diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f80ae8c..513a555 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 mod cache;
 mod nyazoom_headers;
+pub mod ssr;
 mod state;
 mod util;
 mod views;
@@ -135,12 +136,11 @@ async fn remaining(
 
 async fn welcome() -> impl IntoResponse {
     let cat_fact = views::get_cat_fact().await;
-    Html(
-        leptos::ssr::render_to_string(move || {
-            leptos::view! {  <Welcome fact=cat_fact /> }
-        })
-        .to_string(),
-    )
+    Html(ssr::render(move || {
+        leptos::view! {
+            <Welcome fact=cat_fact />
+        }
+    }))
 }
 
 async fn records(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
@@ -151,31 +151,28 @@ async fn records(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
 // this behind some kind of authentication
 async fn records_links(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let records = state.records.lock().await.clone();
-    Html(
-        leptos::ssr::render_to_string(move || {
-            leptos::view! {
-                <HtmxPage>
-                    <div class="form-wrapper">
-                        <div class="column-container">
-                            <ul>
-                                {records.keys().map(|key| leptos::view! {
-                                            <li class="link-wrapper">
-                                                <a href="/link/{key}">{key}</a>
-                                                <button style="margin-left: 1em;"
-                                                    hx-target="closest .link-wrapper"
-                                                    hx-swap="outerHTML"
-                                                    hx-delete="/link/{key}">X</button>
-                                            </li>
-                                        })
-                                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()}
-                            </ul>
-                        </div>
+    Html(ssr::render(move || {
+        leptos::view! {
+            <HtmxPage>
+                <div class="form-wrapper">
+                    <div class="column-container">
+                        <ul>
+                            {records.keys().map(|key| leptos::view! {
+                                        <li class="link-wrapper">
+                                            <a href="/link/{key}">{key}</a>
+                                            <button style="margin-left: 1em;"
+                                                hx-target="closest .link-wrapper"
+                                                hx-swap="outerHTML"
+                                                hx-delete="/link/{key}">X</button>
+                                        </li>
+                                    })
+                                .collect::<Vec<_>>()}
+                        </ul>
                     </div>
-                </HtmxPage>
-            }
-        })
-        .to_string(),
-    )
+                </div>
+            </HtmxPage>
+        }
+    }))
 }
 
 async fn link(
@@ -190,15 +187,12 @@ async fn link(
             .filter(|record| record.can_be_downloaded())
         {
             if record.can_be_downloaded() {
-                return Ok(Html(
-                    leptos::ssr::render_to_string({
-                        let record = record.clone();
-                        || {
-                            leptos::view! {  <DownloadLinkPage id=id record=record /> }
-                        }
-                    })
-                    .into(),
-                ));
+                return Ok(Html(ssr::render({
+                    let record = record.clone();
+                    || {
+                        leptos::view! {  <DownloadLinkPage id=id record=record /> }
+                    }
+                })));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -294,12 +288,9 @@ async fn upload_to_zip(
         .status(200)
         .header("Content-Type", "text/html")
         .header("HX-Push-Url", format!("/link/{}", &id))
-        .body(
-            leptos::ssr::render_to_string(|| {
-                leptos::view! { <LinkView id record /> }
-            })
-            .into(),
-        )
+        .body(ssr::render(|| {
+            leptos::view! { <LinkView id record /> }
+        }))
         .unwrap();
 
     Ok(response)
diff --git a/src/ssr.rs b/src/ssr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5943967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ssr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub fn render<F, N>(f: F) -> String
+where
+    F: FnOnce() -> N + 'static,
+    N: leptos::IntoView,
+{
+    leptos::ssr::render_to_string(f).to_string()
+}