From e5ed5697170b416d519d945c9949368c4d9738a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stefpi <19478336+stefpi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 20:10:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove referral on load

---
 src/lib/utils/referral.js | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/utils/referral.js b/src/lib/utils/referral.js
index bb3bf3b6..a0804ac6 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/referral.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils/referral.js
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ export const REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM = 'ref';
 export const REFERRAL_DISCOUNT = 50;
 export const isReferralCode = (code) => /^[a-z0-9]{7}$/i.test(code || '');
 
-export function getReferralCode(url = browser ? window.location.href : '') {
-  if (!browser || !url) return null;
+export function getReferralCode() {
+  if (!browser) return null;
 
-  const code = new URL(url).searchParams.get(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
+  const referralUrl = new URL(window.location.href);
+  const code = referralUrl.searchParams.get(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
+  if (referralUrl.searchParams.has(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM)) {
+    referralUrl.searchParams.delete(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
+    window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', referralUrl);
+  }
   return isReferralCode(code) ? code : null;
 }

From 6371fb16652cfc72e78c7dcb4623ed93d7cee925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stefpi <19478336+stefpi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:15:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] make better

---
 src/lib/utils/referral.js |  8 ++------
 src/routes/+layout.svelte | 14 +++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/utils/referral.js b/src/lib/utils/referral.js
index a0804ac6..208ccfad 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/referral.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils/referral.js
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ export const isReferralCode = (code) => /^[a-z0-9]{7}$/i.test(code || '');
 export function getReferralCode() {
   if (!browser) return null;
 
-  const referralUrl = new URL(window.location.href);
-  const code = referralUrl.searchParams.get(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
-  if (referralUrl.searchParams.has(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM)) {
-    referralUrl.searchParams.delete(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
-    window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', referralUrl);
-  }
+  const code = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.get(REFERRAL_QUERY_PARAM);
+
   return isReferralCode(code) ? code : null;
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index dc04793b..fd799c10 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
   import "@fontsource/inter/700.css";
   import '@fontsource/jetbrains-mono/400.css';
 
+  import { onMount } from "svelte";
   import { get } from "svelte/store";
+  import { page } from "$app/stores";
+  import { replaceState, afterNavigate } from '$app/navigation';
 
   import Badge from "$lib/components/Badge.svelte";
   import Grid from "$lib/components/Grid.svelte";
@@ -32,9 +35,6 @@
     showCart,
   } from "../store.js";
 
-  import { onMount } from "svelte";
-  import { page } from "$app/stores";
-
   let loading = false;
 
   async function openCart() {
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
     loading = false;
   }
 
+  afterNavigate(() => {
+    if (!$page.url.searchParams.has('ref')) return;
+
+    const url = new URL($page.url);
+    url.searchParams.delete('ref');
+    replaceState(url, $page.state);
+  })
+
   onMount(async () => {
     const referralCode = getReferralCode();
     if (referralCode) await createCart(referralCode);