diff --git a/gulp/publish-frontend.mjs b/gulp/publish-frontend.mjs
index e37486d..0042b5a 100644
--- a/gulp/publish-frontend.mjs
+++ b/gulp/publish-frontend.mjs
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ const buildJs = () => src(mjsSources)
 	.pipe(webpack(webpackOptions))
 	.pipe(dest(RESOURCES_PATH));
 
+const workerSources = [
+	'server/scripts/modules/radar-worker.mjs',
+];
+
+const buildWorkers = () => {
+	// update the file name in the webpack options
+	const output = { filename: 'radar-worker.mjs' };
+	const workerWebpackOptions = { ...webpackOptions, output };
+	return src(workerSources)
+		.pipe(webpack(workerWebpackOptions))
+		.pipe(dest(RESOURCES_PATH));
+};
+
 const cssSources = [
 	'server/styles/main.css',
 ];
@@ -189,7 +202,7 @@ const buildPlaylist = async () => {
 	return file('playlist.json', JSON.stringify(playlist)).pipe(dest('./dist'));
 };
 
-const buildDist = series(clean, parallel(buildJs, compressJsData, compressJsVendor, copyCss, compressHtml, copyOtherFiles, buildPlaylist, copyImageSources));
+const buildDist = series(clean, parallel(buildJs, buildWorkers, compressJsData, compressJsVendor, copyCss, compressHtml, copyOtherFiles, copyImageSources, buildPlaylist));
 
 // upload_images could be in parallel with upload, but _images logs a lot and has little changes
 // by running upload last the majority of the changes will be at the bottom of the log for easy viewing
diff --git a/index.mjs b/index.mjs
index a09b706..471134a 100644
--- a/index.mjs
+++ b/index.mjs
@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ const geoip = (req, res) => {
 
 // debugging
 if (process.env?.DIST === '1') {
+	// distribution
+	app.use('/scripts', express.static('./server/scripts'));
+	app.use('/geoip', geoip);
 	app.use('/', express.static('./dist'));
 } else {
 	// debugging
 	app.get('/index.html', index);
 	app.use('/geoip', geoip);
+	app.use('/resources', express.static('./server/scripts/modules'));
 	app.get('/', index);
 	app.get('*name', express.static('./server'));
 	// cors pass-thru to api.weather.gov
diff --git a/server/scripts/modules/navigation.mjs b/server/scripts/modules/navigation.mjs
index d4e6f2f..f252b5d 100644
--- a/server/scripts/modules/navigation.mjs
+++ b/server/scripts/modules/navigation.mjs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const updateStatus = (value) => {
 	if (displays[0].status === STATUS.loading) return;
 
 	// calculate first enabled display
-	const firstDisplayIndex = displays.findIndex((display) => display.enabled && display.timing.totalScreens > 0);
+	const firstDisplayIndex = displays.findIndex((display) => display?.enabled && display?.timing?.totalScreens > 0);
 
 	// value.id = 0 is hazards, if they fail to load hot-wire a new value.id to the current display to see if it needs to be loaded
 	// typically this plays out as current conditions loads, then hazards fails.
diff --git a/server/scripts/modules/progress.mjs b/server/scripts/modules/progress.mjs
index a3dbff0..674dc5e 100644
--- a/server/scripts/modules/progress.mjs
+++ b/server/scripts/modules/progress.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Progress extends WeatherDisplay {
 
 		// setup event listener for dom-required initialization
 		document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
-			this.version = document.querySelector('#version').innerHTML;
+			this.version = document.querySelector('#version').innerHTML.replace(/\s/g, '');
 			this.elem.querySelector('.container').addEventListener('click', this.lineClick.bind(this));
 		});
 
@@ -91,3 +91,10 @@ class Progress extends WeatherDisplay {
 // register our own display
 const progress = new Progress(-1, 'progress');
 registerProgress(progress);
+
+const version = () => progress.version;
+
+export default progress;
+export {
+	version,
+};
diff --git a/server/scripts/modules/radar.mjs b/server/scripts/modules/radar.mjs
index 7b6681b..311483c 100644
--- a/server/scripts/modules/radar.mjs
+++ b/server/scripts/modules/radar.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { text } from './utils/fetch.mjs';
 import WeatherDisplay from './weatherdisplay.mjs';
 import { registerDisplay, timeZone } from './navigation.mjs';
 import * as utils from './radar-utils.mjs';
+import { version } from './progress.mjs';
 
 // TEMPORARY fix to disable radar on ios safari. The same engine (webkit) is
 // used for all ios browers (chrome, brave, firefox, etc) so it's safe to skip
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ class Radar extends WeatherDisplay {
 // create a radar worker with helper functions
 const radarWorker = () => {
 	// create the worker
-	const worker = new Worker(new URL('./radar-worker.mjs', import.meta.url), { type: 'module' });
+	const worker = new Worker(`/resources/radar-worker.mjs?_=${version()}`, { type: 'module' });
 
 	const processRadar = (url) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		// prepare for done message