diff --git a/Components/NavBar.js b/Components/NavBar.js
index 0b81c84..ca078de 100644
--- a/Components/NavBar.js
+++ b/Components/NavBar.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from "react";
 import Styles from '../styles/Components/navbar.module.css';
 import ThemeChangeButton from './ThemeChangeButton';
-import { getSeason } from '../pages/api/season';
 
 class Divider extends Component {
     render() {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
     }
 
     render() {
-        const season = getSeason().filePath;
+        const season = this.props.season.filePath;
         return (
             <div className={Styles.cutoffContainer}>
                 <div className={Styles.container + " " + (this.props.subBar ? Styles.slideUp : null)}>
diff --git a/pages/_app.js b/pages/_app.js
index 7d1b810..2b1dbad 100644
--- a/pages/_app.js
+++ b/pages/_app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import '../styles/globals.css';
 import NavBar from '../Components/NavBar';
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'theme-ui';
-import React from 'react';
+import React, {useEffect} from 'react';
 import Styles from '../styles/globals.module.css';
 import { getSeason } from './api/season';
 import Christmas from '../Components/overlays/christmas';
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
     const [subBar, setSubBar] = React.useState(false);
     const [currentElement, setElement] = React.useState(<></>);
 
+    const [season, setSeason] = React.useState({ season: "normal", filePath: "normal" });
+
+    useEffect(() => async () => {
+        let season = await (await fetch("/api/season")).json();
+        setSeason(season);
+    }, [season])
+
     const showSubBar = (element, timeout, positioning="left") => {
         setSubBar(true);
         if (positioning === "center") {
@@ -79,7 +86,6 @@
         showSubBar(<p className={Styles.message}>{text}</p>, 5, positioning);
     }
 
-    const season = getSeason();
     let Overlay = <></>;
     switch (season.season) {
         case "christmas": {
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@
             setElement={setElement}
             showMessage={showMessage}
             showSubBar={showSubBar}
+            season={season}
         />
         <Component
             {...pageProps}