diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 2d0a8a9..b0a84bd 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (c *Context) injectSignals(sigs map[string]any) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Context) getSSE() chan patch {
+func (c *Context) getPatchChan() chan patch {
 	// components use parent page sse stream
 	var patchChan chan patch
 	if c.isComponent() {
@@ -220,12 +220,13 @@ func (c *Context) prepareSignalsForPatch() map[string]any {
 // Sync pushes the current view state and signal changes to the browser immediately
 // over the live SSE event stream.
 func (c *Context) Sync() {
+	patchChan := c.getPatchChan()
 	elemsPatch := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
 	if err := c.view().Render(elemsPatch); err != nil {
 		c.app.logErr(c, "sync view failed: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	c.patchChan <- patch{patchTypeElements, elemsPatch.String()}
+	patchChan <- patch{patchTypeElements, elemsPatch.String()}
 
 	c.mutex.RLock()
 	defer c.mutex.RUnlock()
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ func (c *Context) Sync() {
 
 	if len(updatedSigs) != 0 {
 		outgoingSigs, _ := json.Marshal(updatedSigs)
-		c.patchChan <- patch{patchTypeSignals, string(outgoingSigs)}
+		patchChan <- patch{patchTypeSignals, string(outgoingSigs)}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -255,11 +256,7 @@ func (c *Context) Sync() {
 // Then, the merge will only occur if the ID of the top level element in the patch
 // matches 'my-element'.
 func (c *Context) SyncElements(elem h.H) {
-	sse := c.getSSE()
-	if sse == nil {
-		c.app.logWarn(c, "elements out of sync: no sse stream")
-		return
-	}
+	patchChan := c.getPatchChan()
 	if c.view == nil {
 		c.app.logErr(c, "sync element failed: viewfn is nil")
 		return
@@ -270,29 +267,29 @@ func (c *Context) SyncElements(elem h.H) {
 	}
 	b := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
 	_ = elem.Render(b)
-	c.patchChan <- patch{patchTypeElements, b.String()}
+	patchChan <- patch{patchTypeElements, b.String()}
 }
 
 // SyncSignals pushes the current signal changes to the browser immediately
 // over the live SSE event stream.
 func (c *Context) SyncSignals() {
+	patchChan := c.getPatchChan()
 	c.mutex.RLock()
 	updatedSigs := c.prepareSignalsForPatch()
 	defer c.mutex.RUnlock()
 
 	if len(updatedSigs) != 0 {
 		outgoingSignals, _ := json.Marshal(updatedSigs)
-		c.patchChan <- patch{patchTypeSignals, string(outgoingSignals)}
+		patchChan <- patch{patchTypeSignals, string(outgoingSignals)}
 	}
 }
 
 func (c *Context) ExecScript(s string) {
-	sse := c.getSSE()
-	if sse == nil {
-		c.app.logWarn(c, "script out of sync: no sse stream")
+	if s == "" {
 		return
 	}
-	c.patchChan <- patch{patchTypeScript, s}
+	patchChan := c.getPatchChan()
+	patchChan <- patch{patchTypeScript, s}
 }
 
 func newContext(id string, route string, app *V) *Context {
diff --git a/internal/examples/chatroom/main.go b/internal/examples/chatroom/main.go
index 641845c..f06af41 100644
--- a/internal/examples/chatroom/main.go
+++ b/internal/examples/chatroom/main.go
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ func main() {
 			newRoom.Join(&UserAndSync[Chat, UserInfo]{user: &currentUser, sync: c})
 			currentRoom = newRoom
 			roomNameString = newRoom.Name
-			c.Sync()
 		}
 
 		switchRoomAction := c.Action(func() {
 			switchRoom()
+			c.Sync()
 		})
 
 		switchRoom()
diff --git a/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go b/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
index f73f3ee..77bd544 100644
--- a/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
+++ b/internal/examples/realtimechart/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	v := via.New()
 
+	v.Config(via.Options{
+		LogLvl:  via.LogLevelDebug,
+		DevMode: true,
+	})
+
 	v.AppendToHead(
 		h.Link(h.Rel("stylesheet"), h.Href("https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@picocss/pico@2/css/pico.min.css")),
 		h.Script(h.Src("https://unpkg.com/echarts@6.0.0/dist/echarts.min.js")),
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 	data := make([]float64, 1000)
 	labels := make([]string, 1000)
 
-	isLive := false
+	isLive := true
 	refreshRate := c.Signal(1)
 	tkr := time.NewTicker(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ func chartCompFn(c *via.Context) {
 		return h.Div(
 			h.Div(h.ID("chart"), h.Style("width:100%;height:400px;"),
 				h.Script(h.Raw(`
-				const prefersDark = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
+				prefersDark = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
 				var myChart = echarts.init(document.getElementById('chart'), prefersDark.matches ? 'dark' : 'light');
 				var option = {
 					backgroundColor: prefersDark.matches ? 'transparent' : '#ffffff',
diff --git a/via.go b/via.go
index 30663fb..119d88c 100644
--- a/via.go
+++ b/via.go
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func (v *V) Page(route string, initContextFn func(c *Context)) {
 		bottomBodyElements = append(bottomBodyElements, v.documentFootIncludes...)
 		if v.cfg.DevMode {
 			bottomBodyElements = append(bottomBodyElements, h.Script(h.Type("module"), h.Src("https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/dataSPA/dataSPA-inspector@latest/dataspa-inspector.bundled.js")))
+			bottomBodyElements = append(bottomBodyElements, h.Raw("<dataspa-inspector/>"))
 		}
 		view := h.HTML5(h.HTML5Props{
 			Title:     v.cfg.DocumentTitle,