diff --git a/internal/page/scrollerPage.go b/internal/page/scrollerPage.go
index c5ab2d1..5476bb6 100644
--- a/internal/page/scrollerPage.go
+++ b/internal/page/scrollerPage.go
@@ -343,25 +343,21 @@ func (p *ScrollerPage) loadProclamations() error {
 	}
 
 	// Build word list from selected, available proclamations
-	// For each proclamation in proclamations
-	// until count reaches 10
-	// add the words into the world list
-	// update count
-	// when the count reaches 10
-	// insert the defaultProclamation
-	// reset the count to 0
-	var count int = 0
+	defaultWords := strings.Fields(defaultProclamation.Content)
+
 	for _, proclamation := range proclamations {
-		for count < 10 {
+		words := strings.Fields(proclamation.Content)
+
+		// Pre-allocate: 10x proclamation words + 1x default words
+		batch := make([]string, 0, len(words)*10+len(defaultWords))
+		for range 10 {
 			logger.Debug("Adding %s", proclamation.Name)
-			words := strings.Fields(proclamation.Content)
-			p.words = append(p.words, words...)
-			count += 1
+			batch = append(batch, words...)
 		}
 		logger.Debug("Adding %s", defaultProclamation.Name)
-		defaultWords := strings.Fields(defaultProclamation.Content)
-		p.words = append(p.words, defaultWords...)
-		count = 0
+		batch = append(batch, defaultWords...)
+
+		p.words = append(p.words, batch...)
 	}
 
 	if len(p.words) == 0 {