diff --git a/gui/src/client/api.ts b/gui/src/client/api.ts
index 62975d07..3595a022 100644
--- a/gui/src/client/api.ts
+++ b/gui/src/client/api.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import { doesExist, InvalidArgumentError, Maybe } from '@apextoaster/js-utils';
-import { create as batcher, windowScheduler, keyResolver } from '@yornaath/batshit';
+import { create as batcher, keyResolver, windowScheduler } from '@yornaath/batshit';
 
 import { ServerParams } from '../config.js';
-import { FIXED_FLOAT, FIXED_INTEGER, POLL_TIME, STATUS_SUCCESS } from '../constants.js';
+import { FIXED_FLOAT, FIXED_INTEGER, STATUS_SUCCESS } from '../constants.js';
 import { JobResponse, JobResponseWithRetry, SuccessJobResponse } from '../types/api-v2.js';
 import {
   FilterResponse,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function appendHighresToURL(url: URL, highres: HighresParams) {
 /**
  * Make an API client using the given API root and fetch client.
  */
-export function makeClient(root: string, token: Maybe<string> = undefined, f = fetch): ApiClient {
+export function makeClient(root: string, batchInterval: number, token: Maybe<string> = undefined, f = fetch): ApiClient {
   function parseRequest(url: URL, options: RequestInit): Promise<JobResponse> {
     return f(url, options).then((res) => parseJobResponse(root, res));
   }
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export function makeClient(root: string, token: Maybe<string> = undefined, f = f
   const batchStatus = batcher({
     fetcher: async (jobs: Array<string>) => client.status(jobs),
     resolver: keyResolver('name'),
-    scheduler: windowScheduler(POLL_TIME),
+    scheduler: windowScheduler(batchInterval),
   });
 
   return {
diff --git a/gui/src/client/utils.ts b/gui/src/client/utils.ts
index bde45282..903bbfeb 100644
--- a/gui/src/client/utils.ts
+++ b/gui/src/client/utils.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,16 @@ export function newSeed(): number {
   return Math.floor(Math.random() * MAX_SEED);
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
+export const RANDOM_SEED = [-1, '-1'];
+
 export function replaceRandomSeeds(key: string, values: Array<number | string>): Array<number | string> {
   if (key !== 'seed') {
     return values;
   }
 
   return values.map((it) => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
-    if (it === '-1' || it === -1) {
+    if (RANDOM_SEED.includes(it)) {
       return newSeed();
     }
 
@@ -108,8 +110,8 @@ export function makeTxt2ImgGridPipeline(
     defaults: {
       ...model,
       ...params,
-      ...(upscale || {}),
-      ...(highres || {}),
+      ...(upscale ?? {}),
+      ...(highres ?? {}),
     },
     stages: [],
   };
diff --git a/gui/src/components/card/LoadingCard.tsx b/gui/src/components/card/LoadingCard.tsx
index 51c512d0..2c5c968b 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/card/LoadingCard.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/components/card/LoadingCard.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useStore } from 'zustand';
 import { shallow } from 'zustand/shallow';
 
-import { POLL_TIME, STANDARD_SPACING } from '../../constants.js';
+import { STANDARD_SPACING } from '../../constants.js';
 import { ClientContext, ConfigContext, OnnxState, StateContext } from '../../state/full.js';
 import { JobResponse, JobStatus } from '../../types/api-v2.js';
 import { visibleIndex } from '../../utils.js';
+import { getBatchInterval } from '../utils.js';
 
 const LOADING_PERCENT = 100;
 const LOADING_OVERAGE = 99;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export interface LoadingCardProps {
 
 export function LoadingCard(props: LoadingCardProps) {
   const { image } = props;
+  const batch = getBatchInterval();
 
   const client = mustExist(useContext(ClientContext));
   const { params } = mustExist(useContext(ConfigContext));
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export function LoadingCard(props: LoadingCardProps) {
   const ready = useQuery(['ready', image.name], () => client.status([image.name]), {
     // data will always be ready without this, even if the API says its not
     cacheTime: 0,
-    refetchInterval: POLL_TIME,
+    refetchInterval: batch,
   });
 
   function renderProgress() {
diff --git a/gui/src/components/tab/Settings.tsx b/gui/src/components/tab/Settings.tsx
index 5615f1b3..f8e8559c 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/tab/Settings.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/components/tab/Settings.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function Settings() {
       max={6}
       step={1}
       value={state.historyWidth}
-      onChange={(value) => state.setWidth(value)}
+      onChange={(value) => state.setHistoryWidth(value)}
     />
     <Button variant='contained' onClick={() => state.setLayout(state.layout === 'horizontal' ? 'vertical' : 'horizontal')}>Toggle Layout</Button>
     <TextField variant='outlined' label={t('setting.prompt')} value={state.defaults.prompt} onChange={(event) => {
diff --git a/gui/src/components/utils.ts b/gui/src/components/utils.ts
index 39ba9bae..691e98ed 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/utils.ts
+++ b/gui/src/components/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Maybe, doesExist } from '@apextoaster/js-utils';
 import { PaletteMode } from '@mui/material';
 
 import { Theme } from '../state/types.js';
@@ -31,3 +32,18 @@ export function getTheme(currentTheme: Theme, preferDark: boolean): PaletteMode
   }
   return currentTheme as PaletteMode;
 }
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
+export function getBatchInterval(defaultInterval = 5000): number {
+  const query = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+  const interval = query.get('interval');
+  if (doesExist(interval)) {
+    return parseInt(interval, 10);
+  }
+  return defaultInterval;
+}
+
+export function getToken(): Maybe<string> {
+  const query = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+  return query.get('token');
+}
diff --git a/gui/src/config.ts b/gui/src/config.ts
index 18e5b39f..accb7b87 100644
--- a/gui/src/config.ts
+++ b/gui/src/config.ts
@@ -123,14 +123,15 @@ export function getApiRoot(config: Config): string {
   }
 }
 
+export const TRUE_VALUES = ['1', 't', 'true', 'y', 'yes'];
+
 export function isDebug(): boolean {
   const query = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
   const debug = query.get('debug');
 
   if (doesExist(debug)) {
     const val = debug.toLowerCase();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    return val === '1' || val === 't' || val === 'true' || val === 'y' || val === 'yes';
+    return TRUE_VALUES.includes(val);
   } else {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/gui/src/constants.ts b/gui/src/constants.ts
index f16d2e23..0b30e1d8 100644
--- a/gui/src/constants.ts
+++ b/gui/src/constants.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export const LAYOUT_STYLES = {
 export const INITIAL_LOAD_TIMEOUT = 5_000;
 
 export const STALE_TIME = 300_000; // 5 minutes
-export const POLL_TIME = 5_000; // 5 seconds
 export const SAVE_TIME = 5_000; // 5 seconds
 
 export const IMAGE_FILTER = '.bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .png';
diff --git a/gui/src/main.tsx b/gui/src/main.tsx
index 00286119..3f5246f5 100644
--- a/gui/src/main.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/main.tsx
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ import { createStore } from 'zustand';
 import { createJSONStorage, persist } from 'zustand/middleware';
 
 import { makeClient } from './client/api.js';
-import { LOCAL_CLIENT } from './client/local.js';
 import { ApiClient } from './client/base.js';
+import { LOCAL_CLIENT } from './client/local.js';
 import { ParamsVersionError } from './components/error/ParamsVersion.js';
 import { ServerParamsError } from './components/error/ServerParams.js';
 import { LoadingScreen } from './components/LoadingScreen.js';
 import { OnnxError } from './components/OnnxError.js';
 import { OnnxWeb } from './components/OnnxWeb.js';
+import { getBatchInterval, getToken } from './components/utils.js';
 import { Config, getApiRoot, isDebug, loadConfig, mergeConfig, ServerParams } from './config.js';
+import { INITIAL_LOAD_TIMEOUT, PARAM_VERSION } from './constants.js';
 import {
   ClientContext,
   ConfigContext,
@@ -29,9 +31,8 @@ import {
   STATE_VERSION,
   StateContext,
 } from './state/full.js';
-import { I18N_STRINGS } from './strings/all.js';
 import { applyStateMigrations, UnknownState } from './state/migration/default.js';
-import { INITIAL_LOAD_TIMEOUT, PARAM_VERSION } from './constants.js';
+import { I18N_STRINGS } from './strings/all.js';
 
 export async function renderApp(config: Config, params: ServerParams, logger: Logger, client: ApiClient) {
   const completeConfig = mergeConfig(config, params);
@@ -149,13 +150,13 @@ export async function main() {
   // load config from GUI server
   const config = await loadConfig();
 
-  // get token from query string
-  const query = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-  const token = query.get('token');
+  // get client params from query string
+  const root = getApiRoot(config);
+  const batch = getBatchInterval();
+  const token = getToken();
 
   // use that to create an API client
-  const root = getApiRoot(config);
-  const client = makeClient(root, token);
+  const client = makeClient(root, batch, token);
 
   // prep react-dom
   const appElement = mustExist(document.getElementById('app'));
diff --git a/gui/src/state/settings.ts b/gui/src/state/settings.ts
index 02822dd5..37761f5a 100644
--- a/gui/src/state/settings.ts
+++ b/gui/src/state/settings.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Slice } from './types.js';
 
 export type Layout = 'horizontal' | 'vertical';
 
-export const DEFAULT_LAYOUT = {
+export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
   historyWidth: 4,
   layout: 'vertical' as Layout,
 } as const;
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@ export interface SettingsSlice {
   historyWidth: number;
   layout: Layout;
 
+  setHistoryWidth(width: number): void;
   setLayout(layout: Layout): void;
-  setWidth(width: number): void;
 }
 
 export function createSettingsSlice<TState extends SettingsSlice>(): Slice<TState, SettingsSlice> {
   return (set) => ({
-    ...DEFAULT_LAYOUT,
+    ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS,
     setLayout(layout) {
       set((prev) => ({
         ...prev,
         layout,
       }));
     },
-    setWidth(width) {
+    setHistoryWidth(historyWidth) {
       set((prev) => ({
         ...prev,
-        historyWidth: width,
+        historyWidth,
       }));
     },
   });