diff --git a/static/root/back-alley.html b/static/root/back-alley.html
index 5708d3f..ea5d8ce 100644
--- a/static/root/back-alley.html
+++ b/static/root/back-alley.html
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
             uptime is my
             <a href="https://github.com/Nilstrieb/uptime"
               >personal hand-written status page website</a
-            >. how do you know that it's handwritten? its performance is absolutely horrible, that's
-            why!
+            >. it checks whether everything is online and nicely displays a pretty bar. everything is always green!
           </p>
           <a href="https://uptime.nilstrieb.dev" class="call-to-action">
             <span>uptime.nilstrieb.dev</span>