diff --git a/ascii/index.html b/ascii/index.html
index 826c683..22b4660 100644
--- a/ascii/index.html
+++ b/ascii/index.html
@@ -51,24 +51,7 @@
     </main>
 
     <script src="/js/core.js" data-cat="/assets/oneko/classics/classic.png"></script>
-    <script>
-        (async function () {
-            const el = document.getElementById('ascii-art');
-            try {
-                const res = await fetch('/ascii.txt', { cache: 'no-store' });
-                if (!res.ok) throw new Error('fetch failed: ' + res.status);
-                const raw = await res.text();
-                const ansi_up = new AnsiUp();
-                ansi_up.use_classes = false;
-                el.innerHTML = ansi_up.ansi_to_html(raw);
-                el.removeAttribute('aria-busy');
-            } catch (err) {
-                el.textContent = 'couldn\'t load ascii.txt :(';
-                el.classList.add('ascii-error');
-                console.error(err);
-            }
-        })();
-    </script>
+    <script src="/js/ascii.js"></script>
 </body>
 
 </html>
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diff --git a/js/ascii.js b/js/ascii.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bdc302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ascii.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+(async function () {
+    const el = document.getElementById('ascii-art');
+
+    try {
+        const res = await fetch('./ascii.txt', { cache: 'no-store' });
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error('fetch failed: ' + res.status);
+
+        const raw = await res.text();
+
+        const ansi_up = new AnsiUp();
+        const html = ansi_up.ansi_to_html(raw);
+
+        el.innerHTML = html;
+        el.removeAttribute('aria-busy');
+
+    } catch (err) {
+        el.textContent = "couldn't load ascii.txt :(";
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+})();
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