diff --git a/nise-frontend/src/app/app.component.html b/nise-frontend/src/app/app.component.html
index a2639a4..f1ec7d7 100644
--- a/nise-frontend/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/nise-frontend/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 </div>
 <router-outlet></router-outlet>
 <div class="text-center version">
-  v20240305
+  v20240309
 </div>
diff --git a/nise-frontend/src/app/contribute/contribute.component.html b/nise-frontend/src/app/contribute/contribute.component.html
index 96eaa6c..5a2aab9 100644
--- a/nise-frontend/src/app/contribute/contribute.component.html
+++ b/nise-frontend/src/app/contribute/contribute.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
         <img src="assets/contribute.png" width="184" style="float: left; margin-right: 20px;">
         <h1># contributing to the project</h1>
         <p>if you'd like to keep the project healthy and funded in the long term, you are invited to directly contribute.</p>
-        <p>the website does not run ads, paywall features, or collect your private data in any way.</p>
+        <p>the website does not run ads, paywall features, or collect your private data in any way. i have no intention to change that since I want to provide the best possible service to the osu! community.</p>
+        <p>still, hosting a (relatively) computationally expensive service has costs that are simply unavoidable. that's why I'd encourage people that find this website useful to contribute:</p>
         <div class="text-center mt-2 mb-2">
           <a href="https://patreon.com/nise_moe" target="_blank" class="btn btn-patreon">Become a Patreon</a>
         </div>
@@ -15,13 +16,18 @@
         <table style="display: block;">
           <tbody>
             <tr>
-              <td style="font-weight: bold">Server hosting</td>
+              <td style="font-weight: bold">server hosting</td>
               <td style="padding-left: 40px">~220$/year</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <td style="font-weight: bold">Domain</td>
+              <td style="font-weight: bold">domain</td>
               <td style="padding-left: 40px">~17$/year</td>
             </tr>
+            <hr>
+            <tr>
+              <td style="font-weight: bold">total</td>
+              <td style="padding-left: 40px">~237$/year</td>
+            </tr>
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </div>