diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index 282e68b..9fe772f 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -236,37 +236,35 @@ export default function Home() {
   const loadHistory = async () => {
     setHistoryLoading(true);
     setHistoryItems([]);
-    console.log('[history] loadHistory start');
     try {
-      console.log('[history] awaiting key...');
-      await keyReadyRef.current;
+      // Race the key promise against a 5 s timeout so a stalled importKey
+      // (e.g. malformed JWK) never hangs the UI forever.
+      const keyTimeout = new Promise<void>(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));
+      await Promise.race([keyReadyRef.current, keyTimeout]);
       const key = cryptoKeyRef.current;
-      console.log('[history] key ready:', !!key);
-      if (!key) { console.error('[history] crypto key unavailable'); return; }
-      console.log('[history] fetching rows...');
-      const res  = await fetch('/api/history');
-      console.log('[history] fetch status:', res.status);
+      if (!key) {
+        console.error('[history] key unavailable after wait — settings may have failed or JWK is corrupt');
+        return;
+      }
+      const res = await fetch('/api/history');
       if (!res.ok) { console.error('[history] fetch failed', res.status, await res.text()); return; }
       const rows = await res.json() as { id: string; iv: string; ciphertext: string; updated_at: string }[];
-      console.log('[history] rows received:', rows.length);
       let failed = 0;
       for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         const row = rows[i];
         try {
           const data = await decrypt<{ messages: Message[]; model: string; systemPrompt: string; title: string }>(key, row.iv, row.ciphertext);
           setHistoryItems(prev => [...prev, { id: row.id, updatedAt: row.updated_at, ...data }]);
-          console.log(`[history] decrypted ${i + 1}/${rows.length}:`, data.title);
         } catch (e) {
           failed++;
           console.warn(`[history] decrypt failed for row ${i + 1}/${rows.length} (${row.id}):`, e);
         }
       }
-      console.log('[history] done. decrypted:', rows.length - failed, 'failed:', failed);
+      if (failed) console.warn(`[history] ${failed}/${rows.length} rows failed to decrypt`);
     } catch (e) {
       console.error('[history] loadHistory error', e);
       setHistoryItems([]);
     } finally {
-      console.log('[history] setting historyLoading=false');
       setHistoryLoading(false);
     }
   };
diff --git a/lib/log.ts b/lib/log.ts
index cb4118e..c740289 100644
--- a/lib/log.ts
+++ b/lib/log.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import pino from 'pino';
 
-const logger = pino({
-  level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL ?? 'info',
-});
+const logger = pino(
+  { level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL ?? 'info' },
+  pino.destination({ sync: true }),
+);
 
 export default logger;