diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
index fd16a90..cc78da6 100644
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ func funcMap() template.FuncMap {
 			return pairs, nil
 		},
 		"timeFmt": humanize.Time,
+		"length": func(v []string) int {
+			return len(v)
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -255,10 +258,12 @@ func (p *Pages) RepoTags(w io.Writer, params RepoTagsParams) error {
 type RepoBlobParams struct {
 	LoggedInUser *auth.User
 	RepoInfo     RepoInfo
+	Active       string
 	types.RepoBlobResponse
 }
 
 func (p *Pages) RepoBlob(w io.Writer, params RepoBlobParams) error {
+	params.Active = "overview"
 	return p.executeRepo("repo/blob", w, params)
 }
 
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
index 345b944..3738a53 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 {{ define "repoContent" }}
-    <table>
-    <tbody><tr>
-        <td class="line-numbers">
-            {{ range $i, $x := split .Contents }}
-            {{ add $i 1 }} {{ $x }} <br>
-            {{ end }}
-        </td>
-        <td class="file-content"></td>
-    </tbody></tr>
-    </table>
-{{end}}
+{{ $lines := split .Contents }}
+{{ $tot_lines := len $lines }}
+{{ $tot_chars := len (printf "%d" $tot_lines) }}
+{{ $code_number_style := "code-line-num text-gray-400 mr-2 px-1 sticky left-0 bg-white border-r border-black text-right w-[{{$tot_chars}}rem]" }}
+<pre class="font-mono text-sm overflow-auto relative text-ellipsis"><code>{{ range $idx, $line := $lines }}<span class="flex">
+  <span class="{{ $code_number_style }}">{{ add $idx 1 }}</span>
+  <span class="whitespace-pre">{{ $line }}</span></span>{{ else }}<em class="text-gray-400">this file is empty</em>{{ end }}</code></pre>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d027ef8..2b84449 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -54,27 +54,19 @@
             ${pkgs.tailwindcss}/bin/tailwindcss -i input.css -o appview/pages/static/tw.css
           '';
           subPackages = ["cmd/appview"];
-          vendorHash = "sha256-QgUPTOgAdKUTg+ztfs194G7pt3/qDtqTMkDRmMECxSo=";
+          vendorHash = "sha256-t7lWrCyFWCI7zjUcC6XNWzCrUPSCFnFu9gTmRTsYrz0=";
           env.CGO_ENABLED = 1;
           stdenv = pkgsStatic.stdenv;
         };
-
-        knotserver = with final;
+      knotserver = with final;
           final.pkgsStatic.buildGoModule {
-            pname = "knotserver";
-            version = "0.1.0";
-            src = gitignoreSource ./.;
-            subPackages = ["cmd/knotserver"];
-            vendorHash = "sha256-QgUPTOgAdKUTg+ztfs194G7pt3/qDtqTMkDRmMECxSo=";
-            env.CGO_ENABLED = 1;
-            nativeBuildInputs = with pkgsMusl; [ pkg-config ];
-
-            # Add these ldflags for static compilation
-            ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-linkmode external" ''-extldflags "-static -L${pkgsStatic.musl}/lib"'' ];
-
-            # Use static stdenv
-            stdenv = pkgMusl.stdenv;
-          };
+          pname = "knotserver";
+          version = "0.1.0";
+          src = gitignoreSource ./.;
+          subPackages = ["cmd/knotserver"];
+          vendorHash = "sha256-t7lWrCyFWCI7zjUcC6XNWzCrUPSCFnFu9gTmRTsYrz0=";
+          env.CGO_ENABLED = 1;
+        };
     };
     packages = forAllSystems (system: {
       inherit (nixpkgsFor."${system}") indigo-lexgen appview knotserver;
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a91ea93..68a1878 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bluesky-social/indigo v0.0.0-20250123072624-9e3b84fdbb20
 	github.com/bluesky-social/jetstream v0.0.0-20241210005130-ea96859b93d1
 	github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.103.0
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.5
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.12.0
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376 // indirect