diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 934afdd..19eff56 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-via/via/h"
 )
@@ -115,18 +116,16 @@ func (c *Context) getActionFn(id string) (func(), error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("action '%s' not found", id)
 }
 
-// Routine uses the given initialization handler to define a safe concurrent goroutine
-// that is tied to *Context. The returned *Routine instance provides methods
-// to start, stop or update the routine.
-func (c *Context) Routine(initRoutine func(*Routine)) *Routine {
+// OnInterval starts a go routine that sets a time.Ticker with the given duration and executes
+// the given handler func() on every tick. Use *Routine.UpdateInterval to update the interval.
+func (c *Context) OnInterval(duration time.Duration, handler func()) *OnIntervalRoutine {
 	var cn chan struct{}
 	if c.isComponent() { // components use the chan on the parent page ctx
 		cn = c.parentPageCtx.ctxDisposedChan
 	} else {
 		cn = c.ctxDisposedChan
 	}
-	r := newRoutine(cn)
-	initRoutine(r)
+	r := newOnIntervalRoutine(cn, duration, handler)
 	return r
 }
 
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ func newContext(id string, route string, v *V) *Context {
 		componentRegistry: make(map[string]*Context),
 		actionRegistry:    make(map[string]func()),
 		signals:           new(sync.Map),
-		patchChan:         make(chan patch, 100),
+		patchChan:         make(chan patch, 1),
 		ctxDisposedChan:   make(chan struct{}, 1),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go b/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
index 4c6d775..7d28259 100644
--- a/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
+++ b/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ func main() {
 		chartComp := c.Component(chartCompFn)
 
 		c.View(func() h.H {
-			return h.Div(h.Class("container"),
-				h.Section(
+			return h.Div(h.Style("overflow-x:hidden"),
+				h.Section(h.Class("container"),
 					h.Nav(
 						h.Ul(h.Li(h.H3(h.Text("⚡Via")))),
 						h.Ul(
@@ -50,39 +49,30 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
-	data := make([]float64, 1000)
-	labels := make([]string, 1000)
-
 	isLive := true
 
 	isLiveSig := c.Signal("on")
 
-	refreshRate := c.Signal("1")
+	refreshRate := c.Signal("24")
 
 	computedTickDuration := func() time.Duration {
 		return 1000 / time.Duration(refreshRate.Int()) * time.Millisecond
 	}
 
-	updateData := c.Routine(func(r *via.Routine) {
-
-		r.OnInterval(computedTickDuration(), func() {
-			labels = append(labels[1:], time.Now().Format("15:04:05.000"))
-			data = append(data[1:], rand.Float64()*10)
-			labelsTxt, _ := json.Marshal(labels)
-			dataTxt, _ := json.Marshal(data)
-
-			c.ExecScript(fmt.Sprintf(`
-				if (myChart)
-					myChart.setOption({
-						xAxis: [{data: %s}],
-						series:[{data: %s}]
-					},{
-						notMerge:false,
-						lazyUpdate:true
-					});
-				`, labelsTxt, dataTxt))
-		})
+	updateData := c.OnInterval(computedTickDuration(), func() {
+		ts := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+		val := rand.ExpFloat64() * 10
 
+		c.ExecScript(fmt.Sprintf(`
+			if (myChart) {
+				myChart.appendData({seriesIndex: 0, data: [[%d, %f]]});
+				myChart.setOption({
+				},{
+					notMerge:false,
+					lazyUpdate:true
+				});
+			};
+		`, ts, val))
 	})
 	updateData.Start()
 
@@ -100,8 +90,8 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 	})
 
 	c.View(func() h.H {
-		return h.Div(
-			h.Div(h.ID("chart"), h.Style("width:100%;height:400px;"), h.Script(h.Raw(`
+		return h.Div(h.Div(h.ID("chart"), h.Style("width:100%;height:400px;"),
+			h.Script(h.Raw(`
 				var prefersDark = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
 				var myChart = echarts.init(document.getElementById('chart'), prefersDark.matches ? 'dark' : 'light');
 				var option = {
@@ -111,25 +101,32 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 						trigger: 'axis',
 						position: function (pt) {
 							return [pt[0], '10%'];
-						}
+						},
+						syncStrategy: 'closestSampledPoint',
+						backgroundColor: prefersDark.matches ? '#13171fc0' : '#eeeeeec0',
+						extraCssText: 'backdrop-filter: blur(2px); -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(2px);'
 					},
 					title: {
 						left: 'center',
 						text: '📈 Real-Time Chart Example'
 					},
 					xAxis: {
-						type: 'category',
+						type: 'time',
 						boundaryGap: false,
-						data: [] 
+						axisLabel: {
+							hideOverlap: true
+						}
 					},
 					yAxis: {
 						type: 'value',
-						boundaryGap: [0, '100%']
+						boundaryGap: [0, '100%'],
+						min: 0,
+						max: 100
 					},
 					dataZoom: [
 						{
 							type: 'inside',
-							start: 90,
+							start: 1,
 							end: 100
 						},
 						{
@@ -142,7 +139,7 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 							name: 'Fake Data',
 							type: 'line',
 							symbol: 'none',
-							sampling: 'lttb',
+							sampling: 'max',
 							itemStyle: {
 								color: '#e8ae01'
 							},
@@ -159,6 +156,7 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 									}
 								])
 							},
+							large: true,
 							data: []
 						}
 					]
diff --git a/routine.go b/routine.go
index d0276db..b0826fd 100644
--- a/routine.go
+++ b/routine.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Routine allows for defining concurrent goroutines safely. Goroutines started by *Routine
+// OnIntervalRoutine allows for defining concurrent goroutines safely. Goroutines started by *OnIntervalRoutine
 // are tied to the *Context lifecycle.
-type Routine struct {
+type OnIntervalRoutine struct {
 	mu             sync.RWMutex
 	ctxDisposed    chan struct{}
 	localInterrupt chan struct{}
@@ -18,14 +18,41 @@ type Routine struct {
 	updateTkrChan  chan time.Duration
 }
 
-// OnInterval starts a go routine that sets a time.Ticker with the given duration and executes
-// the given func() on every tick. Use *Routine.UpdateInterval to update the interval.
-// If the routine is running, it is stopped.
-func (r *Routine) OnInterval(d time.Duration, fn func()) {
-	if r.isRunning.Load() == true {
-		r.Stop()
-	}
+// UpdateInterval sets a new interval duration for the internal *time.Ticker. If the provided
+// duration is equal of less than 0, UpdateInterval does nothing.
+func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) UpdateInterval(d time.Duration) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
 	r.tckDuration = d
+	r.updateTkrChan <- d
+
+}
+
+// Start executes the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
+// started, Start does nothing.
+func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) Start() {
+	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(false, true) || r.routineFn == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	go r.routineFn()
+}
+
+// Stop interrupts the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
+// ustopped, Stop does nothing.
+func (r *OnIntervalRoutine) Stop() {
+	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(true, false) || r.routineFn == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	r.localInterrupt <- struct{}{}
+}
+
+func newOnIntervalRoutine(ctxDisposedChan chan struct{}, duration time.Duration, handler func()) *OnIntervalRoutine {
+	r := &OnIntervalRoutine{
+		ctxDisposed:    ctxDisposedChan,
+		localInterrupt: make(chan struct{}),
+		updateTkrChan:  make(chan time.Duration),
+	}
+	r.tckDuration = duration
 	r.routineFn = func() {
 		r.mu.RLock()
 		tkr := time.NewTicker(r.tckDuration)
@@ -40,44 +67,9 @@ func (r *Routine) OnInterval(d time.Duration, fn func()) {
 			case d := <-r.updateTkrChan:
 				tkr.Reset(d)
 			case <-tkr.C:
-				fn()
+				handler()
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-// UpdateInterval sets a new interval duration for the internal *time.Ticker. If the provided
-// duration is equal of less than 0, UpdateInterval does nothing.
-func (r *Routine) UpdateInterval(d time.Duration) {
-	r.mu.Lock()
-	defer r.mu.Unlock()
-	r.tckDuration = d
-	r.updateTkrChan <- d
-
-}
-
-// Start executes the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
-// started, Start does nothing.
-func (r *Routine) Start() {
-	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(false, true) || r.routineFn == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	go r.routineFn()
-}
-
-// Stop interrupts the predifined goroutine. If no predifined goroutine exists, or it already
-// ustopped, Stop does nothing.
-func (r *Routine) Stop() {
-	if !r.isRunning.CompareAndSwap(true, false) || r.routineFn == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	r.localInterrupt <- struct{}{}
-}
-
-func newRoutine(ctxDisposedChan chan struct{}) *Routine {
-	return &Routine{
-		ctxDisposed:    ctxDisposedChan,
-		localInterrupt: make(chan struct{}),
-		updateTkrChan:  make(chan time.Duration),
-	}
+	return r
 }
diff --git a/via.go b/via.go
index 9b86b1d..4698a9b 100644
--- a/via.go
+++ b/via.go
@@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ func New() *V {
 		v.logDebug(c, "SSE connection established")
 
 		go func() {
-			c.Sync()
+			if v.cfg.DevMode {
+				c.Sync()
+				return
+			}
+			c.SyncSignals()
 		}()
 
 		for {
@@ -461,17 +465,16 @@ func New() *V {
 		defer r.Body.Close()
 		cID := string(body)
 		c, err := v.getCtx(cID)
-		c.stopAllRoutines()
 		if err != nil {
 			v.logErr(c, "failed to handle session close: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
+		c.stopAllRoutines()
 		v.logDebug(c, "session close event triggered")
 		if v.cfg.DevMode {
 			v.devModeRemovePersisted(c)
 		}
 		v.unregisterCtx(c)
-
 	})
 	return v
 }