diff --git a/web/history.go b/web/history.go
index 0be4c1c..667f45b 100644
--- a/web/history.go
+++ b/web/history.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
@@ -18,7 +17,11 @@ import (
 func initHistory(r *mux.Router) {
 	r.PathPrefix("/history/").HandlerFunc(handlerHistory)
 
-	r.PathPrefix("/recent-changes/").HandlerFunc(handlerRecentChanges)
+	r.HandleFunc("/recent-changes/{count:[0-9]+}", handlerRecentChanges)
+	r.HandleFunc("/recent-changes/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
+		http.Redirect(w, rq, "/recent-changes/20", http.StatusSeeOther)
+	})
+
 	r.HandleFunc("/recent-changes-rss", handlerRecentChangesRSS)
 	r.HandleFunc("/recent-changes-atom", handlerRecentChangesAtom)
 	r.HandleFunc("/recent-changes-json", handlerRecentChangesJSON)
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ func initHistory(r *mux.Router) {
 
 // handlerHistory lists all revisions of a hypha.
 func handlerHistory(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
-	util.PrepareRq(rq)
 	hyphaName := util.HyphaNameFromRq(rq, "history")
 	var list string
 
@@ -43,21 +45,13 @@ func handlerHistory(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
 
 // handlerRecentChanges displays the /recent-changes/ page.
 func handlerRecentChanges(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
-	util.PrepareRq(rq)
-	var (
-		noPrefix = strings.TrimPrefix(rq.URL.String(), "/recent-changes/")
-		n, err   = strconv.Atoi(noPrefix)
-	)
-	if err == nil && n < 101 {
-		util.HTTP200Page(w, views.BaseHTML(strconv.Itoa(n)+" recent changes", views.RecentChangesHTML(n), user.FromRequest(rq)))
-	} else {
-		http.Redirect(w, rq, "/recent-changes/20", http.StatusSeeOther)
-	}
+	// Error ignored: filtered by regex
+	n, _ := strconv.Atoi(mux.Vars(rq)["count"])
+	util.HTTP200Page(w, views.BaseHTML(strconv.Itoa(n)+" recent changes", views.RecentChangesHTML(n), user.FromRequest(rq)))
 }
 
 // genericHandlerOfFeeds is a helper function for the web feed handlers.
 func genericHandlerOfFeeds(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request, f func() (string, error), name string) {
-	util.PrepareRq(rq)
 	if content, err := f(); err != nil {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=utf-8")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index ce736fe..a563a89 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ func httpErr(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, name, title, errMsg string) {
 }
 
 func handlerStyle(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
-	util.PrepareRq(rq)
-
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", mime.TypeByExtension(".css"))
 	for _, name := range stylesheets {
 		file, err := static.FS.Open(name)
@@ -65,7 +63,8 @@ func handlerRobotsTxt(w http.ResponseWriter, rq *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
 
 	file, err := static.FS.Open("robots.txt")
-	if err != nil { return
+	if err != nil {
+		return
 	}
 	io.Copy(w, file)
 	file.Close()