diff --git a/api/sse.go b/api/sse.go
index 5600fc9..8fe77a9 100644
--- a/api/sse.go
+++ b/api/sse.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package api
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	"atri.dad/lib"
 	"atri.dad/lib/pubsub"
@@ -30,10 +29,6 @@ func SSE(c echo.Context, pubSub pubsub.PubSub) error {
 
 	lib.SetSSEHeaders(c)
 
-	// Create a ticker that fires every 15 seconds
-	ticker := lib.CreateTickerAndKeepAlive(c, 30*time.Second)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-
 	// Create a client channel and add it to the SSE server
 	client := make(chan string)
 	lib.SSEServer.AddClient(channel, client)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 67ad6f7..85ed033 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.17
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.21
 	github.com/clerkinc/clerk-sdk-go v1.49.0
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.5.1
-	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.24.0
+	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.25.0
 	github.com/svix/svix-webhooks v1.21.0
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.1
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 976bd33..ba6f96f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.13.0/go.mod h1:BUGjjsD+ndS6eX37YgTchSEG+Jg9Jv
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.0.0-20220113201626-b1b626ac65ae/go.mod h1:2kn6fqh/zIyPLmm3ugklbEi5hg5wS435eygvNfaDQL8=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.17 h1:Cfa40lCdjv9OxC3X1Ks3a6O1Tu3gOANSyKHOSw/zuWU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.17/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.21 h1:UrT6JC9R9PkYYXDZBV0qDKTualMr+bfK2eboTknMgbs=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.21/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
 github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.19.0/go.mod h1:Ow6qC71xtwm79anlwKRlWZW6zVq9D2XHE4QSSMP/rU8=
 github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
 github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.24.0 h1:WRPB0LO4VHB+AOlysK/Ewd+j3FoFoiMPMIC/+pqKlrU=
-github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.24.0/go.mod h1:rw1MxjlAKKcZ+3FOXgTHgwiOa2ya6CPq6ykpJ0Q6Po4=
+github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.25.0 h1:kmDoOTvdQSTQssQzWZQQkgbAR2Q8eXdMWbN/ylNalWA=
+github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v76 v76.25.0/go.mod h1:rw1MxjlAKKcZ+3FOXgTHgwiOa2ya6CPq6ykpJ0Q6Po4=
 github.com/svix/svix-webhooks v1.21.0 h1:ZxoPU2SJGjmRy1qMaeHY1VdZhTaEkHuh3ruy4CrxW3Y=
 github.com/svix/svix-webhooks v1.21.0/go.mod h1:qGeiECF5WRQElyfF0i2CqUtWk2GQJTgL+EJZ/WRCxok=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
diff --git a/lib/sse.go b/lib/sse.go
index c7a4a2d..5b145c6 100644
--- a/lib/sse.go
+++ b/lib/sse.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
 	"atri.dad/lib/pubsub"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
@@ -90,19 +89,6 @@ func SetSSEHeaders(c echo.Context) {
 	c.Response().Header().Set(echo.HeaderCacheControl, "no-cache")
 }
 
-func CreateTickerAndKeepAlive(c echo.Context, duration time.Duration) *time.Ticker {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(duration)
-	go func() {
-		for range ticker.C {
-			if _, err := c.Response().Write([]byte(": keep-alive\n\n")); err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Failed to write keep-alive: %v", err)
-			}
-			c.Response().Flush()
-		}
-	}()
-	return ticker
-}
-
 func HandleIncomingMessages(c echo.Context, pubsub pubsub.PubSubMessage, client chan string) {
 	for {
 		select {