diff --git a/src/articles/models.py b/src/articles/models.py
index 9d00560..20bb221 100644
--- a/src/articles/models.py
+++ b/src/articles/models.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models import Prefetch
+from django.db.models import F, Prefetch
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -132,13 +132,9 @@ class Article(models.Model):
         self.save()
 
     def get_read_time(self) -> int:
-        try:
-            content = self.get_formatted_content
-            if content:
-                return readtime.of_html(content).minutes
-        except ParseError:
-            print(f"minutes failed for pk {self.pk}")
-            return 0
+        content = self.get_formatted_content
+        if content:
+            return readtime.of_markdown(content).minutes
         return 0
 
     @cached_property
@@ -168,3 +164,7 @@ class Article(models.Model):
             f"admin:{content_type.app_label}_{content_type.model}_change",
             args=(self.id,),
         )
+
+    def increment_view_count(self) -> None:
+        self.views_count = F("views_count") + 1
+        self.save(update_fields=["views_count"])
diff --git a/src/articles/urls.py b/src/articles/urls.py
index ea5c851..329ba53 100644
--- a/src/articles/urls.py
+++ b/src/articles/urls.py
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("tag/<slug:slug>/", html.TagArticlesListView.as_view(), name="tag"),
     path("feed/", feeds.CompleteFeed(), name="complete-feed"),
     path("api/render/<int:article_pk>/", api.render_article, name="api-render-article"),
-    path("<slug:slug>/", html.ArticleDetailView.as_view(), name="article-detail"),
+    path("<slug:slug>/", html.view_article, name="article-detail"),
 ]
diff --git a/src/articles/views/html.py b/src/articles/views/html.py
index e76ff09..15e3923 100644
--- a/src/articles/views/html.py
+++ b/src/articles/views/html.py
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIRequest
 from django.core.paginator import Page
-from django.db.models import F, Q, QuerySet
+from django.db.models import Q, QuerySet
 from django.http.response import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBase
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 from django.views import generic
-from django.views.generic import DetailView
 
 from articles.models import Article, Tag
 
@@ -127,29 +126,19 @@ class DraftsListView(LoginRequiredMixin, BaseArticleListView):
         return context
 
 
-class ArticleDetailView(DetailView):
-    model = Article
-    context_object_name = "article"
-    template_name = "articles/article_detail.html"
+def view_article(request: WSGIRequest, slug: str) -> HttpResponse:
+    article = get_article(request, slug)
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        article.increment_view_count()
+    context = {"article": article, "tags": article.tags.all()}
+    return render(request, "articles/article_detail.html", context)
 
-    def get_queryset(self) -> QuerySet:
-        key = self.request.GET.get("draft_key")
-        if key:
-            return Article.objects.filter(draft_key=key).prefetch_related("tags")
 
-        queryset = super().get_queryset().prefetch_related("tags")
-        if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
-            queryset = queryset.filter(status=Article.PUBLISHED)
-        return queryset
-
-    def get_object(self, queryset: QuerySet | None = None) -> Article:
-        obj: Article = super().get_object(queryset)
-        if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
-            obj.views_count = F("views_count") + 1
-            obj.save(update_fields=["views_count"])
-
-        return obj
-
-    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        kwargs["tags"] = self.object.tags.all()
-        return super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+def get_article(request: WSGIRequest, slug: str) -> Article:
+    key = request.GET.get("draft_key")
+    qs = Article.objects.prefetch_related("tags")
+    if key:
+        return get_object_or_404(qs, draft_key=key, slug=slug)
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated:
+        qs = qs.filter(status=Article.PUBLISHED)
+    return get_object_or_404(qs, slug=slug)