diff --git a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
index 3387b8fc47..da91bb856e 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/codegen/render.ts
@@ -70,49 +70,65 @@ export const on_render =
 			return new Response('not found', { status: 404 })
 		}
 
-		// this is what hangs
-		const {
-			readable,
-			injectToStream,
-			pipe: pipeTo,
-		} = await renderToStream(
-			React.createElement(App, {
-				initialURL: url,
-				cache: cache,
-				session: session,
-				assetPrefix: assetPrefix,
-				manifest: manifest,
-
-				...router_cache()
-			}),
-			{
-				webStream: production,
-				userAgent: 'Vite',
-			}
-		)
-
-		// add the initial scripts to the page
-		injectToStream(\`
-		<script>
-			window.__houdini__initial__cache__ = \${cache.serialize()};
-			window.__houdini__initial__session__ = \${JSON.stringify(session)};
-		</script>
-
-		\${documentPremable ?? ''}
-
-		<!--
-			add a virtual module that hydrates the client and sets up the initial pending cache.
-			the dynamic extension is to support dev which sees the raw jsx, and production which sees the bundled asset
-		-->
-		<script type="module" src="\${assetPrefix}/pages/\${match.id}.\${production ? 'js' : 'jsx'}" async=""></script>
-	\`)
-
-		if (pipeTo && pipe) {
-			pipeTo(pipe)
-			return true
-		} else {
-			return new Response(readable)
-		}
+		const stream = React.renderToReadableStream(React.createElement(App, {
+			initialURL: url,
+			cache: cache,
+			session: session,
+			assetPrefix: assetPrefix,
+			manifest: manifest,
+
+			...router_cache()
+		}))
+
+
+	// 	// this is what hangs
+	// 	const {
+	// 		readable,
+	// 		injectToStream,
+	// 		pipe: pipeTo,
+	// 	} = await renderToStream(
+	// 		React.createElement(App, {
+	// 			initialURL: url,
+	// 			cache: cache,
+	// 			session: session,
+	// 			assetPrefix: assetPrefix,
+	// 			manifest: manifest,
+
+	// 			...router_cache()
+	// 		}),
+	// 		{
+	// 			webStream: production,
+	// 			userAgent: 'Vite',
+	// 		}
+	// 	)
+
+	// 	// add the initial scripts to the page
+	// 	injectToStream(\`
+	// 	<script>
+	// 		window.__houdini__initial__cache__ = \${cache.serialize()};
+	// 		window.__houdini__initial__session__ = \${JSON.stringify(session)};
+	// 	</script>
+
+	// 	\${documentPremable ?? ''}
+
+	// 	<!--
+	// 		add a virtual module that hydrates the client and sets up the initial pending cache.
+	// 		the dynamic extension is to support dev which sees the raw jsx, and production which sees the bundled asset
+	// 	-->
+	// 	<script type="module" src="\${assetPrefix}/pages/\${match.id}.\${production ? 'js' : 'jsx'}" async=""></script>
+	// \`)
+
+	// 	if (pipeTo && pipe) {
+	// 		pipeTo(pipe)
+	// 		return true
+	// 	} else {
+	// 		return new Response(readable)
+	// 	}
+
+		return new Response(stream, {
+			headers: { 'content-type': 'text/html' },
+		});
+
 	}
 
 export function createServerAdapter(options) {
diff --git a/packages/houdini-react/src/runtime/routing/Router.tsx b/packages/houdini-react/src/runtime/routing/Router.tsx
index 900a84707a..9db465411b 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-react/src/runtime/routing/Router.tsx
+++ b/packages/houdini-react/src/runtime/routing/Router.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export function Router({
 	assetPrefix: string
 	injectToStream?: undefined | ((chunk: string) => void)
 }) {
-	return <div>hello!</div>
 	// the current route is just a string in state.
 	const [currentURL, setCurrentURL] = React.useState(() => {
 		return initialURL || window.location.pathname