diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 5195ba7..43973e8 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ xs_str *actor_name(xs_dict *actor)
 xs_str *html_actor_icon(xs_dict *actor, const char *date,
                         const char *udate, const char *url, int priv)
 {
-    xs_str *s = xs_str_new(NULL);
+    xs_html *actor_icon = xs_html_tag("p", NULL);
 
     xs *avatar = NULL;
     char *v;
@@ -111,31 +111,45 @@ xs_str *html_actor_icon(xs_dict *actor, const char *date,
     if (avatar == NULL)
         avatar = xs_fmt("data:image/png;base64, %s", default_avatar_base64());
 
-    {
-        xs *s1 = xs_fmt("<p><img class=\"snac-avatar\" loading=\"lazy\" "
-                        "src=\"%s\" alt=\"\"/>\n", avatar);
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, s1);
-    }
+    xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+        xs_html_sctag("img",
+            xs_html_attr("loading", "lazy"),
+            xs_html_attr("class",   "snac-avatar"),
+            xs_html_attr("src",     avatar),
+            xs_html_attr("alt",     "")),
+        xs_html_tag("a",
+            xs_html_attr("href",    xs_dict_get(actor, "id")),
+            xs_html_attr("class",   "p-author h-card snac-author"),
+            xs_html_raw(name))); /* name is already html-escaped */
 
-    {
-        xs *s1 = xs_fmt("<a href=\"%s\" class=\"p-author h-card snac-author\">%s</a>",
-            xs_dict_get(actor, "id"), name);
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, s1);
-    }
 
     if (!xs_is_null(url)) {
-        xs *s1 = xs_fmt(" <a href=\"%s\">»</a>", url);
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, s1);
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_text(" "),
+            xs_html_tag("a",
+                xs_html_attr("href", (char *)url),
+                xs_html_text("»")));
     }
 
-    if (priv)
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, " <span title=\"private\">&#128274;</span>");
+    if (priv) {
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_text(" "),
+            xs_html_tag("span",
+                xs_html_attr("title", "private"),
+                xs_html_raw("&#128274;")));
+    }
 
-    if (strcmp(xs_dict_get(actor, "type"), "Service") == 0)
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, " <span title=\"bot\">&#129302;</span>");
+    if (strcmp(xs_dict_get(actor, "type"), "Service") == 0) {
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_text(" "),
+            xs_html_tag("span",
+                xs_html_attr("title", "bot"),
+                xs_html_raw("&#129302;")));
+    }
 
     if (xs_is_null(date)) {
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, "\n&nbsp;\n");
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_raw("&nbsp;"));
     }
     else {
         xs *date_label = xs_crop_i(xs_dup(date), 0, 10);
@@ -149,18 +163,16 @@ xs_str *html_actor_icon(xs_dict *actor, const char *date,
             date_title = xs_str_cat(date_title, " / ", udate);
         }
 
-        xs *edt = encode_html(date_title);
-        xs *edl = encode_html(date_label);
-        xs *s1 = xs_fmt(
-            "\n<time class=\"dt-published snac-pubdate\" title=\"%s\">%s</time>\n",
-                edt, edl);
-
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, s1);
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_text(" "),
+            xs_html_tag("time",
+                xs_html_attr("class", "dt-published snac-pubdate"),
+                xs_html_attr("title", date_title),
+                xs_html_text(date_label)));
     }
 
     {
         char *username, *id;
-        xs *s1;
 
         if (xs_is_null(username = xs_dict_get(actor, "preferredUsername")) || *username == '\0') {
             /* This should never be reached */
@@ -176,15 +188,15 @@ xs_str *html_actor_icon(xs_dict *actor, const char *date,
         xs *domain = xs_split(id, "/");
         xs *user   = xs_fmt("@%s@%s", username, xs_list_get(domain, 2));
 
-        xs *u1 = encode_html(user);
-        s1 = xs_fmt(
-            "<br><a href=\"%s\" class=\"p-author-tag h-card snac-author-tag\">%s</a>",
-                xs_dict_get(actor, "id"), u1);
-
-        s = xs_str_cat(s, s1);
+        xs_html_add(actor_icon,
+            xs_html_sctag("br", NULL),
+            xs_html_tag("a",
+                xs_html_attr("href",  xs_dict_get(actor, "id")),
+                xs_html_attr("class", "p-author-tag h-card snac-author-tag"),
+                xs_html_text(user)));
     }
 
-    return s;
+    return xs_html_render(actor_icon);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/xs_html.h b/xs_html.h
index 744df5b..d34a7e0 100644
--- a/xs_html.h
+++ b/xs_html.h
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ xs_html *xs_html_attr(char *key, char *value);
 xs_html *xs_html_text(char *content);
 xs_html *xs_html_raw(char *content);
 
-xs_html *xs_html_add(xs_html *tag, xs_html *data);
+xs_html *_xs_html_add(xs_html *tag, xs_html *var[]);
+#define xs_html_add(tag, ...) _xs_html_add(tag, (xs_html *[]) { __VA_ARGS__, NULL })
 
 xs_html *_xs_html_tag(char *tag, xs_html *var[]);
 #define xs_html_tag(tag, ...) _xs_html_tag(tag, (xs_html *[]) { __VA_ARGS__, NULL })
+
 xs_html *_xs_html_sctag(char *tag, xs_html *var[]);
 #define xs_html_sctag(tag, ...) _xs_html_sctag(tag, (xs_html *[]) { __VA_ARGS__, NULL })
+
 xs_str *_xs_html_render(xs_html *h, xs_str *s);
 #define xs_html_render(h) _xs_html_render(h, xs_str_new(NULL))
 
@@ -127,28 +130,32 @@ xs_html *xs_html_raw(char *content)
 }
 
 
-xs_html *xs_html_add(xs_html *tag, xs_html *data)
+xs_html *_xs_html_add(xs_html *tag, xs_html *var[])
 /* add data (attrs, tags or text) to a tag */
 {
-    xs_html **first;
-    xs_html **last;
+    while (*var) {
+        xs_html *data = *var++;
 
-    if (data->type == XS_HTML_ATTR) {
-        first = &tag->f_attr;
-        last  = &tag->l_attr;
+        xs_html **first;
+        xs_html **last;
+
+        if (data->type == XS_HTML_ATTR) {
+            first = &tag->f_attr;
+            last  = &tag->l_attr;
+        }
+        else {
+            first = &tag->f_tag;
+            last  = &tag->l_tag;
+        }
+
+        if (*first == NULL)
+            *first = data;
+
+        if (*last != NULL)
+            (*last)->next = data;
+
+        *last = data;
     }
-    else {
-        first = &tag->f_tag;
-        last  = &tag->l_tag;
-    }
-
-    if (*first == NULL)
-        *first = data;
-
-    if (*last != NULL)
-        (*last)->next = data;
-
-    *last = data;
 
     return tag;
 }
@@ -162,8 +169,7 @@ static xs_html *_xs_html_tag_t(xs_html_type type, char *tag, xs_html *var[])
     a->type    = type;
     a->content = xs_dup(tag);
 
-    while (*var)
-        xs_html_add(a, *var++);
+    _xs_html_add(a, var);
 
     return a;
 }
diff --git a/xs_version.h b/xs_version.h
index b9b734b..fd4dd8f 100644
--- a/xs_version.h
+++ b/xs_version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/* 63beb583926bb5dfec89e1d694172cc887614460 2023-11-19T19:51:05+01:00 */
+/* d9404322f5bad91811bc0ad13d63360b586919cc 2023-11-20T20:13:34+01:00 */