diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa188a399..560f817d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ flask_session/
 site_settings.json
 /files/test.py
 tags
+
+# Chat environment
 chat/node_modules
 chat/build
-chat/.env
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+chat/.env
+
+# Chat artefacts
+files/assets/css/chat_done.css
+files/assets/js/chat_done.js
diff --git a/files/routes/chat.py b/files/routes/chat.py
index 0df99dc40..b1bab2a4c 100644
--- a/files/routes/chat.py
+++ b/files/routes/chat.py
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ def chat(v):
 	return render_template("chat.html", v=v, messages=messages)
 
 
-@app.get('/chat.js')
-def chatjs():
-	resp = make_response(send_from_directory('assets', 'js/chat.js'))
-	return resp
-
-
-@app.get('/chat_done.js')
-def chatbuiltjs():
-	resp = make_response(send_from_directory('assets', 'js/chat_done.js'))
-	return resp
-
-
 @socketio.on('speak')
 @limiter.limit("3/second;10/minute")
 @limiter.limit("3/second;10/minute", key_func=lambda:f'{SITE}-{session.get("lo_user")}')
@@ -161,4 +149,4 @@ def close_running_threads():
 	cache.set(f'{SITE}_chat', messages)
 	cache.set(f'{SITE}_total', total)
 	cache.set(f'{SITE}_muted', muted)
-atexit.register(close_running_threads)
\ No newline at end of file
+atexit.register(close_running_threads)
diff --git a/files/templates/chat.html b/files/templates/chat.html
index e796e5276..0b7bd9522 100644
--- a/files/templates/chat.html
+++ b/files/templates/chat.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		data-themecolor="{{v.themecolor}}">
 	</div>
 	<script>window.global = window</script>
-	<script defer src="/assets/js/lite-youtube.js?v=4000"></script>
-	<script defer src="/chat_done.js"></script>
+	<script defer src="{{asset('js/lite-youtube.js')}}"></script>
+	<script defer src="{{asset('js/chat_done.js')}}"></script>
 </body>
 
diff --git a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
index 8d53f2392..5df31ecf6 100644
--- a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
+++ b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set CACHE_VER = {
 	'css/main.css': 4036,
 	'css/catalog.css': 4007,
+
 	'css/4chan.css': 4007,
 	'css/classic.css': 4031,
 	'css/classic_dark.css': 4031,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ set CACHE_VER = {
 	'js/submission_listing.js': 4000,
 	'js/emoji_modal.js': 4004,
 	'js/formatting.js': 4000,
+	'js/lite-youtube.js': 4000,
 	'js/lottery.js': 4000,
 	'js/marked.js': 4006,
 	'js/search.js': 4000,
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ set CACHE_VER = {
 	'js/userpage_v.js': 4002,
 	'js/lozad.js': 4000,
 	'js/sort_table.js': 4001,
+
+	'css/chat_done.css': 1001,
+	'js/chat_done.js': 1001,
 }
 -%}
 
diff --git a/startup_chat.sh b/startup_chat.sh
index 0fd7ac901..6d7b05dce 100644
--- a/startup_chat.sh
+++ b/startup_chat.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 cd /rDrama
 git pull
-cd ./chat && yarn chat && cd ../
+
 . /env
-gunicorn files.__main__:app load_chat -k geventwebsocket.gunicorn.workers.GeventWebSocketWorker -w 1 -b 0.0.0.0:5001 --max-requests 30000 --max-requests-jitter 30000
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+PATH="${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin/:${PATH}"
+
+cd ./chat
+yarn install
+yarn chat
+cd ..
+
+gunicorn files.__main__:app load_chat -k geventwebsocket.gunicorn.workers.GeventWebSocketWorker -w 1 -b 0.0.0.0:5001 --max-requests 30000 --max-requests-jitter 30000