diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1a01d72b..197487fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
   ubuntu-gcc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout V
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           cd gitly
           v -cc gcc .
 
-      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree
+      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree (non-blocking, vlang/v#30190)
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           cd gitly
           v -cc gcc -autofree .
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
   macos-clang:
     runs-on: macos-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout V
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd gitly
           v -cc clang .
-      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree
+      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree (non-blocking, vlang/v#30190)
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           cd gitly
           v -cc clang -autofree .
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
 
   windows-gcc:
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       VFLAGS: -cc gcc
     steps:
@@ -107,21 +112,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: gitly
       - name: Build V
+        shell: cmd
         run: |
-          ./make.bat -gcc
-
-      # Must come after "Build V": this used to run first, when neither `v`
-      # nor `v.exe` existed, so the referenced script could not work at all.
+          make.bat -gcc
+      # Must run after "Build V": the script shells out to `v.exe`, which
+      # does not exist until V is built.
       - name: Install SQLite
-        run: .\gitly\.github\workflows\windows-install-sqlite.bat
-
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          gitly\.github\workflows\windows-install-sqlite.bat
       - name: Compile gitly
         run: |
           dir
-          .\v.exe -cc gcc gitly
+          .\v.exe -cc gcc -d sqlite gitly
 
   ubuntu-tcc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       VFLAGS: -cc tcc -d no_backtrace -d no_segfault_handler
     steps:
@@ -141,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
           make
           sudo ./v symlink
 
-      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree
+      - name: Compile gitly with -autofree (non-blocking, vlang/v#30190)
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           cd gitly
           v -autofree .
diff --git a/highlight/markdown.v b/highlight/markdown.v
index eba362cf..498197d0 100644
--- a/highlight/markdown.v
+++ b/highlight/markdown.v
@@ -3,13 +3,59 @@ module highlight
 import markdown
 
 pub fn convert_markdown_to_html(code string) string {
-	rendered := markdown.to_html(code).trim_right('\n')
+	// Extract display-math blocks (...) before rendering so md4c does not
+	// mangle them; re-inject them as <div class="math"> after sanitisation.
+	code2, placeholders := extract_math_blocks(code)
+
+	rendered := markdown.to_html(code2).trim_right('\n')
 
 	// Raw HTML is disabled in the renderer, but Markdown links and images still
 	// create href/src attributes. Keep relative links and an explicit allowlist
 	// of network schemes; everything else (notably javascript: and data:) loses
 	// the dangerous attribute.
-	return sanitize_rendered_markdown_urls(rendered)
+	sanitized := sanitize_rendered_markdown_urls(rendered)
+
+	return inject_math_blocks(sanitized, placeholders)
+}
+
+struct MathBlock {
+	placeholder string
+	html        string
+}
+
+fn extract_math_blocks(code string) (string, []MathBlock) {
+	mut out := code
+	mut blocks := []MathBlock{}
+	mut i := 0
+	delimiter := '$' + '$'
+	mut placeholder_prefix := 'GITLY_MATH_BLOCK_'
+	for out.contains(placeholder_prefix) {
+		placeholder_prefix += '_'
+	}
+	for {
+		start := out.index(delimiter) or { break }
+		end := out.index_after_(delimiter, start + delimiter.len)
+		if end < 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		content := out[start + delimiter.len..end]
+		placeholder := '${placeholder_prefix}${i}TOKEN'
+		blocks << MathBlock{
+			placeholder: placeholder
+			html: '<div class="math">${escape_html(content.trim_space())}</div>'
+		}
+		out = out[..start] + placeholder + out[end + delimiter.len..]
+		i++
+	}
+	return out, blocks
+}
+
+fn inject_math_blocks(html string, blocks []MathBlock) string {
+	mut out := html
+	for b in blocks {
+		out = out.replace(b.placeholder, b.html)
+	}
+	return out
 }
 
 fn sanitize_rendered_markdown_urls(html string) string {
diff --git a/repo/repo.v b/repo/repo.v
index 68282424..6b9f2b06 100644
--- a/repo/repo.v
+++ b/repo/repo.v
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ mut:
 	primary_branch          string
 	webhook_secret          string
 	tags_count              int
-	nr_open_issues          int @[orm: 'open_issues_count']
-	nr_open_prs             int @[orm: 'open_prs_count']
-	nr_releases             int @[orm: 'releases_count']
-	nr_branches             int @[orm: 'branches_count']
+	nr_open_issues          int @[sql: 'open_issues_count']
+	nr_open_prs             int @[sql: 'open_prs_count']
+	nr_releases             int @[sql: 'releases_count']
+	nr_branches             int @[sql: 'branches_count']
 	nr_tags                 int
-	nr_stars                int @[orm: 'stars_count']
+	nr_stars                int @[sql: 'stars_count']
 	lang_stats              []LangStat @[skip]
 	created_at              int
 	nr_contributors         int