@@ -234,12 +234,8 @@ }
 
 	log.Debug("rendering robots.txt")
 	buf.Reset()
-	rob, err := template.RenderRobotsTXT(config)
+	err = template.RenderRobotsTXT(config.BaseURL, buf)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.WithStack(err)
-	}
-	buf.Reset()
-	if _, err := io.Copy(buf, rob); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 	if err := storage.Write("/robots.txt", "", buf); err != nil {

@@ -43,23 +43,19 @@ func (q *QueryDocument) Find(selector string) *QuerySelection {
 	return &QuerySelection{q.Document.Find(selector)}
 }
 
-func RenderRobotsTXT(config *config.Config) (io.Reader, errors.E) {
-	r, w := io.Pipe()
+func RenderRobotsTXT(baseURL config.URL, w io.Writer) errors.E {
 	tpl, err := template.ParseFS(templates.Files, "robots.tmpl")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
-	go func() {
-		err = tpl.Execute(w, map[string]interface{}{
-			"BaseURL": config.BaseURL,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			w.CloseWithError(err)
-		}
-		w.Close()
-	}()
+	err = tpl.Execute(w, map[string]any{
+		"BaseURL": baseURL,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
 
-	return r, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func RenderFeed(