diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
index 929af89..46f8778 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/catalog.html
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ function render() {
         : `Nothing extracted yet — start on the <a href="/photos">photos page</a>.`}</p>`;
 }
 
+let LAST = null;
 async function refresh() {
   const state = await fetchJSON("/api/state");
+  const payload = JSON.stringify(state.catalog);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
   CATALOG = state.catalog;
   render();
 }
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/library.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/library.html
index dee19df..45135be 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/library.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/library.html
@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@ function render() {
            Run the pipeline through <code>enrich</code> to fill these shelves.`}</p>`;
 }
 
+let LAST = null;
 async function refresh() {
-  GAMES = await fetchJSON("/api/library");
+  const games = await fetchJSON("/api/library");
+  const payload = JSON.stringify(games);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
+  GAMES = games;
   render();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
index 4957017..ec5c530 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/photos.html
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ function render(state, photos) {
     </figure>`).join("");
 }
 
+let LAST = null;
 async function refresh() {
   const [state, photos] = await Promise.all([
     fetchJSON("/api/state"),
     fetchJSON("/api/photos-list"),
   ]);
+  // re-render only on change: rebuilding innerHTML re-renders every <img>
+  const payload = JSON.stringify([state.unidentified, state.warnings, photos]);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
   render(state, photos);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/pipeline.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/pipeline.html
index bf5b59d..3f7f07f 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/pipeline.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/pipeline.html
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ function render() {
   if (atBottom) logEl.scrollTop = logEl.scrollHeight;
 }
 
+let LAST = null;
 async function refresh() {
-  P = await fetchJSON("/api/pipeline");
+  const p = await fetchJSON("/api/pipeline");
+  const payload = JSON.stringify(p);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
+  P = p;
   render();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/queue.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/queue.html
index f5453e9..8cd5df2 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/queue.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/queue.html
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ function render(q) {
   document.getElementById("queuebody").innerHTML = html;
 }
 
+let LAST = null;
 async function refresh() {
-  render(await fetchJSON("/api/queue"));
+  const q = await fetchJSON("/api/queue");
+  const payload = JSON.stringify(q);
+  if (payload === LAST) return;
+  LAST = payload;
+  render(q);
 }
 
 refresh().catch(err => errorBanner(err.message || err));