diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/web/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/web/index.ts
index c81506384c..cd8d6f530b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/web/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/web/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ const app = new Koa();
 //#region Bull Dashboard
 const bullBoardPath = '/queue';
 
+ // used as a url param to prevent caching css and images
+ const nowDateMs = Date.now();
+ 
 // Authenticate
 app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
 	if (ctx.path === bullBoardPath || ctx.path.startsWith(bullBoardPath + '/')) {
@@ -295,6 +298,7 @@ router.get(['/@:user', '/@:user/:sub'], async (ctx, next) => {
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 		ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=15');
 	} else {
@@ -340,6 +344,7 @@ router.get('/notes/:note', async (ctx, next) => {
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 
 		ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=15');
@@ -377,6 +382,7 @@ router.get('/@:user/pages/:page', async (ctx, next) => {
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 
 		if (['public'].includes(page.visibility)) {
@@ -410,6 +416,7 @@ router.get('/clips/:clip', async (ctx, next) => {
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 
 		ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=15');
@@ -436,6 +443,7 @@ router.get('/gallery/:post', async (ctx, next) => {
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 
 		ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=15');
@@ -461,6 +469,7 @@ router.get('/channels/:channel', async (ctx, next) => {
 			icon: meta.iconUrl,
 			themeColor: meta.themeColor,
 			privateMode: meta.privateMode,
+			nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 		});
 
 		ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=15');
@@ -536,6 +545,7 @@ router.get('(.*)', async ctx => {
 		themeColor: meta.themeColor,
 		randomMOTD: motd[Math.floor(Math.random() * motd.length)],
 		privateMode: meta.privateMode,
+		nowDateMs: nowDateMs,
 	});
 	ctx.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=3');
 });
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/web/views/base.pug b/packages/backend/src/server/web/views/base.pug
index 8b4d41e123..f06f2cab2d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/web/views/base.pug
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/web/views/base.pug
@@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ html
 		meta(property='twitter:card' content='summary')
 		meta(property='og:site_name' content= instanceName || 'Calckey')
 		meta(name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1')
-		meta(name='darkreader-lock')
-		link(rel='icon' href= icon || '/favicon.ico')
-		link(rel='apple-touch-icon' href= icon || '/apple-touch-icon.png')
+		link(rel='icon' href= icon || `/favicon.ico?${ nowDateMs }`)
+		link(rel='apple-touch-icon' href= icon || `/apple-touch-icon.png?${ nowDateMs }`)
 		link(rel='manifest' href='/manifest.json')
-		link(rel='prefetch' href='/static-assets/badges/info.png')
-		link(rel='prefetch' href='/static-assets/badges/not-found.png')
-		link(rel='prefetch' href='/static-assets/badges/error.png')
+		link(rel='prefetch' href=`/static-assets/badges/info.png?${ nowDateMs }`)
+		link(rel='prefetch' href=`/static-assets/badges/not-found.png?${ nowDateMs }`)
+		link(rel='prefetch' href=`/static-assets/badges/error.png?${ nowDateMs }`)
 		link(rel='stylesheet' href='/assets/fontawesome/css/all.css')
-		link(rel='stylesheet' href='/static-assets/instance.css')
+		link(rel='stylesheet' href=`/static-assets/instance.css?${ nowDateMs }`)
 		link(rel='modulepreload' href=`/assets/${clientEntry.file}`)
 
 		each href in clientEntry.css
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ html
 			br
 			| Please turn on your JavaScript
 		div#splash
-			img#splashIcon(src= splashIcon || '/static-assets/splash.png')
+			img#splashIcon(src= splashIcon || `/static-assets/splash.png?${ nowDateMs }`)
 			span#splashText
 				block randomMOTD
 					= randomMOTD