diff --git a/src/webpage/i18n.ts b/src/webpage/i18n.ts
index 160649b..1b706c6 100644
--- a/src/webpage/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/i18n.ts
@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ class I18n {
 	static options() {
 		return [...langmap.keys()].map((e) => e.replace(".json", ""));
 	}
-	static setLanguage(lang: string) {
+	static async setLanguage(lang: string) {
 		if (this.options().indexOf(lang) !== -1) {
-			getPreferences().then(async (prefs) => {
-				prefs.locale = lang;
-				await I18n.create(lang);
-				await setPreferences(prefs);
-			});
+			const prefs = getPreferences();
+			prefs.locale = lang;
+			await I18n.create(lang);
+			await setPreferences(prefs);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ let userLocale = navigator.language.slice(0, 2) || "en";
 if (I18n.options().indexOf(userLocale) === -1) {
 	userLocale = "en";
 }
-const prefs = await getPreferences();
+const prefs = getPreferences();
 const storage = prefs.locale;
 if (storage) {
 	userLocale = storage;
diff --git a/src/webpage/localuser.ts b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
index f0b6a28..4384e75 100644
--- a/src/webpage/localuser.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Localuser {
 	}
 	async queryBlog() {
 		this.perminfo.localuser ??= {};
-		const prefs = await getPreferences();
+		const prefs = getPreferences();
 		const bstate = prefs.showBlogUpdates;
 		if (bstate === undefined) {
 			const pop = new Dialog("");
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class Localuser {
 		}
 
 		this.pingEndpoint();
-		const prefs = await getPreferences();
+		const prefs = getPreferences();
 		const ml = document.getElementById("memberlisttoggle")!;
 		if (prefs.checkMemberList) {
 			ml.classList = "";
@@ -2483,7 +2483,6 @@ class Localuser {
 	async getPosts() {
 		const text = await (await fetch("https://blog.fermi.chat/feed_rss_created.xml")).text();
 		const xml = new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, "text/xml");
-		console.log(xml, text);
 		const posts = Array.from(xml.getElementsByTagName("channel")[0].getElementsByTagName("item"));
 		return {
 			items: posts.map((post) => {
@@ -2531,7 +2530,7 @@ class Localuser {
 		this.figureDefaultProvidor();
 	}
 	async figureDefaultProvidor() {
-		const prefs = await getPreferences();
+		const prefs = getPreferences();
 		this.selectedGifProfidor =
 			this.gifProvideors.find((_) => _.api_name == prefs.gifProvidor) || this.gifProvideors[0];
 	}
@@ -2583,7 +2582,7 @@ class Localuser {
 		});
 	}
 	async showusersettings() {
-		const prefs = await getPreferences();
+		const prefs = getPreferences();
 		const localSettings = getLocalSettings();
 		const settings = new Settings(I18n.localuser.settings());
 		{
@@ -3014,7 +3013,7 @@ class Localuser {
 		}
 
 		{
-			const prefs = await getPreferences();
+			const prefs = getPreferences();
 			const tas = settings.addButton(I18n.localuser.themesAndSounds(), {contained: true});
 			{
 				const themes = ["Dark", "WHITE", "Light", "Dark-Accent"];
@@ -3145,6 +3144,18 @@ class Localuser {
 					{defaultIndex: ind === -1 ? 0 : ind},
 				);
 			}
+			{
+				tas.addCheckboxInput(
+					"Show today at:",
+					(b) => {
+						prefs.showToday = b;
+						setPreferences(prefs);
+					},
+					{
+						initState: prefs.showToday,
+					},
+				);
+			}
 		}
 		{
 			const blog = settings.addButton(I18n.blog.blog(), {contained: true});
@@ -5236,7 +5247,7 @@ class Localuser {
 	readonly presences: Map<string, presencejson> = new Map();
 	static font?: FontFace;
 	static async loadFont() {
-		const prefs = await getPreferences();
+		const prefs = getPreferences();
 		const fontName = prefs.emojiFont;
 
 		if (this.font) {
diff --git a/src/webpage/message.ts b/src/webpage/message.ts
index ba4c753..ec4974e 100644
--- a/src/webpage/message.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/message.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {Components} from "./interactions/compontents.js";
 import {ImagesDisplay} from "./disimg";
 import {ReportMenu} from "./reporting/report.js";
 import {getDeveloperSettings} from "./utils/storage/devSettings.js";
+import {getPreferences} from "./utils/storage/userPreferences.js";
 class Message extends SnowFlake {
 	static contextmenu = new Contextmenu<Message, void>("message menu");
 	stickers!: Sticker[];
@@ -1773,13 +1774,14 @@ let now: string;
 let yesterdayStr: string;
 
 function formatTime(date: Date) {
+	const conf = getPreferences();
 	updateTimes();
 	const datestring = date.toLocaleDateString();
 	const formatTime = (date: Date) =>
 		date.toLocaleTimeString([], {hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit"});
 
 	if (datestring === now) {
-		return I18n.todayAt(formatTime(date));
+		return conf.showToday ? I18n.todayAt(formatTime(date)) : formatTime(date);
 	} else if (datestring === yesterdayStr) {
 		return I18n.yesterdayAt(formatTime(date));
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/webpage/utils/storage/userPreferences.ts b/src/webpage/utils/storage/userPreferences.ts
index dcf5182..6373e56 100644
--- a/src/webpage/utils/storage/userPreferences.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/utils/storage/userPreferences.ts
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ export class UserPreferences {
 	emojiFont?: string;
 	checkMemberList = false;
 	gifProvidor?: string;
+	showToday = true;
 
 	constructor(init?: Partial<UserPreferences>) {
 		Object.assign(this, init);
 	}
 }
 
-export async function getPreferences(): Promise<UserPreferences> {
+export function getPreferences(): UserPreferences {
 	return new UserPreferences(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("userPreferences") || "{}"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/webpage/utils/utils.ts b/src/webpage/utils/utils.ts
index ffb35ca..837b4e7 100644
--- a/src/webpage/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/utils/utils.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let instances:
 	| null = null;
 await setTheme();
 export async function setTheme(theme?: string) {
-	const prefs = await getPreferences();
+	const prefs = getPreferences();
 	document.body.className = (theme || prefs.theme) + "-theme";
 	console.log(theme);
 }
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ export function setDefaults() {
 		userinfos.accent_color = "#3096f7";
 	}
 
-	getPreferences().then((perfs) =>
-		document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--accent-color", perfs.accentColor),
-	);
+	const perfs = getPreferences();
+	document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--accent-color", perfs.accentColor);
+
 	if (userinfos.preferences === undefined) {
 		userinfos.preferences = {
 			theme: "Dark",
@@ -749,14 +749,12 @@ export function createImg(
 	elm: HTMLElement | void,
 	type: "gif" | "icon" = "gif",
 ): safeImg {
-	const aniOpt = getPreferences().then((prefs) => {
-		return (
-			(type === "gif" ? prefs.animateGifs : prefs.animateIcons) ||
-			("hover" as "hover") ||
-			"always" ||
-			"never"
-		);
-	});
+	const prefs = getPreferences();
+	const aniOpt =
+		(type === "gif" ? prefs.animateGifs : prefs.animateIcons) ||
+		("hover" as "hover") ||
+		"always" ||
+		"never";
 	const img = document.createElement("img");
 	img.loading = "lazy";
 	img.decoding = "async";
@@ -769,11 +767,11 @@ export function createImg(
 			if (animated) {
 				img.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
 			}
-			img.src = (await aniOpt) !== "always" ? staticsrc || src || "" : src || "";
+			img.src = aniOpt !== "always" ? staticsrc || src || "" : src || "";
 		});
 	}
 	img.onload = async () => {
-		if ((await aniOpt) === "always") return;
+		if (aniOpt === "always") return;
 		if (!src) return;
 		if ((await isAnimated(src)) && !staticsrc) {
 			let s = staticImgMap.get(src);
@@ -797,13 +795,13 @@ export function createImg(
 		}
 	};
 	elm.addEventListener("mouseover", async () => {
-		if ((await aniOpt) === "never") return;
+		if (aniOpt === "never") return;
 		if (img.src !== src && src) {
 			img.src = src;
 		}
 	});
 	elm.addEventListener("mouseleave", async () => {
-		if (staticsrc && (await aniOpt) !== "always") {
+		if (staticsrc && aniOpt !== "always") {
 			img.src = staticsrc;
 		}
 	});
@@ -817,7 +815,7 @@ export function createImg(
 					if (animated) {
 						img.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
 					}
-					img.src = (await aniOpt) !== "always" ? staticsrc || src || "" : src || "";
+					img.src = aniOpt !== "always" ? staticsrc || src || "" : src || "";
 				});
 			}
 		},