diff --git a/crates/pinakes-ui/src/app.rs b/crates/pinakes-ui/src/app.rs
index 11026b9..43699d2 100644
--- a/crates/pinakes-ui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/pinakes-ui/src/app.rs
@@ -369,11 +369,13 @@ pub fn App() -> Element {
             spawn(async move {
               let js: String = vars
                 .iter()
-                .map(|(k, v)| {
-                  format!(
-                    "document.documentElement.style.setProperty('{}','{}');",
-                    k, v
-                  )
+                .filter_map(|(k, v)| {
+                  let k_js = serde_json::to_string(k).ok()?;
+                  let v_js = serde_json::to_string(v).ok()?;
+                  Some(format!(
+                    "document.documentElement.style.setProperty({k_js},\
+                     {v_js});"
+                  ))
                 })
                 .collect();
               let _ = document::eval(&js).await;
@@ -849,17 +851,6 @@ pub fn App() -> Element {
                                   }
                               }
                           }
-                          {
-                              let sync_time_opt = plugin_registry
-                                  .read()
-                                  .last_refresh()
-                                  .map(|ts| ts.format("%H:%M").to_string());
-                              rsx! {
-                                  if let Some(sync_time) = sync_time_opt {
-                                      div { class: "nav-sync-time", "Synced {sync_time}" }
-                                  }
-                              }
-                          }
                       }
                   }