diff --git a/portspoof_py/admin.py b/portspoof_py/admin.py
index 9d8e29c..d934696 100644
--- a/portspoof_py/admin.py
+++ b/portspoof_py/admin.py
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ tr:hover td { background: #1c2128; }
 .port { color: #f78166; }
 .ip   { color: #79c0ff; }
 .ts   { color: #8b949e; font-size: 11px; }
-.hex  { color: #a5d6ff; font-size: 11px;
-        max-width: 240px; overflow: hidden;
-        text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 .cc   { color: #8b949e; font-size: 11px; }
 .badge {
     display: inline-block; background: #21262d;
@@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ _HTML = """\
     <h2>Recent connections <span class="badge">{recent_count} shown</span></h2>
     <table>
       <tr><th>Timestamp (UTC)</th><th>Source IP</th><th>Src&nbsp;port</th>
-          <th>Dst&nbsp;port</th><th>Banner (hex)</th><th>Bytes</th></tr>
+          <th>Dst&nbsp;port</th><th>Bytes</th></tr>
       {conn_rows}
     </table>
   </div>
@@ -500,12 +497,10 @@ async def _render_dashboard(stats: Stats, cfg: Config) -> str:
             f'<td>{_ip_cell(e["src_ip"])}</td>'
             f'<td>{e["src_port"]}</td>'
             f'<td class="port">{e["dst_port"]}</td>'
-            f'<td class="hex" title="{html.escape(e["banner_hex"])}">'
-            f'{html.escape(e["banner_hex"][:48])}{"…" if len(e["banner_hex"]) > 48 else ""}</td>'
             f'<td>{e["banner_len"]}</td>'
             '</tr>'
             for e in recent
-        ) if recent else _empty_row(6, 'no connections yet')
+        ) if recent else _empty_row(5, 'no connections yet')
     )
 
     last = stats.last_connection
@@ -662,8 +657,10 @@ async def _handle(
             ct = 'application/json'
 
         elif path == '/api/connections':
-            limit = min(int(qs.get('limit', ['50'])[0]), 500)
-            body = json.dumps(stats.recent_connections(limit))
+            limit = min(int(qs.get('limit', ['100'])[0]), 500)
+            conns = [{k: v for k, v in e.items() if k != 'banner_hex'}
+                     for e in stats.recent_connections(limit)]
+            body = json.dumps(conns)
             ct = 'application/json'
 
         elif path == '/api/banner':