diff --git a/OliverBooth.Common/OliverBooth.Common.csproj b/OliverBooth.Common/OliverBooth.Common.csproj
index d7e38d1..e9e391c 100644
--- a/OliverBooth.Common/OliverBooth.Common.csproj
+++ b/OliverBooth.Common/OliverBooth.Common.csproj
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc" Version="8.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Core" Version="1.6.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Humanizer.Core" Version="2.14.1"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Markdig" Version="0.35.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Markdig" Version="0.36.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="8.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="NetBarcode" Version="1.7.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Otp.NET" Version="1.3.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="8.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="8.0.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="3.1.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0"/>
diff --git a/OliverBooth/OliverBooth.csproj b/OliverBooth/OliverBooth.csproj
index 4877e85..eb9b41a 100644
--- a/OliverBooth/OliverBooth.csproj
+++ b/OliverBooth/OliverBooth.csproj
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
         <PackageReference Include="FluentFTP" Version="49.0.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentFTP.Logging" Version="1.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.59"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="MailKit" Version="4.3.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="MailKit" Version="4.4.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="MailKitSimplified.Sender" Version="2.9.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web" Version="8.0.2"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation" Version="8.0.2"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="8.0.2"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web" Version="8.0.3"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation" Version="8.0.3"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="8.0.3"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/OliverBooth/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/OliverBooth/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 16a6a2d..b14f5b0 100644
--- a/OliverBooth/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/OliverBooth/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -118,20 +118,6 @@
 
 <div style="margin:50px 0;"></div>
 
-@if (!doAprilFools && DateTimeOffset.UtcNow < new DateTime(2024, 03, 08))
-{
-    <div id="usa-countdown" class="container">
-        <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-3 usa-countdown-element" id="usa-countdown-days">00</div>
-            <div class="col-3 usa-countdown-element" id="usa-countdown-hours">00</div>
-            <div class="col-3 usa-countdown-element" id="usa-countdown-minutes">00</div>
-            <div class="col-3 usa-countdown-element" id="usa-countdown-seconds">00</div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-}
-
-<div style="margin:50px 0;"></div>
-
 <div class="container">
     @if (doAprilFools)
     {
diff --git a/src/scss/app.scss b/src/scss/app.scss
index 0542b64..8ffa1b6 100644
--- a/src/scss/app.scss
+++ b/src/scss/app.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ body {
 main.container {
   background: #333;
   padding: 20px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
 }
 
 a {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ nav {
   ul.site-nav {
     list-style-type: none;
     padding: 0;
-    margin: 0 auto;
+    margin: 20px auto 0 auto;
 
     li {
       display: inline-block;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ nav {
       }
 
       a {
-        font-size: 24px;
+        font-size: 20px;
 
         &:link, &:visited, &:hover, &:active {
           text-decoration: none;
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ nav {
 article {
   background: #333333;
   padding: 20px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
 
   *:last-child {
     margin-bottom: 0;
diff --git a/src/ts/app/UI.ts b/src/ts/app/UI.ts
index 34310f8..969fde3 100644
--- a/src/ts/app/UI.ts
+++ b/src/ts/app/UI.ts
@@ -82,33 +82,6 @@ class UI {
         UI.updateProjectCards(element);
     }
 
-    public static updateUsaCountdown(element?: Element){
-        element = element || document.getElementById("usa-countdown");
-        
-        const daysElement = element.querySelector("#usa-countdown-days");
-        const hoursElement = element.querySelector("#usa-countdown-hours");
-        const minutesElement = element.querySelector("#usa-countdown-minutes");
-        const secondsElement = element.querySelector("#usa-countdown-seconds");
-
-        const start = new Date().getTime();
-        const end = Date.UTC(2024, 2, 7, 13, 20);
-        const diff = end - start;
-        let days = Math.floor(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
-        let hours = Math.floor((diff % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
-        let minutes = Math.floor((diff % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
-        let seconds = Math.floor((diff % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
-
-        if (days < 0) days = 0
-        if (hours < 0) hours = 0;
-        if (minutes < 0) minutes = 0;
-        if (seconds < 0) seconds = 0;
-
-        daysElement.innerHTML = days.toString().padStart(2, '0');
-        hoursElement.innerHTML = hours.toString().padStart(2, '0');
-        minutesElement.innerHTML = minutes.toString().padStart(2, '0');
-        secondsElement.innerHTML = seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0');
-    }
-
     /**
      * Adds Bootstrap tooltips to all elements with a title attribute.
      * @param element The element to search for elements with a title attribute in.
diff --git a/src/ts/app/app.ts b/src/ts/app/app.ts
index ac67ee4..bcf9d34 100644
--- a/src/ts/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/ts/app/app.ts
@@ -98,13 +98,6 @@ declare const Prism: any;
 
     UI.updateUI();
 
-    const usaCountdown = document.getElementById("usa-countdown");
-    if (usaCountdown) {
-        usaCountdown.addEventListener("click", () => window.location.href = "/blog/2024/02/19/the-american");
-        UI.updateUsaCountdown(usaCountdown);
-        setInterval(() => UI.updateUsaCountdown(usaCountdown), 1000);
-    }
-
     let avatarType = 0;
     const headshot = document.getElementById("index-headshot") as HTMLImageElement;
     if (headshot) {