diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index 12485ed..46540d3 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 import type { Cookies } from '@sveltejs/kit'
-import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private'
-import { get, writable } from 'svelte/store'
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
 
 export const scopeCookies = (cookies: Cookies, path: string) => {
     return {
@@ -15,7 +12,4 @@ export const scopeCookies = (cookies: Cookies, path: string) => {
             cookies.delete(key, { ...props, path })
         }
     }
-}
-
-export const visitCountFile = `${env.WEBSITE_DATA_DIR}/visitcount`
-export const visitCount = writable(parseInt(existsSync(visitCountFile) ? readFileSync(visitCountFile).toString() : '0'));
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+}
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diff --git a/src/lib/visits.ts b/src/lib/visits.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..205136c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/visits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { env } from "$env/dynamic/private";
+import { scopeCookies } from "$lib";
+import type { Cookies } from "@sveltejs/kit";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { get, writable } from "svelte/store";
+
+const visitCountFile = `${env.WEBSITE_DATA_DIR}/visitcount`
+const visitCount = writable(parseInt(existsSync(visitCountFile) ? readFileSync(visitCountFile).toString() : '0'));
+
+export const incrementVisitCount = (request: Request, cookies: Cookies) => {
+    let currentVisitCount = get(visitCount)
+    // check whether the request is from a bot or not (this doesnt need to be accurate we just want to filter out honest bots)
+    const ua = request.headers.get('user-agent')
+    const isBot = ua ? ua.toLowerCase().match(/(bot|crawl|spider|walk)/) !== null : true
+    if (!isBot) {
+        const scopedCookies = scopeCookies(cookies, '/')
+        // parse the last visit timestamp from cookies if it exists
+        const visitedTimestamp = parseInt(scopedCookies.get('visitedTimestamp') || "0")
+        // get unix timestamp
+        const currentTime = new Date().getTime()
+        const timeSinceVisit = currentTime - visitedTimestamp
+        // check if this is the first time a client is visiting or if an hour has passed since they last visited
+        if (visitedTimestamp === 0 || timeSinceVisit > 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) {
+            // increment current and write to the store
+            currentVisitCount += 1; visitCount.set(currentVisitCount)
+            // update the cookie with the current timestamp
+            scopedCookies.set('visitedTimestamp', currentTime.toString())
+            // write the visit count to a file so we can load it later again
+            writeFileSync(visitCountFile, currentVisitCount.toString())
+        }
+    }
+    return currentVisitCount
+}
+
+export const notifyDarkVisitors = (url: URL, request: Request) => {
+    fetch('https://api.darkvisitors.com/visits', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+            authorization: `Bearer ${env.DARK_VISITORS_TOKEN}`,
+            'content-type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+            request_path: url.pathname,
+            request_method: request.method,
+            request_headers: request.headers,
+        })
+    }).catch((why) => {
+        console.log("failed sending dark visitors analytics:", why)
+        return null
+    }).then(async (resp) => {
+        if (resp !== null) {
+            const msg = await resp.json()
+            const host = `(${request.headers.get('host')} ${request.headers.get('x-real-ip')})`
+            console.log(`sent visitor analytic to dark visitors: ${resp.statusText}; ${msg.message ?? ''}${host}`)
+        }
+    })
+}
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diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
index 0cc7f91..89a2d1a 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import { env } from '$env/dynamic/private';
-import { scopeCookies, visitCount, visitCountFile } from '$lib';
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { get } from 'svelte/store';
+import { incrementVisitCount, notifyDarkVisitors } from '$lib/visits.js';
 
 export const csr = true;
 export const ssr = true;
@@ -9,54 +6,12 @@ export const prerender = false;
 export const trailingSlash = 'always';
 
 export async function load({ request, cookies, url, setHeaders, fetch }) {
-    fetch('https://api.darkvisitors.com/visits', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: {
-            authorization: `Bearer ${env.DARK_VISITORS_TOKEN}`,
-            'content-type': 'application/json',
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-            request_path: url.pathname,
-            request_method: request.method,
-            request_headers: request.headers,
-        })
-    }).catch((why) => {
-        console.log("failed sending dark visitors analytics:", why)
-        return null
-    }).then(async (resp) => {
-        if (resp !== null) {
-            const msg = await resp.json()
-            const host = `(${request.headers.get('host')} ${request.headers.get('x-real-ip')})`
-            console.log(`sent visitor analytic to dark visitors: ${resp.statusText}; ${msg.message ?? ''}${host}`)
-        }
-    })
-
-    let currentVisitCount = get(visitCount)
-    // check whether the request is from a bot or not (this doesnt need to be accurate we just want to filter out honest bots)
-    const ua = request.headers.get('user-agent')
-    const isBot = ua ? ua.toLowerCase().match(/(bot|crawl|spider|walk)/) !== null : true
-    if (!isBot) {
-        const scopedCookies = scopeCookies(cookies, '/')
-        // parse the last visit timestamp from cookies if it exists
-        const visitedTimestamp = parseInt(scopedCookies.get('visitedTimestamp') || "0")
-        // get unix timestamp
-        const currentTime = new Date().getTime()
-        const timeSinceVisit = currentTime - visitedTimestamp
-        // check if this is the first time a client is visiting or if an hour has passed since they last visited
-        if (visitedTimestamp === 0 || timeSinceVisit > 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) {
-            // increment current and write to the store
-            currentVisitCount += 1; visitCount.set(currentVisitCount)
-            // update the cookie with the current timestamp
-            scopedCookies.set('visitedTimestamp', currentTime.toString())
-            // write the visit count to a file so we can load it later again
-            writeFileSync(visitCountFile, currentVisitCount.toString())
-        }
-    }
+    notifyDarkVisitors(url, request) // no await so it doesnt block load
 
     setHeaders({ 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache' })
 
     return {
         route: url.pathname,
-        visitCount: currentVisitCount,
+        visitCount: incrementVisitCount(request, cookies),
     }
 }