diff --git a/web/handler/common.go b/web/handler/common.go
index 42e7803..966eeb4 100644
--- a/web/handler/common.go
+++ b/web/handler/common.go
@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ var TplCommonMap = map[string]string{
 </div>
 <div class="number">
 What's your current word count? 
-<input type="number" name="number"        value="{{ .Number }}" min="1" max="1000000000" required>
-<br><div class="field">
-    <textarea class="edit-status" name="content" maxlength="140" placeholder="What project are you working on?" required autofocus>{{ .Content }}</textarea>
+<input type="number"
+       name="number"
+       min="1"
+       max="1000000000"
+       value="{{ .Number }}"
+       required><br>What do you want to say about your project? (Optional)<br><div class="field"> <textarea class="edit-status" name="content" maxlength="140"
+          placeholder="What project are you working on?" autofocus>{{ .Content }}</textarea>
+
 </div>
 <input type="submit" value="Submit">
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/web/handler/widget_show.go b/web/handler/widget_show.go
index 807333b..bbe803a 100644
--- a/web/handler/widget_show.go
+++ b/web/handler/widget_show.go
@@ -15,16 +15,15 @@ document.writeln('<div id="sillywordz"><div id="sillywordz-username"></div><div
 fetch("https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/` + escName + `/status.json")
   .then( r => r.json() )
   .then( r => {
-    if (!r.number || !r.content.length || r.number <1) {
-      document.getElementById("sillywordz-content").innerHTML = "No updates yet."
-      return
-    }
- let safeAuthor = DOMPurify.sanitize(r.author);
+    if (!r.number || r.number < 1) {
+      document.getElementById("sillywordz-number").innerHTML = "No updates yet.";
+      return;
+}
     let safeContent = DOMPurify.sanitize(r.content);
-    document.getElementById("sillywordz-username").innerHTML= '<a href="https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/` + escName + `status.json" target="_blank">' + safeAuthor  + '</a> ' + r.face + ' ' + r.timeAgo
-    document.getElementById("sillywordz-number").innerHTML = "I wrote " + r.number + " words on my project!"
-     if (r.number >= 1) {
-      document.getElementById("sillywordz-content").innerHTML = "And I had this to say about it:" + safeContent
+    document.getElementById("sillywordz-username").innerHTML= '<a href="https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/' + escName +  '"target="_blank">' + r.Author  + '</a> ' + r.face + ' ' + r.timeAgo
+    document.getElementById("sillywordz-number").innerHTML = "I wrote " + r.number + " words on my project! "
+    if (r.content && r.content.trim().length > 0) {
+    document.getElementById("sillywordz-content").innerHTML = "And I had this to say about it: " + safeContent
   }    })
 `))
 }