diff --git a/src/fandom-request.rkt b/src/fandom-request.rkt
index c306b04..966eeee 100644
--- a/src/fandom-request.rkt
+++ b/src/fandom-request.rkt
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 #lang typed/racket/base
-(require racket/format
-         racket/string
-         "config.rkt"
+(require "config.rkt"
          "../lib/url-utils.rkt")
 (define-type Headers (HashTable Symbol (U Bytes String)))
 (require/typed net/http-easy
   [#:opaque Timeout-Config timeout-config?]
   [#:opaque Response response?]
   [#:opaque Session session?]
-  [response-status-code (Response -> Natural)]
   [current-session (Parameter Session)]
-  [current-user-agent (Parameter (U Bytes String))]
   [make-timeout-config ([#:lease Positive-Real] [#:connect Positive-Real] -> Timeout-Config)]
   [get ((U Bytes String)
         [#:close? Boolean]
@@ -26,41 +22,19 @@
  fandom-get-api
  timeouts)
 
-(unless (string-contains? (~a (current-user-agent)) "BreezeWiki")
-  (current-user-agent
-   (format "BreezeWiki/1.0 (~a) ~a"
-           (if (config-true? 'canonical_origin)
-               (config-get 'canonical_origin)
-               "local")
-           (current-user-agent))))
-
 (define timeouts (make-timeout-config #:lease 5 #:connect 5))
 
-(: last-failure Flonum)
-(define last-failure 0.0)
-(: stored-failure (Option Response))
-(define stored-failure #f)
-(define failure-persist-time 30000)
-
 (: no-headers Headers)
 (define no-headers '#hasheq())
 
 (: fandom-get (String String [#:headers (Option Headers)] -> Response))
 (define (fandom-get wikiname path #:headers [headers #f])
-  (or
-   (and ((current-inexact-milliseconds) . < . (+ last-failure failure-persist-time)) stored-failure)
-   (let ()
-     (define dest-url (string-append "https://www.fandom.com" path))
-     (define host (string-append wikiname ".fandom.com"))
-     (log-outgoing wikiname path)
-     (define res
-       (get dest-url
-            #:timeouts timeouts
-            #:headers (hash-set (or headers no-headers) 'Host host)))
-     (when (memq (response-status-code res) '(403 406))
-       (set! last-failure (current-inexact-milliseconds))
-       (set! stored-failure res))
-     res)))
+  (define dest-url (string-append "https://www.fandom.com" path))
+  (define host (string-append wikiname ".fandom.com"))
+  (log-outgoing wikiname path)
+  (get dest-url
+       #:timeouts timeouts
+       #:headers (hash-set (or headers no-headers) 'Host host)))
 
 (: fandom-get-api (String (Listof (Pair String String)) [#:headers (Option Headers)] -> Response))
 (define (fandom-get-api wikiname params #:headers [headers #f])
diff --git a/src/page-wiki.rkt b/src/page-wiki.rkt
index da63617..f16792c 100644
--- a/src/page-wiki.rkt
+++ b/src/page-wiki.rkt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
          "config.rkt"
          "data.rkt"
          "fandom-request.rkt"
-         "../lib/archive-file-mappings.rkt"
          "../lib/pure-utils.rkt"
          "../lib/syntax.rkt"
          "../lib/thread-utils.rkt"
@@ -38,9 +37,8 @@
 
 (define (page-wiki req)
   (define wikiname (path/param-path (first (url-path (request-uri req)))))
-  (define segments (map path/param-path (cdr (url-path (request-uri req)))))
   (define user-cookies (user-cookies-getter req))
-  (define path (string-join (cdr segments) "/"))
+  (define path (string-join (map path/param-path (cddr (url-path (request-uri req)))) "/"))
   (define source-url (format "https://~a.fandom.com/wiki/~a" wikiname path))
 
   (define-values (dest-res siteinfo)
@@ -103,31 +101,9 @@
                (write-html body out))))))]
     [(eq? 404 (easy:response-status-code dest-res))
      (next-dispatcher)]
-    [(memq (easy:response-status-code dest-res) '(403 406))
-     (response-handler
-      (define body
-        (generate-wiki-page
-         `(div
-           (p "Sorry! Fandom isn't allowing BreezeWiki to show pages right now.")
-           (p "We'll automatically try again in 30 seconds, so please stay on this page and be patient.")
-           (p (small "In a hurry? " (a (@ (href ,source-url)) "Click here to read the page on Fandom."))))
-         #:req req
-         #:source-url source-url
-         #:wikiname wikiname
-         #:title (url-segments->guess-title segments)
-         #:siteinfo siteinfo))
-      (response/output
-       #:code 503
-       #:headers (build-headers
-                  always-headers
-                  (header #"Retry-After" #"30")
-                  (header #"Cache-Control" #"max-age=30, public")
-                  (header #"Refresh" #"35"))
-       (λ (out)
-         (write-html body out))))]
     [else
      (response-handler
-      (error 'page-wiki "Tried to load page ~a/~a~nSadly, the page didn't load because Fandom returned status code ~a with response:~n~a"
+      (error 'page-wiki "Tried to load page ~a/~v~nSadly, the page didn't load because Fandom returned status code ~a with response:~n~a"
              wikiname
              path
              (easy:response-status-code dest-res)
diff --git a/static/main.css b/static/main.css
index 5b3e7e2..f8ef78d 100644
--- a/static/main.css
+++ b/static/main.css
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ a.ext-audiobutton { /* see hearthstone/wiki/Diablo_(Duels_hero) */
   display: inline !important;
 }
 
+/* hide slideshows since they're broken
+ * example: ben10/wiki/Celestialsapien_(Classic)#Powers_and_Abilities
+ */
+.wikia-slideshow {
+    display: none;
+}
+
 /* animated slots */
 #mw-content-text .animated > :not(.animated-active), #mw-content-text .animated > .animated-subframe > :not(.animated-active) {
     display: inline-block;