diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 5b6c917..aeed274 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -106,7 +106,16 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     </details>
     <details class="panel" data-panel-key="widgets" open>
       <summary><h2>Live Widgets</h2></summary>
-      <div id="widgets" class="stack"></div>
+      <div id="widgets" class="stack">
+        <div class="widget">
+          <h3>Live clock</h3>
+          <div class="small" id="widget-clock">—</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="widget">
+          <h3>Repo mix</h3>
+          <div class="small" id="repo-mix">Loading…</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
     </details>
   </section>
 
@@ -358,33 +367,20 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   tickWidgets();
 
   /* Widgets */
-  const widgetOrder = ['countdown','repoAtAGlance'];
-  const widgetRegistry = {
-    countdown: () => ({ title: 'Live clock', html: '<div class="small" id="widget-clock">—</div>' }),
-    repoAtAGlance: async () => {
-      const el = qs('#repo-mix');
-      if (!el) return { title:'Repo mix', html:'<div class="small">Unavailable</div>' };
-      try {
-        const res = await fetch('/api/v1/context', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
-        const data = await res.json();
-        const repos = data.repos || [];
-        const issues = (data.issues||[]).filter(i=>i.state==='open');
-        const prs = data.pull_requests || [];
-        el.innerHTML = '<div class="kv"><div class="label">Repos</div><div class="value">' + repos.length + '</div><div class="label">Open issues</div><div class="value">' + issues.length + '</div><div class="label">Open PRs</div><div class="value">' + prs.length + '</div></div>';
-      } catch (e) { el.innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Widget unavailable.</div>'; }
-      return { title:'Repo mix', html:'<div class="small" id="repo-mix">Loading…</div>' };
-    },
-  };
-  const widgetsEl = qs('#widgets');
-  function paintWidgets() {
-    widgetsEl.innerHTML = '';
-    widgetOrder.forEach(async k => {
-      const w = await widgetRegistry[k]();
-      const node = document.createElement('div'); node.className='widget'; node.innerHTML = '<h3>' + escapeHtml(w.title) + '</h3>' + w.html;
-      widgetsEl.appendChild(node);
-    });
+  async function updateRepoMix() {
+    const el = qs('#repo-mix');
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/v1/context', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
+      const data = await res.json();
+      const repos = data.repos || [];
+      const issues = (data.issues||[]).filter(i=>i.state==='open');
+      const prs = data.pull_requests || [];
+      el.innerHTML = '<div class="kv"><div class="label">Repos</div><div class="value">' + repos.length + '</div><div class="label">Open issues</div><div class="value">' + issues.length + '</div><div class="label">Open PRs</div><div class="value">' + prs.length + '</div></div>';
+    } catch (e) {
+      el.innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Widget unavailable.</div>';
+    }
   }
-  paintWidgets();
+  updateRepoMix();
 
   function widgetTick() { const el=qs('#widget-clock'); if(el) el.textContent = fmt(new Date()); }
   setInterval(widgetTick, 1000);
diff --git a/tests/test_widgets.py b/tests/test_widgets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adeca85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+
+from src.views import dashboard
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_dashboard_renders_repo_mix_placeholder_before_javascript_runs():
+    html = await dashboard()
+    server_rendered_html = html.split("<script>", 1)[0]
+
+    assert '<div class="small" id="repo-mix">Loading…</div>' in server_rendered_html