diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index c0f27a3..bc1ee11 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -277,7 +277,14 @@ function render() {
 
   setHtml($("#side"), S.me ? sidebar() : `<div class="brand"><img src="/static/icon.svg" alt="">Guildhall <small>alpha</small></div>${S.dev ? devbar() : ""}`);
   setHtml($("#top"), topbar());
+  // The fires keep burning through a re-render: put the old canvases back in place of the new ones.
+  const burning = [...document.querySelectorAll("canvas[data-flame]")];
   setHtml($("#main"), S.me ? pageHtml() : register());
+  for (const old of burning) {
+    const fresh = document.querySelector(`canvas[data-flame="${old.dataset.flame}"]`);
+    if (fresh && fresh !== old) fresh.replaceWith(old);
+  }
+  fireTextAt = 0;  // and fill in their bars and times straight away
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(kept)) {
     const el = document.querySelector(`[data-keep="${key}"]`);