diff --git a/www/src/components/navigation/githubIcon.astro b/www/src/components/navigation/githubIcon.astro
index bce84804af..478e6382d2 100644
--- a/www/src/components/navigation/githubIcon.astro
+++ b/www/src/components/navigation/githubIcon.astro
@@ -2,18 +2,24 @@
 import { getIsRtlFromUrl, getLanguageFromURL } from "../../languages";
 import { fetchGithub } from "../../utils/fetchGithub";
 
-let githubStars = 23000;
+let githubStars = 25000;
 
 try {
-  (await fetchGithub("https://api.github.com/repos/t3-oss/create-t3-app", {
-    throwIfNoAuth: false,
-    fetchType: "repo",
-  }).then((data) => data?.stargazers_count)) ?? 23000;
+  const fetchedStars = await fetchGithub(
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/t3-oss/create-t3-app",
+    {
+      throwIfNoAuth: false,
+      fetchType: "repo",
+    },
+  ).then((data) => data?.stargazers_count);
+
+  githubStars = fetchedStars ?? 25000;
 } catch (e) {
   console.error("unable to fetch from github", e);
 }
 
 const ONE_HOUR = 1 * 60 * 60;
+
 Astro.response.headers.set("Cache-Control", `public, max-age=${ONE_HOUR}`);
 
 const { pathname } = Astro.url;