diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index 70b6600f..3cf4fdda 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (1, 13, 5)
+VERSION = (1, 13, 6)
 CODENAME = "race the beam"
-BUILD_DT = (2024, 7, 22)
+BUILD_DT = (2024, 7, 29)
 
 S_VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
 S_BUILD_DT = "{0:04d}-{1:02d}-{2:02d}".format(*BUILD_DT)
diff --git a/copyparty/web/util.js b/copyparty/web/util.js
index 953128ac..2f6e7faa 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/util.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/util.js
@@ -1557,6 +1557,7 @@ var modal = (function () {
     r.nofocus = 0;
 
     r.show = function (html) {
+        tt.hide();
         o = mknod('div', 'modal');
         o.innerHTML = '<table><tr><td><div id="modalc">' + html + '</div></td></tr></table>';
         document.body.appendChild(o);
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 285d3842..57b2968f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
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+# 2024-0722-2323  `v1.13.5`  american sized
+
+## new features
+
+* long-distance uploads are now **twice as fast** on average 132a8350
+  * boost tcp windowsize scaling by stitching together smaller chunks into bigger chonks so they fly better across the atlantic
+  * i'm not kidding, on the two routes we've tested this on we gained 1.6x / 160% (from US-West to Finland) and **2.6x / 260%** (Norway to US-East)
+    * files that are between 4 MiB and 256 MiB see the biggest improvement; 70% faster <= 768 MiB, 40% <= 1.5 GiB, 10% <= 6G
+  * if this turns out to be buggy, disable it serverside with `--u2sz 1,1,1` or clientside in the browser-ui: `[⚙️]` -> `up2k switches` -> change `64` to `1`
+* u2c.py (CLI uploader): support stitching (☝️) + print a summary with hashing and upload speeds  987bce21
+* video files can play as audio 53f1e3c9
+  * audio is extracted serverside to avoid wasting bandwidth
+  * extraction is lossy (converted to opus or mp3 depending on browser)
+  * togglebutton `🎧` in the gridview toolbar to enable/disable
+* new hook: [into-the-cache-it-goes.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin/hooks#after-upload) d26a944d
+  * avoids a cloudflare bug (race condition?) where it will send truncated files to visitors on the very first load if several people simultaneously access a file that hasn't been viewed before
+
+## bugfixes
+
+* inline markdown/logues rendered black-on-black in firefox 54 and some other browsers from 2017 and older eeef8091
+* unintuitive folder thumbnail selection if folder contains both `Cover.jpg` and `cover.jpg` f955d2bd
+* the gridview toolbar got undocked after viewing a pic/vid dc449bf8
+
+## other changes
+
+* #90 recommend rclone in favor of davfs2 ef0ecf87
+* improved some error messages e565ad5f
+* added helptext exporters to generate the online [html](https://ocv.me/copyparty/helptext.html) and [txt](https://ocv.me/copyparty/helptext.txt) editions 59533990
+* mention that cloudflare is incompatible with uploading files larger than 383.9 GiB 
+
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 # 2024-0716-0457  `v1.13.4`  descript.ion