diff --git a/app/background-process/ui/subwindows/shell-menus.js b/app/background-process/ui/subwindows/shell-menus.js
index 2ffe9b5f35..27b4d35f7a 100644
--- a/app/background-process/ui/subwindows/shell-menus.js
+++ b/app/background-process/ui/subwindows/shell-menus.js
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ export function reposition (parentWindow) {
       win.setBounds({
         x: parentBounds.x + win.boundsOpt.right - 320,
         y: parentBounds.y + win.boundsOpt.top,
-        width: 320,
-        height: 88
+        width: 350,
+        height: 90
       })
     } else if (win.menuId === 'local-path') {
       win.setBounds({
diff --git a/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js b/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
index 43e9ee3637..51b5577719 100644
--- a/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
+++ b/app/background-process/ui/view-manager.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { app, dialog, BrowserView, BrowserWindow, Menu, clipboard } from 'electron'
+import { app, dialog, BrowserView, BrowserWindow, Menu, clipboard, ipcMain } from 'electron'
 import * as beakerCore from '@beaker/core'
 import errorPage from '@beaker/core/lib/error-page'
 import path from 'path'
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ var activeViews = {} // map of {[win.id]: Array<View>}
 var closedURLs = {} // map of {[win.id]: Array<string>}
 var windowEvents = {} // mapof {[win.id]: Events}
 var noRedirectHostnames = new Set() // set of hostnames which have dat-redirection disabled
+var nextViewIsScriptCloseable = false // will the next view created be "script closable"?
 
 // classes
 // =
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class View {
     this.isInpageFindActive = false // is the inpage-finder UI active?
     this.currentInpageFindString = undefined // what's the current inpage-finder query string?
     this.currentInpageFindResults = undefined // what's the current inpage-finder query results?
+    this.isScriptClosable = takeIsScriptClosable() // can this view be closed by `window.close` ?
 
     // helper state
     this.peers = 0 // how many peers does the site have?
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ class View {
     this.webContents.on('did-stop-loading', this.onDidStopLoading.bind(this))
     this.webContents.on('did-fail-load', this.onDidFailLoad.bind(this))
     this.webContents.on('update-target-url', this.onUpdateTargetUrl.bind(this))
+    this.webContents.on('page-title-updated', this.onPageTitleUpdated.bind(this)) // NOTE page-title-updated isn't documented on webContents but it is supported
     this.webContents.on('page-favicon-updated', this.onPageFaviconUpdated.bind(this))
     this.webContents.on('new-window', this.onNewWindow.bind(this))
     this.webContents.on('media-started-playing', this.onMediaChange.bind(this))
@@ -219,6 +222,13 @@ class View {
     this.browserView.webContents.loadURL(url)
   }
 
+  resize () {
+    const win = this.browserWindow
+    var {width, height} = win.getContentBounds()
+    this.browserView.setBounds({x: 0, y: Y_POSITION, width, height: height - Y_POSITION})
+    this.browserView.setAutoResize({width: true, height: true})
+  }
+
   activate () {
     this.isActive = true
 
@@ -227,10 +237,7 @@ class View {
     permPrompt.show(this.browserView)
     modals.show(this.browserView)
 
-    var {width, height} = win.getBounds()
-    this.browserView.setBounds({x: 0, y: Y_POSITION, width, height: height - Y_POSITION})
-    this.browserView.setAutoResize({width: true, height: true})
-
+    this.resize()
     this.webContents.focus()
   }
 
@@ -414,7 +421,9 @@ class View {
         .markdown code { padding: 3px 5px; }
         .markdown pre > code { display: block; }
       `)
-      this.webContents.executeJavaScript(await fs.readFile(path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'markdown-renderer.build.js'), 'utf8'))
+      let mdpath = path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'markdown-renderer.build.js')
+      mdpath = mdpath.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked') // fetch from unpacked dir
+      this.webContents.executeJavaScript(await fs.readFile(mdpath, 'utf8'))
     }
 
     // json rendering
@@ -446,7 +455,9 @@ class View {
           background: #ddd;
         }
       `)
-      this.webContents.executeJavaScript(await fs.readFile(path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'json-renderer.build.js'), 'utf8'))
+      let jsonpath = path.join(app.getAppPath(), 'json-renderer.build.js')
+      jsonpath = jsonpath.replace('app.asar', 'app.asar.unpacked') // fetch from unpacked dir
+      this.webContents.executeJavaScript(await fs.readFile(jsonpath, 'utf8'))
     }
   }
 
@@ -501,6 +512,7 @@ class View {
     // update state
     this.isLoading = true
     this.loadingURL = null
+    this.favicons = null
     this.isReceivingAssets = false
     this.wasDatTimeout = false
 
@@ -592,6 +604,10 @@ class View {
     statusBar.set(this.browserWindow, url)
   }
 
+  onPageTitleUpdated (e, title) {
+    this.emitUpdateState()
+  }
+
   onPageFaviconUpdated (e, favicons) {
     this.favicons = favicons && favicons[0] ? favicons : null
     this.emitUpdateState()
@@ -625,6 +641,24 @@ class View {
 // =
 
 export function setup () {
+  // listen for webContents messages
+  ipcMain.on('BEAKER_MARK_NEXT_VIEW_SCRIPTCLOSEABLE', e => {
+    nextViewIsScriptCloseable = true
+    e.returnValue = true
+  })
+  ipcMain.on('BEAKER_SCRIPTCLOSE_SELF', e => {
+    var browserView = BrowserView.fromWebContents(e.sender)
+    if (browserView) {
+      var view = findView(browserView)
+      if (view && view.isScriptClosable) {
+        remove(view.browserWindow, view)
+        e.returnValue = true
+        return
+      }
+    }
+    e.returnValue = false
+  })
+
   // track peer-counts
   beakerCore.dat.library.createEventStream().on('data', ([evt, {details}]) => {
     if (evt !== 'network-changed') return
@@ -670,10 +704,20 @@ export function getActive (win) {
   return getAll(win).find(view => view.isActive)
 }
 
-export function findContainingWindow (view) {
+export function findView (browserView) {
+  for (let winId in activeViews) {
+    for (let v of activeViews[winId]) {
+      if (v.browserView === browserView) {
+        return v
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function findContainingWindow (browserView) {
   for (let winId in activeViews) {
     for (let v of activeViews[winId]) {
-      if (v.browserView === view) {
+      if (v.browserView === browserView) {
         return v.browserWindow
       }
     }
@@ -798,6 +842,11 @@ export function setActive (win, view) {
   emitReplaceState(win)
 }
 
+export function resize (win) {
+  var active = getActive(win)
+  if (active) active.resize()
+}
+
 export function initializeFromSnapshot (win, snapshot) {
   win = getTopWindow(win)
   for (let url of snapshot) {
@@ -840,9 +889,7 @@ export async function loadPins (win) {
   win = getTopWindow(win)
   var json = await settingsDb.get('pinned_tabs')
   try { JSON.parse(json).forEach(url => create(win, url, {isPinned: true})) }
-  catch (e) {
-    console.log('Failed to load pins', e)
-  }
+  catch (e) {}
 }
 
 export function reopenLastRemoved (win) {
@@ -1174,7 +1221,7 @@ function addToNoRedirects (url) {
 
 async function fireBeforeUnloadEvent (wc) {
   try {
-    if (wc.isWaitingForResponse()) {
+    if (wc.isLoading() || wc.isWaitingForResponse()) {
       return // dont bother
     }
     return await wc.executeJavaScript(`
@@ -1187,4 +1234,12 @@ async function fireBeforeUnloadEvent (wc) {
     } catch (e) {
       // ignore
     }
+}
+
+// `nextViewIsScriptCloseable` is set by a message received prior to window.open() being called
+// we capture the state of the flag on the next created view, then reset it
+function takeIsScriptClosable () {
+  var b = nextViewIsScriptCloseable
+  nextViewIsScriptCloseable = false
+  return b
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/background-process/ui/windows.js b/app/background-process/ui/windows.js
index 30ce8849f6..e28380059b 100644
--- a/app/background-process/ui/windows.js
+++ b/app/background-process/ui/windows.js
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ export function createShellWindow (windowState) {
   registerGlobalKeybinding(win, 'CmdOrCtrl+[', onGoBack(win))
   registerGlobalKeybinding(win, 'CmdOrCtrl+]', onGoForward(win))
   registerGlobalKeybinding(win, 'Alt+D', onFocusLocation(win))
+  registerGlobalKeybinding(win, 'F5', onReload(win))
+  registerGlobalKeybinding(win, 'F6', onFocusLocation(win))
 
   // register event handlers
   win.on('browser-backward', onGoBack(win))
@@ -232,7 +234,10 @@ export function createShellWindow (windowState) {
   win.on('scroll-touch-begin', sendScrollTouchBegin)
   win.on('scroll-touch-end', sendToWebContents('scroll-touch-end'))
   win.on('focus', sendToWebContents('focus'))
-  win.on('blur', sendToWebContents('blur'))
+  win.on('blur', e => {
+    statusBarSubwindow.set(win, false) // hide the statusbar on blur
+    sendToWebContents('blur')(e)
+  })
   win.on('app-command', (e, cmd) => { onAppCommand(win, e, cmd) })
   win.on('enter-full-screen', e => {
     // update UI
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ export function createShellWindow (windowState) {
     // sendToWebContents('leave-full-screen')(e)
   })
   win.on('resize', () => {
+    viewManager.resize(win)
     for (let k in subwindows) {
       subwindows[k].reposition(win)
     }
@@ -402,6 +408,10 @@ function onGoForward (win) {
   return () => viewManager.getActive(win).webContents.goForward()
 }
 
+function onReload (win) {
+  return () => viewManager.getActive(win).webContents.reload()
+}
+
 function onFocusLocation (win) {
   return () => win.webContents.send('command', 'focus-location')
 }
diff --git a/app/builtin-pages/views/library-view.js b/app/builtin-pages/views/library-view.js
index e85f1c0d25..90152848a5 100644
--- a/app/builtin-pages/views/library-view.js
+++ b/app/builtin-pages/views/library-view.js
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ async function gotoFileEditor (filePath) {
   onOpenFileEditor()
 }
 
+function resolvePaymentLink (archiveUrl, paymentLink) {
+  if (paymentLink.indexOf('://') === -1) {
+    const shouldAddSlash = !archiveUrl.endsWith('/') && !paymentLink.startsWith('/')
+    return `${archiveUrl}${shouldAddSlash ? '/' : ''}${paymentLink}`
+  }
+  return paymentLink
+}
+
 // rendering
 // =
 
@@ -835,6 +843,11 @@ function renderReadmeHint () {
     </div>`
 }
 
+function renderDonationLink (archiveUrl, paymentLink) {
+  const url = resolvePaymentLink(archiveUrl, paymentLink)
+  return yo`<a href=${url}>${url}</a>`
+}
+
 function renderSettingsView () {
   const isOwner = _get(archive, 'info.isOwner')
 
@@ -1013,13 +1026,13 @@ function renderSettingsView () {
               ? yo`
                   <p>
                     Enter a link to your donation page and Beaker will show
-                    a <span class="fa fa-heart"></span> icon in your page's URL bar.
+                    a <span class="fa fa-donate"></span> icon in your page's URL bar.
 
                     ${renderSettingsField({key: 'paymentLink', value: paymentLink, placeholder: 'Example: https://opencollective.com/beaker', onUpdate: setManifestValue})}
                   </p>
                 `
               : paymentLink
-                ? yo`<p><a href=${paymentLink}>${paymentLink}</a></p>`
+                ? yo`<p>${renderDonationLink(archive.url, paymentLink)}</p>`
                 : yo`<p><em>No link provided.</em></p>`
             }
           </div>
@@ -1156,7 +1169,7 @@ function renderNetworkView () {
                       </div>`
                   ] : yo`
                     <div class="hint">
-                      <i class="far fa-heart"></i>
+                      <i class="fa fa-hand-holding-heart"></i>
                       <strong>Give back!</strong> Seed this project${"'"}s files to help keep them online.
                       <a href="https://beakerbrowser.com/docs/how-beaker-works/peer-to-peer-websites#keeping-a-peer-to-peer-website-online" target="_blank" class="learn-more-link">Learn more</a>
                     </div>`
diff --git a/app/dat-daemon.js b/app/dat-daemon.js
index 3b52a4c3f0..400068bfc1 100644
--- a/app/dat-daemon.js
+++ b/app/dat-daemon.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
   console.error('Uncaught exception:', err)
 })
 
+process.on('disconnect', () => {
+  process.exit()
+})
+
 process.once('message', firstMsg => {
   beakerCoreDatDaemon.setup({
     rpcAPI,
diff --git a/app/markdown-renderer.js b/app/markdown-renderer.js
index f582fd2a71..499c392aa5 100644
--- a/app/markdown-renderer.js
+++ b/app/markdown-renderer.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ if (!document.querySelector('main')) {
       var navReq = await fetch('/nav.md')
       if (!navReq.ok) return
       var navMD = await navReq.text()
+      if (navMD.includes('<!doctype') || navMD.includes('<html')) {
+        return // dont render if we get HTML - this can indicate a 404 page
+      }
       navHTML = md.render(navMD)
       document.querySelector('nav').innerHTML = navHTML
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js b/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
index f2be430403..48aabacd30 100644
--- a/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
+++ b/app/new-shell-window/navbar/location.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class NavbarLocation extends LitElement {
     var cls = classMap({donate: true, pressed: this.isDonateMenuOpen})
     return html`
       <button class="${cls}" @click=${this.onClickDonateMenu}>
-        <i class="far fa-heart"></i>
+        <i class="fa fa-donate"></i>
       </button>
     `
   }
diff --git a/app/new-shell-window/tabs.js b/app/new-shell-window/tabs.js
index 0e10973003..343de036d6 100644
--- a/app/new-shell-window/tabs.js
+++ b/app/new-shell-window/tabs.js
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ ${spinnerCSS}
 }
 
 .tab.pinned {
-  width: 45px;
+  flex: 0 0 45px;
 }
 
 .tab-favicon {
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index d84ef24a5e..ee87c96dce 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "productName": "Beaker Browser",
   "description": "An Experimental Peer-to-Peer Web Browser.",
   "homepage": "https://beakerbrowser.com/",
-  "version": "0.8.6",
+  "version": "0.8.8",
   "author": "Paul Frazee <pfrazee@gmail.com>",
   "copyright": "© 2019, Blue Link Labs",
   "main": "background-process.build.js",
diff --git a/app/shell-menus/browser.js b/app/shell-menus/browser.js
index a15662d5a3..55b431b832 100644
--- a/app/shell-menus/browser.js
+++ b/app/shell-menus/browser.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class BrowserMenu extends LitElement {
           </div>
 
           <div class="menu-item" @click=${e => this.onOpenPage(e, 'https://opencollective.com/beaker')}>
-            <i class="far fa-heart"></i>
+            <i class="fa fa-donate"></i>
             <span class="label">Support Beaker</span>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/shell-menus/donate.js b/app/shell-menus/donate.js
index 1e2cb050ff..7f1e329d6a 100644
--- a/app/shell-menus/donate.js
+++ b/app/shell-menus/donate.js
@@ -26,18 +26,32 @@ class DonateMenu extends LitElement {
     await this.requestUpdate()
   }
 
+  resolvePaymentLink (paymentLink) {
+    if (paymentLink.indexOf('://') === -1) {
+      const shouldAddSlash = !this.url.endsWith('/') && !paymentLink.startsWith('/')
+      return `${this.url}${shouldAddSlash ? '/' : ''}${paymentLink}`
+    }
+    return paymentLink
+  }
+
   // rendering
   // =
 
+  renderDonationLink (paymentLink) {
+    const url = this.resolvePaymentLink(paymentLink)
+    return html`<a href="#" class="link" @click=${e => this.onOpenPage(url)}>${url}</a>`
+  }
+
   render () {
     var title = _get(this, 'datInfo.title', 'this site')
-    var paymentUrl = _get(this, 'datInfo.links.payment.0.href')
+    const paymentLink = String(_get(this, 'datInfo.links.payment.0.href'))
+
     return html`
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="beaker://assets/font-awesome.css">
       <div class="wrapper">
         <div class="header">
           <div class="header-info">
-            <span class="far fa-heart"></span>
+            <span class="fa fa-hand-holding-usd"></span>
             <h1>Contribute to ${title}</h1>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -46,7 +60,7 @@ class DonateMenu extends LitElement {
             Visit their donation page to show your appreciation!
           </div>
           <div>
-            <a href="#" class="link" @click=${e => this.onOpenPage(paymentUrl)}>${paymentUrl}</a>
+            ${this.renderDonationLink(paymentLink)}
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -62,6 +76,10 @@ class DonateMenu extends LitElement {
   }
 }
 DonateMenu.styles = [commonCSS, css`
+.wrapper {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 .header {
   height: auto;
   line-height: inherit;
@@ -74,7 +92,7 @@ DonateMenu.styles = [commonCSS, css`
   margin: 0;
 }
 
-.header-info .far {
+.header-info .fa {
   font-size: 14px;
   margin: 0 7px 0 4px;
 }
diff --git a/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/browser-menu.js b/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/browser-menu.js
index 927b6b0777..c4014af1d6 100644
--- a/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/browser-menu.js
+++ b/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/browser-menu.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export class BrowserMenuNavbarBtn {
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="menu-item" onclick=${e => this.onOpenPage(e, 'https://opencollective.com/beaker')}>
-                  <i class="far fa-heart"></i>
+                  <i class="fa fa-donate"></i>
                   <span class="label">Support Beaker</span>
                 </div>
               </div>
diff --git a/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/donate-menu.js b/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/donate-menu.js
index 81d36c5826..6cae8e1010 100644
--- a/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/donate-menu.js
+++ b/app/shell-window/ui/navbar/donate-menu.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class DonateMenuNavbarBtn {
     return yo`
       <div class="donate-navbar-menu">
         <button class="nav-donate-btn" title="Donate to this site" onclick=${e => this.onClickBtn(e)}>
-          <i class="far fa-heart"></i>
+          <i class="fa fa-donate"></i>
         </button>
         ${dropdownEl}
       </div>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class DonateMenuNavbarBtn {
         <div class="dropdown-items datsite-menu-dropdown-items donate-menu-dropdown-items with-triangle">
           <div class="header">
             <div class="header-info">
-              <span class="far fa-heart"></span>
+              <span class="fa fa-donate"></span>
               <h1>
                 Contribute to
                 ${page.siteInfo.title && page.siteInfo.title.length
diff --git a/app/webview-preload.js b/app/webview-preload.js
index b2f2077606..eb189748bb 100644
--- a/app/webview-preload.js
+++ b/app/webview-preload.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import { setup as setupPrompt } from './webview-preload/prompt'
 import { setup as setupExecuteJavascript } from './webview-preload/execute-javascript'
 import setupExitFullScreenHackfix from './webview-preload/exit-full-screen-hackfix'
 import readableStreamAsyncIteratorPolyfill from './webview-preload/readable-stream-async-iterator-polyfill'
+import windowOpenCloseHackfix from './webview-preload/window-open-close-hackfix'
 
 webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider('en-US', beakerCoreWebview.createSpellChecker(rpcAPI))
 
 // HACKS
 setupExitFullScreenHackfix()
 readableStreamAsyncIteratorPolyfill()
+windowOpenCloseHackfix()
 
 beakerCoreWebview.setup({ rpcAPI })
 setupLocationbar()
diff --git a/app/webview-preload/window-open-close-hackfix.js b/app/webview-preload/window-open-close-hackfix.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3478f90333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/webview-preload/window-open-close-hackfix.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// HACK
+// window.close() will just crash the page's webcontents
+// the proper behavior is this:
+// - if the page was opened by a script, then close the tab
+// - otherwise, do nothing
+
+import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron'
+
+export default function () {
+  var origOpen = window.open
+  window.open = function (...args) {
+    if (args[1] !== '_self') ipcRenderer.sendSync('BEAKER_MARK_NEXT_VIEW_SCRIPTCLOSEABLE')
+    return origOpen.apply(window, args)
+  }
+  window.close = function () {
+    if (!ipcRenderer.sendSync('BEAKER_SCRIPTCLOSE_SELF')) {
+      console.warn('Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script.')
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62b5294d95..69565d21af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     "appId": "com.pfrazee.beaker-browser",
     "asar": true,
     "asarUnpack": [
+      "./markdown-renderer.build.js",
+      "./json-renderer.build.js",
       "./node_modules/sodium-native/**"
     ],
     "copyright": "© 2019, Blue Link Labs",