diff --git a/app/src/lib/components/Visualization.svelte b/app/src/lib/components/Visualization.svelte
index a390c74..a1e838c 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/components/Visualization.svelte
+++ b/app/src/lib/components/Visualization.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
 	import { BufferGeometry, Line, LineBasicMaterial, Mesh, MeshBasicMaterial, Object3D, SphereGeometry, Vector3, type NormalBufferAttributes, type Object3DEventMap } from 'three';
-	import uzip from 'uzip';
 	import { ModesEnum, kinematicData, mode, model, outControllerData, servoAnglesOut, servoAngles, mpu, jointNames } from '$lib/stores';
-	import { footColor, isEmbeddedApp, throttler, toeWorldPositions } from '$lib/utilities';
-	import { fileService } from '$lib/services';
+	import { footColor, isEmbeddedApp, populateModelCache, throttler, toeWorldPositions } from '$lib/utilities';
 	import SceneBuilder from '$lib/sceneBuilder';
 	import { lerp, degToRad } from 'three/src/math/MathUtils';
     import { GUI } from 'three/addons/libs/lil-gui.module.min.js';
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
     }
 
 	onMount(async () => {
-        await cacheModelFiles()
+        await populateModelCache();
         await createScene();
         if (!isEmbeddedApp && panel) createPanel();
         servoAngles.subscribe(updateAnglesFromStore)
@@ -130,17 +128,6 @@
         ])
     }
 
-	const cacheModelFiles = async () => {
-		let data = await fetch('/stl.zip').then((data) => data.arrayBuffer());
-
-		var files = uzip.parse(data);
-
-		for (const [path, data] of Object.entries(files) as [path: string, data: Uint8Array][]) {
-			const url = new URL(path, window.location.href);
-			fileService.saveFile(url.toString(), data);
-		}
-	};
-
 	const updateAngles = (name: string, angle: number) => {
 		modelTargetAngles[$jointNames.indexOf(name)] = angle * (180 / Math.PI);
         Throttler.throttle(() => servoAnglesOut.set(modelTargetAngles.map(num => Math.round(num))), 100)
diff --git a/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts b/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
index c9e967d..22f1964 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ export * from './logging-store';
 export * from './model-store';
 export * from './socket';
 export * from './fullscreen';
+export * from './telemetry';
+export * from './analytics';
+export * from './user';
diff --git a/app/src/lib/utilities/model-utilities.ts b/app/src/lib/utilities/model-utilities.ts
index 680513b..e37dd61 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/utilities/model-utilities.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/utilities/model-utilities.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,35 @@ import { Color, LoaderUtils, Vector3 } from 'three';
 import URDFLoader, { type URDFRobot } from 'urdf-loader';
 import { XacroLoader } from 'xacro-parser';
 import { Result } from '$lib/utilities';
+import { jointNames, model } from '$lib/stores';
+import uzip from 'uzip';
+import { fileService } from '$lib/services';
 
 let model_xml: XMLDocument;
 
+export const populateModelCache = async () => {
+	await cacheModelFiles();
+	const modelRes = await loadModelAsync('/spot_micro.urdf.xacro');
+	if (modelRes.isOk()) {
+		const [urdf, JOINT_NAME] = modelRes.inner;
+		jointNames.set(JOINT_NAME);
+		model.set(urdf);
+	} else {
+		console.error(modelRes.inner, { exception: modelRes.exception });
+	}
+};
+
+export const cacheModelFiles = async () => {
+	let data = await fetch('/stl.zip');
+
+	var files = uzip.parse(await data.arrayBuffer());
+
+	for (const [path, data] of Object.entries(files) as [path: string, data: Uint8Array][]) {
+		const url = new URL(path, window.location.href);
+		fileService.saveFile(url.toString(), data);
+	}
+};
+
 export const loadModelAsync = async (
 	url: string
 ): Promise<Result<[URDFRobot, string[]], string>> => {
diff --git a/app/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/app/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 4ae1ec6..358803e 100644
--- a/app/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/app/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
-	import { user } from '$lib/stores/user';
-	import { telemetry } from '$lib/stores/telemetry';
-	import { analytics } from '$lib/stores/analytics';
-	import type { userProfile } from '$lib/stores/user';
 	import { page } from '$app/stores';
 	import { Modals, closeModal } from 'svelte-modals';
 	import Toast from '$lib/components/toasts/Toast.svelte';
@@ -13,7 +9,19 @@
 	import Menu from './menu.svelte';
 	import Statusbar from './statusbar.svelte';
 	import Login from './login.svelte';
-	import { ModesEnum, kinematicData, mode, outControllerData, servoAngles, servoAnglesOut, socket } from '$lib/stores';
+	import {
+		telemetry,
+		analytics,
+		user,
+		type userProfile,
+		ModesEnum,
+		kinematicData,
+		mode,
+		outControllerData,
+		servoAngles,
+		servoAnglesOut,
+		socket
+	} from '$lib/stores';
 	import type { Analytics, Battery, DownloadOTA } from '$lib/types/models';
 	import { api } from '$lib/api';
 
@@ -21,35 +29,37 @@
 		if ($user.bearer_token !== '') {
 			await validateUser($user);
 		}
-        const ws_token = $page.data.features.security ? '?access_token=' + $user.bearer_token : '';
+		const ws_token = $page.data.features.security ? '?access_token=' + $user.bearer_token : '';
 		socket.init(`ws://${window.location.host}/ws/events${ws_token}`);
 
 		addEventListeners();
 
-        outControllerData.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent("input", {data}));
-        mode.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent("mode", {data}));
-        servoAnglesOut.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent("angles", {data}));
-        kinematicData.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent("position", {data}));
+		outControllerData.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent('input', { data }));
+		mode.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent('mode', { data }));
+		servoAnglesOut.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent('angles', { data }));
+		kinematicData.subscribe((data) => socket.sendEvent('position', { data }));
 	});
 
-    onDestroy(() => {
-        removeEventListeners();
-    });
+	onDestroy(() => {
+		removeEventListeners();
+	});
 
-    const addEventListeners = () => {
+	const addEventListeners = () => {
 		socket.on('open', handleOpen);
 		socket.on('close', handleClose);
 		socket.on('error', handleError);
 		socket.on('rssi', handleNetworkStatus);
-		socket.on('mode', (data:ModesEnum) => mode.set(data));
-		socket.on('angles', (angles:number[]) => { if (angles.length) servoAngles.set(angles)});
+		socket.on('mode', (data: ModesEnum) => mode.set(data));
+		socket.on('angles', (angles: number[]) => {
+			if (angles.length) servoAngles.set(angles);
+		});
 		if ($page.data.features.analytics) socket.on('analytics', handleAnalytics);
 		if ($page.data.features.battery) socket.on('battery', handleBattery);
 		if ($page.data.features.download_firmware) socket.on('otastatus', handleOAT);
-        if ($page.data.features.sonar) socket.on('sonar', data => console.log(data))
+		if ($page.data.features.sonar) socket.on('sonar', (data) => console.log(data));
 	};
 
-    const removeEventListeners = () => {
+	const removeEventListeners = () => {
 		socket.off('analytics', handleAnalytics);
 		socket.off('open', handleOpen);
 		socket.off('close', handleClose);
@@ -58,12 +68,12 @@
 		socket.off('otastatus', handleOAT);
 	};
 
-    async function validateUser(userdata: userProfile) {
-        const result = await api.get('/api/verifyAuthorization')
-        if (result.isErr()){
-            user.invalidate();
-            console.error('Error:', result.inner);
-        }
+	async function validateUser(userdata: userProfile) {
+		const result = await api.get('/api/verifyAuthorization');
+		if (result.isErr()) {
+			user.invalidate();
+			console.error('Error:', result.inner);
+		}
 	}
 
 	const handleOpen = () => {
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@
 	};
 
 	const handleClose = () => {
-		notifications.error('Connection to device lost', 5000);
+		// notifications.error('Connection to device lost', 5000);
 		telemetry.setRSSI(0);
 	};
 
@@ -86,7 +96,6 @@
 	const handleOAT = (data: DownloadOTA) => telemetry.setDownloadOTA(data);
 
 	let menuOpen = false;
-
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
@@ -103,14 +112,12 @@
 			<Statusbar />
 
 			<!-- Main page content here -->
-            <slot />
+			<slot />
 		</div>
 		<!-- Side Navigation -->
 		<div class="drawer-side z-30 shadow-lg">
 			<label for="main-menu" class="drawer-overlay" />
-			<Menu
-				on:menuClicked={() => menuOpen = false}
-			/>
+			<Menu on:menuClicked={() => (menuOpen = false)} />
 		</div>
 	</div>
 {/if}
diff --git a/app/src/routes/+layout.ts b/app/src/routes/+layout.ts
index c3d9286..4734f10 100644
--- a/app/src/routes/+layout.ts
+++ b/app/src/routes/+layout.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import { jointNames, model } from '$lib/stores';
-import { loadModelAsync } from '$lib/utilities/model-utilities';
-
-export const prerender = true;
+export const prerender = false;
 export const ssr = false;
 
 const registerFetchIntercept = async () => {
@@ -14,20 +11,8 @@ const registerFetchIntercept = async () => {
 	};
 };
 
-const loadModelFiles = async () => {
-	const modelRes = await loadModelAsync('/spot_micro.urdf.xacro');
-	if (modelRes.isOk()) {
-		const [urdf, JOINT_NAME] = modelRes.inner;
-		jointNames.set(JOINT_NAME);
-		model.set(urdf);
-	} else {
-		console.error(modelRes.inner, { exception: modelRes.exception });
-	}
-};
-
-export const load = async ({ fetch }) => {
+export const load = async () => {
 	await registerFetchIntercept();
-	await loadModelFiles();
 	const result = await fetch('/api/features');
 	const features = await result.json();
 	return {