diff --git a/html/watch.ejs b/html/watch.ejs
index f323c93f..51847313 100644
--- a/html/watch.ejs
+++ b/html/watch.ejs
@@ -2481,42 +2481,22 @@ if (/[?&]autoplay=/.test(location.search)) {
  
 </script>
      <script>
-function sendStats(videoId) {
-  if (!videoId) return
+(function addStats() {
+  const url = "/static/improving-poke.js"
 
-  // respect per-browser opt-out
-  try {
-    if (localStorage.getItem("poke_stats_optout") === "1") return
-  } catch (e) {
-    // if localStorage is blocked, just don't send anything
-    return
-  }
+  if (document.querySelector(`script[src="${url}"]`)) return
 
-  let userId
+  const s = document.createElement("script")
+  s.src = url
+  s.type = "text/javascript"
+  s.async = true
+  s.defer = true
 
-  try {
-    userId = localStorage.getItem("poke_uid")
-    if (!userId) {
-      userId = "u_" + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2) + Date.now()
-      localStorage.setItem("poke_uid", userId)
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    // if we can't read/write localStorage, don't send stats
-    return
-  }
-
-  const payload = { videoId, userId }
-
-  fetch("/api/stats", {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
-    keepalive: true
-  }).catch(() => {})
-}
-
-sendStats(new URLSearchParams(location.search).get("v"))
+  s.onload = () => console.log("[Poke] improving-poke.js loaded successfully")
+  s.onerror = () => console.warn("[Poke] failed to load improving-poke.js")
 
+  document.head.appendChild(s)
+})()
      function toggleTheaterMode() {
     var videoPlayerContainer = document.querySelector('.video-player-container');
     if (videoPlayerContainer.classList.contains('theatermodeon')) {