diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7324f09db..f1d3ba8fe 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
     <link rel="preload" href="/api/v1/instance" as="fetch" crossorigin />
     <link rel="preload" href="/static/pleromatan_apology_fox_small.webp" as="image" />
     <!-- putting styles here to avoid having to wait for styles to load up -->
-    <style id="splashscreen" src="/static/splash.css"></style>
-    <style id="pleroma-eager-styles" type="text/css" src="/static/empty.css"></style>
-    <style id="pleroma-lazy-styles" type="text/css" src="/static/empty.css"></style>
-    <style id="theme-holder" type="text/css" src="/static/empty.css"></style>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" id="splashscreen" src="/static/splash.css"></style>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" id="pleroma-eager-styles" type="text/css" href="/static/empty.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" id="pleroma-lazy-styles" type="text/css" src="/static/empty.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" id="theme-holder" type="text/css" src="/static/empty.css" />
     <!--server-generated-meta-->
   </head>
   <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0">
