diff --git a/ui/src/routes/api/auth/me/+server.ts b/ui/src/routes/api/auth/me/+server.ts
index 0535d7a..0f2f2e9 100644
--- a/ui/src/routes/api/auth/me/+server.ts
+++ b/ui/src/routes/api/auth/me/+server.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ locals }) => {
 	return json({
 		id: locals.user.id,
 		username: locals.user.username,
-		role: locals.user.role,
-		created: locals.user.created ?? ''
+		role: locals.user.role
 	});
 };
diff --git a/ui/src/routes/books/[slug]/chapters/[n]/+page.svelte b/ui/src/routes/books/[slug]/chapters/[n]/+page.svelte
index b36215c..e305ba8 100644
--- a/ui/src/routes/books/[slug]/chapters/[n]/+page.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/routes/books/[slug]/chapters/[n]/+page.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 	let { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
 
+	let html = $state(data.html);
+	let fetchingContent = $state(!data.isPreview && !data.html);
+	let fetchError = $state('');
+
 	// ── Word count ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	function countWords(htmlStr: string | null): number {
 		if (!htmlStr) return 0;
@@ -15,10 +19,6 @@
 
 	const wordCount = $derived(countWords(html));
 
-	let html = $state(data.html);
-	let fetchingContent = $state(!data.isPreview && !data.html);
-	let fetchError = $state('');
-
 	onMount(async () => {
 		// Record reading progress (skip for preview chapters)
 		if (!data.isPreview) {