diff --git a/e2e/farm.spec.ts b/e2e/farm.spec.ts
index 35462d6..4feef21 100644
--- a/e2e/farm.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/farm.spec.ts
@@ -296,12 +296,8 @@ test.describe('Farm E2E', () => {
     const eightDaysMs = 8 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1_000;
     await page.clock.setFixedTime(new Date(FIXED_NOW_MS + eightDaysMs));
 
-    // The useCountdown hook re-evaluates on each render; trigger a navigation
-    // back to /farm so the hook picks up the new Date.now()
-    await page.goto('/farm');
-    await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-    await connectWallet(page);
-    await seedPosition(page, FIXED_NOW_MS - 60_000);
+    // The useCountdown hook re-evaluates on each render
+    await page.reload();
 
     // Unlock button should now be enabled
     const unlockBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /^unlock$/i }).first();
diff --git a/public/robots.txt b/public/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d52fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+Disallow: /webhooks
+Disallow: /alerts
+
+Sitemap: https://smartdrop.io/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0234d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>1.0</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/leaderboard</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.9</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/prices</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.9</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/contributors</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.8</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/farm</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.9</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/airdrops</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.8</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://smartdrop.io/history</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-09-24</lastmod>
+    <priority>0.7</priority>
+  </url>
+</urlset>
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index 573009b..f573b80 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export default async function RootLayout({
   return (
     <html lang="en" className={inter.className} suppressHydrationWarning>
       <head>
+        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://horizon.stellar.org" />
+        <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org" />
+        <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://stellar.expert" />
         {/* #404 — In server mode the middleware sets a nonce-bearing CSP header,
             so the static meta tag would duplicate/override it. Only render the
             meta tag in static-export mode where no middleware runs. */}
diff --git a/src/lib/theme.ts b/src/lib/theme.ts
index 1dcce3f..6eb3777 100644
--- a/src/lib/theme.ts
+++ b/src/lib/theme.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { extendTheme, type ThemeConfig } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 
 const config: ThemeConfig = {
   initialColorMode: "dark",
-  useSystemColorMode: false,
+  useSystemColorMode: true,
 };
 
 const theme = extendTheme({