content-type' 'font/woff2'] max-1-wk ~]] `octs]
   ::
+  ++  json-response
+    =|  cache=_|
+    |=  =json
+    ^-  simple-payload:http
+    :_  `(json-to-octs json)
+    [200 [['content-type' 'application/json'] ?:(cache [max-1-da ~] ~)]]
+  ::
+  ++  manx-response
+    =|  cache=_|
+    |=  man=manx
+    ^-  simple-payload:http
+    :_  `(manx-to-octs man)
+    [200 [['content-type' 'text/html'] ?:(cache [max-1-da ~] ~)]]
+  ::
   ++  not-found
     ^-  simple-payload:http
     [[404 ~] ~]
@@ -123,10 +134,10 @@
   ++  login-redirect
     |=  =request:http
     ^-  simple-payload:http
-    =/  redirect=cord
-      %-  crip
-      "/~/login?redirect={(trip url.request)}"
-    [[307 ['location' redirect]~] ~]
+    =-  [[307 ['location' -]~] ~]
+    %^  cat  3
+      '/~/login?redirect='
+    url.request
   ::
   ++  redirect
     |=  redirect=cord