diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/layouts/topbar.html b/appview/pages/templates/layouts/topbar.html
index 836ad305..38da66dc 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/layouts/topbar.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/layouts/topbar.html
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
             <div id="right-items" class="flex items-center gap-2">
                 {{ with .LoggedInUser }}
-                    <a href="/repo/new" hx-boost="true" class="btn-create hover:no-underline hover:text-white">
-                      {{ i "plus" "w-4 h-4" }}
-                    </a>
+                    {{ block "newButton" . }} {{ end }}
                     {{ block "dropDown" . }} {{ end }}
                 {{ else }}
                     <a href="/login">login</a>
@@ -25,6 +23,24 @@
     </nav>
 {{ end }}
 
+{{ define "newButton" }}
+<details class="relative inline-block text-left">
+    <summary class="btn-create py-0 cursor-pointer list-none flex items-center gap-2">
+      {{ i "plus" "w-4 h-4" }} new
+    </summary>
+    <div class="absolute flex flex-col right-0 mt-4 p-4 rounded w-48 bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 dark:text-white border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700">
+        <a href="/repo/new" class="flex items-center gap-2">
+          {{ i "book-plus" "w-4 h-4" }}
+          new repository
+        </a>
+        <a href="/strings/new" class="flex items-center gap-2">
+          {{ i "line-squiggle" "w-4 h-4" }}
+          new string
+        </a>
+    </div>
+</details>
+{{ end }}
+
 {{ define "dropDown" }}
 <details class="relative inline-block text-left">
     <summary
@@ -38,6 +54,7 @@
     >
         <a href="/{{ $user }}">profile</a>
         <a href="/{{ $user }}?tab=repos">repositories</a>
+        <a href="/strings/{{ $user }}">strings</a>
         <a href="/knots">knots</a>
         <a href="/spindles">spindles</a>
         <a href="/settings">settings</a>
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 238971ed..db4dc57a 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "gitignore": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -20,24 +38,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-utils": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1694529238,
-        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "gomod2nix": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@
     "lucide-src": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1742302029,
-        "narHash": "sha256-OyPVtpnC4/AAmPq84Wt1r1Gcs48d9KG+UBCtZK87e9k=",
+        "lastModified": 1754044466,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+exBR2OToB1iv7ZQI2S4B0lXA/QRvC9n6U99UxGpJGs=",
         "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.483.0/lucide-icons-0.483.0.zip"
+        "url": "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.536.0/lucide-icons-0.536.0.zip"
       },
       "original": {
         "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.483.0/lucide-icons-0.483.0.zip"
+        "url": "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.536.0/lucide-icons-0.536.0.zip"
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d01c9f78..d797e371 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       flake = false;
     };
     lucide-src = {
-      url = "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.483.0/lucide-icons-0.483.0.zip";
+      url = "https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide/releases/download/0.536.0/lucide-icons-0.536.0.zip";
       flake = false;
     };
     inter-fonts-src = {