diff --git a/src/badge.rs b/src/badge.rs
index 9aa4d0c..2b7702f 100644
--- a/src/badge.rs
+++ b/src/badge.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use cached::proc_macro::once;
+
 /// Generate a simple SVG badge with the given attributes.
-pub fn generate(title: &str, value: &str) -> String {
+pub fn _generate(title: &str, value: &str) -> String {
     format!(
         r###"
         <svg
@@ -32,3 +35,24 @@ pub fn generate(title: &str, value: &str) -> String {
         // value.len() * 10,
     )
 }
+
+/// Load a badge from shields.io. TODO: replace this with a custom generator.
+#[once(result = true)]
+pub async fn generate(title: &str, value: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    Ok(reqwest::get(format!(
+        "https://img.shields.io/badge/{}-{}-green",
+        title, value
+    ))
+    .await?
+    .text()
+    .await?)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_generate() {
+        let svg = super::generate("test", "value").await.unwrap();
+        println!("{}", svg);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/currency/monero.rs b/src/currency/monero.rs
index d59309b..1fd3b12 100644
--- a/src/currency/monero.rs
+++ b/src/currency/monero.rs
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ pub async fn balance(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
         [(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "image/svg+xml")],
         crate::badge::generate(
             "balance",
-            &format!("{} XMR", PrettyPrintFloat(monero_balance)),
-        ),
+            &format!("{:.1} XMR", PrettyPrintFloat(monero_balance)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap(),
     )
 }
 
@@ -222,8 +224,10 @@ pub async fn payouts(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
         [(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "image/svg+xml")],
         crate::badge::generate(
             "payouts",
-            &format!("{:.1}", state.monero.get_transfers().await.unwrap().len()),
-        ),
+            &format!("{}", state.monero.get_transfers().await.unwrap().len()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap(),
     )
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +238,8 @@ pub async fn address(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
         crate::badge::generate(
             "XMR",
             &format!("{}", state.monero.wallet_address.to_string()),
-        ),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap(),
     )
 }