diff --git a/app/listmonk/utils.py b/app/listmonk/utils.py
index 9d71547..401debc 100644
--- a/app/listmonk/utils.py
+++ b/app/listmonk/utils.py
@@ -57,16 +57,12 @@ def email2name(email):
     name = " ".join([part.capitalize() for part in name.split(" ")])
     return name
 
-def is_subscribed(email):
-    url = settings.LISTMONK_API + 'subscribers'
-    auth = (settings.LISTMONK_USER, settings.LISTMONK_PASSWORD)
-    exists = url + '?' + "list_id=&query=email='%s'&page=1&order_by=id&order=desc" % email
-    return bool(len(requests.get(exists, auth=auth).json()['data']['results']))
 
 def add_email(email):
     url = settings.LISTMONK_API + 'subscribers'
     auth = (settings.LISTMONK_USER, settings.LISTMONK_PASSWORD)
-    if not is_subscribed(email):
+    exists = url + '?' + "list_id=&query=email='%s'&page=1&order_by=id&order=desc" % email
+    if not len(requests.get(exists, auth=auth).json()['data']['results']):
         data = {
             "email": email,
             "name": email2name(email),
diff --git a/app/listmonk/views.py b/app/listmonk/views.py
index 767e84a..1fee8a9 100644
--- a/app/listmonk/views.py
+++ b/app/listmonk/views.py
@@ -1,26 +1,13 @@
-import json
-
-from brake.decorators import ratelimit
-
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db.models.functions import ExtractWeek, ExtractYear
-from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.timezone import datetime, timedelta
-from django.core.validators import validate_email
-import django.contrib.auth
+
 
 from ..item import models
 from ..item.views import get_weeks, format_week, get_monday, get_byline
-from ..item.utils import render_to_json
-from ..utils import default_context
-
-from . import utils
-
-
-User = get_user_model()
 
 
 def week(year, month, day):
@@ -45,40 +32,3 @@ def week(year, month, day):
     context['week_link'] = settings.URL + '/_' + monday
     context['items'] = archive_week
     return render_to_string("weekly_email.html", context)
-
-
-@ratelimit(method="POST", block=True, rate="5/m")
-def subscribe(request):
-    context = default_context(request)
-    response = {}
-    request_type = 'json'
-    if request.method == "POST":
-        if "email" in request.POST:
-            data = request.POST
-            request_type = 'html'
-        else:
-            data = json.loads(request.body)
-        if not response:
-            try:
-                validate_email(data["email"])
-            except ValidationError as e:
-                response['error'] = 'please enter a valid email address.'
-            else:
-                try:
-                    if utils.is_subscribed(data["email"]):
-                        pass
-                    elif not utils.add_email(data["email"]):
-                        response['error'] = 'failed to add email to weekly digest.'
-                except:
-                    response['error'] = 'failed to add your email, please try again later.'
-
-        if request_type == 'html':
-            if 'error' in response:
-                context['error'] = response['error']
-                return render(request, 'subscribe.html', context)
-            else:
-                context["subscribed"] = True
-                return render(request, 'subscribe.html', context)
-        return render_to_json(response)
-    else:
-        return render(request, 'subscribe.html', context)
diff --git a/app/static/css/site.scss b/app/static/css/site.scss
index c40fecc..86bde26 100644
--- a/app/static/css/site.scss
+++ b/app/static/css/site.scss
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ nav.overlay {
 }
 
 
-.login, .register, .subscribe, .digest{
+.login, .register {
     margin-top: 16px;
     margin-left: 24px;
     textarea,
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ nav.overlay {
         border: solid 1px lightgreen;
         cursor: pointer;
     }
-    .error {
-      color: red;
-    }
 }
 
 .content {
diff --git a/app/static/js/VideoPlayer.js b/app/static/js/VideoPlayer.js
index f478a53..8e095c9 100644
--- a/app/static/js/VideoPlayer.js
+++ b/app/static/js/VideoPlayer.js
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ window.VideoPlayer = function(options) {
                     height: 32px;
                 }
                 .mx-controls .controls .position {
-                    cursor: pointer;
                     flex: 1;
                 }
                 .mx-controls .toggle svg {
diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index 9d4dcaa..5798d81 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
     </header>
     <div class="about">
         {{ overlay.content | safe }}
-        <div class="digest">
-            {% include "subscribe_form.html" %}
-        </div>
     </div>
     {% if now %}
     <div class="now">
diff --git a/app/templates/register.html b/app/templates/register.html
index d682fd4..dfbc644 100644
--- a/app/templates/register.html
+++ b/app/templates/register.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block head %}
-<title>Register - {{ settings.SITENAME }}</title>
+<title>Login - {{ settings.SITENAME }}</title>
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <div class="register">
diff --git a/app/templates/subscribe.html b/app/templates/subscribe.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 79aa205..0000000
--- a/app/templates/subscribe.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "base.html" %}
-{% block head %}
-<title>Subscribe - {{ settings.SITENAME }}</title>
-{% endblock %}
-{% block content %}
-<div class="subscribe">
-    {% if subscribed %}
-    Thank you for subscribing to our weekly email digest.
-    <script>
-        setTimeout(function() {
-            document.location.href = '/'
-        }, 3000)
-    </script>
-    {% else %}
-    You can subscribe to a weekly email digest with all clips, edits, sirens and phantoms published in the week.
-    {% include "subscribe_form.html" %}
-    {% endif %}
-</div>
-{% endblock %}
-
-
diff --git a/app/templates/subscribe_form.html b/app/templates/subscribe_form.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b7812f8..0000000
--- a/app/templates/subscribe_form.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<form method="POST" action="{% url 'subscribe' %}">
-    {% csrf_token %}
-    <input name="email" type="email" placeholder="your email" required></input>
-    <button id="subscribe">Subscribe to weekly digest</button>
-    <div class="error">{{ error }}</div>
-</form>
diff --git a/app/urls.py b/app/urls.py
index 2c8f6e6..e58e187 100644
--- a/app/urls.py
+++ b/app/urls.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from django.urls import path, re_path
 from .item import views as item_views
 from .user import views as user_views
 from .page import views as page_views
-from .listmonk import views as email_views
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('login/', user_views.login, name='login'),
     path('logout/', user_views.logout, name='logout'),
     path('register/', user_views.register, name='register'),
-    path('subscribe/', email_views.subscribe, name='subscribe'),
     path('comment/publish/', item_views.publish_comment, name='publish-comment'),
     path('comment/', item_views.comment, name='comment'),
     path('_<int:year>-<int:month>-<int:day>/', item_views.archive, name='archive'),