diff --git a/src/components/PageViews.tsx b/src/components/PageViews.tsx
index 870a0cb..8310217 100644
--- a/src/components/PageViews.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PageViews.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+'use client'
+
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 interface PageViewsProps {
@@ -6,74 +8,33 @@ interface PageViewsProps {
 
 export default function PageViews({ slug }: PageViewsProps) {
   const [views, setViews] = useState<number | null>(null);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const fetchData = async () => {
+    console.log('PageViews component mounted with slug:', slug);
+    async function updatePageView() {
       try {
-        // Get initial views
-        const getResponse = await fetch(`/api/pageview/${slug}`);
-        if (!getResponse.ok) {
-          const errorData = await getResponse.json();
-          console.error('Error getting views:', errorData);
-          setError('Failed to get views');
-          return;
-        }
-        const getData = await getResponse.json();
-        setViews(getData.views);
-
-        // Increment views
+        // First increment the view count
         const postResponse = await fetch(`/api/pageview/${slug}`, {
           method: 'POST',
         });
-        if (!postResponse.ok) {
-          const errorData = await postResponse.json();
-          console.error('Error incrementing views:', errorData);
-          return;
-        }
-        const postData = await postResponse.json();
-        setViews(postData.views);
+        if (!postResponse.ok) throw new Error('Failed to increment view count');
+        
+        // Then get the updated count
+        const { views } = await postResponse.json();
+        console.log('Updated views:', views);
+        setViews(views);
       } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Error with page views:', error);
-        setError('Failed to load views');
+        console.error('Error updating page views:', error);
+        setViews(null);
       }
-    };
+    }
 
-    fetchData();
+    updatePageView();
   }, [slug]);
 
-  if (error) {
-    console.error('Page views error:', error);
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  if (views === null) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-center gap-1 text-sm text-gray-500">
-      <svg
-        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-        className="h-4 w-4"
-        fill="none"
-        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-        stroke="currentColor"
-      >
-        <path
-          strokeLinecap="round"
-          strokeLinejoin="round"
-          strokeWidth={2}
-          d="M15 12a3 3 0 11-6 0 3 3 0 016 0z"
-        />
-        <path
-          strokeLinecap="round"
-          strokeLinejoin="round"
-          strokeWidth={2}
-          d="M2.458 12C3.732 7.943 7.523 5 12 5c4.478 0 8.268 2.943 9.542 7-1.274 4.057-5.064 7-9.542 7-4.477 0-8.268-2.943-9.542-7z"
-        />
-      </svg>
-      <span>{views} views</span>
-    </div>
+    <span className="text-sm text-gray-500">
+      Views: {views === null ? '-' : views}
+    </span>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/layout/Footer.astro b/src/components/layout/Footer.astro
index 0e352e2..66d27ff 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/Footer.astro
+++ b/src/components/layout/Footer.astro
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ console.log('Slug:', slug)
 					{
 						!isBlogPost && (
 							<div class='text-center'>
-								<PageViews slug={slug} />
+								<PageViews client:load slug={slug} />
 							</div>
 						)
 					}