diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0691f4ab..ad9c56e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+## [2.6.2] - 2026-09-16
+
+### Fixed
+- **The Font Awesome SVG-with-JS build is no longer loaded.**
+  `nodejs/views/top.ejs` pulled both the webfont stylesheet *and*
+  `js/all.min.js`. The JS build runs a MutationObserver over the whole document,
+  rewriting every `<i>` into an `<svg>` and keeping the original source. On a
+  page that re-renders a list often it cannot keep up: measured in Chrome, 150
+  rows x 6 rebuilds froze the renderer at 776MB having converted **zero** icons,
+  while the same run without it was untroubled. The stylesheet alone renders the
+  same `fa-solid fa-*` classes with no scripting, and nothing in this app uses
+  an SVG-only feature (`fa-layers`, power transforms, masks).
+
+  Found in theta-directory; the proxy loads the same shell, so it carried the
+  same cost.
+
 ## [2.6.1] - 2026-09-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/nodejs/package.json b/nodejs/package.json
index 15436584..17d99216 100644
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "theta-proxy",
-  "version": "2.6.1",
+  "version": "2.6.2",
   "author": [
     {
       "name": "William Mantly",
diff --git a/nodejs/views/top.ejs b/nodejs/views/top.ejs
index d9480ed8..51480a12 100755
--- a/nodejs/views/top.ejs
+++ b/nodejs/views/top.ejs
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 		<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="<%- ui.faviconUrl %>">
 		<!-- CSS are placed here -->
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static-modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
+		<!-- Font Awesome, webfont build ONLY. The SVG-with-JS build (js/all.min.js)
+	     was loaded alongside this and has been removed: it runs a MutationObserver
+	     over the whole document and rewrites every <i> into an <svg>, keeping the
+	     original source. On a page that re-renders a list often it cannot keep up --
+	     measured in Chrome, 150 rows x 6 rebuilds froze the renderer at 776MB with
+	     ZERO icons converted, while the same run without it was untroubled. This
+	     stylesheet renders the same `fa-solid fa-*` classes with no scripting, and
+	     nothing here uses an SVG-only feature (fa-layers, power transforms, masks). -->
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static-modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.min.css">
 
 		<link rel='stylesheet' href='/static/css/styles.css' />
@@ -18,7 +26,6 @@
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src='/static-modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js'></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="/static-modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="/static-modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/js/all.min.js"></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src='/static-modules/mustache/mustache.min.js'></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src='/static-modules/jq-repeat/dist/js/jq-repeat.js'></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="/static-modules/moment/moment.js"></script>