diff --git a/all/build.gradle.kts b/all/build.gradle.kts
index ad001da0..f2dbc758 100644
--- a/all/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/all/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ tasks.shadowJar {
     archiveFileName.set("openrs2.jar")
 
     minimize {
-        // currently only invoked with reflection in Thymeleaf templates
-        exclude(dependency("com.jakewharton.byteunits:byteunits"))
         exclude(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"))
     }
 }
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnits.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnits.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9255dc54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnits.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.web
+
+import com.jakewharton.byteunits.BinaryByteUnit
+
+public object ByteUnits {
+    public fun format(value: Long): String {
+        return BinaryByteUnit.format(value).replace(" ", "\u00A0")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsDialect.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsDialect.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8a7f9d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsDialect.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.web
+
+import org.thymeleaf.dialect.AbstractDialect
+import org.thymeleaf.dialect.IExpressionObjectDialect
+import org.thymeleaf.expression.IExpressionObjectFactory
+
+public object ByteUnitsDialect : AbstractDialect("byteunits"), IExpressionObjectDialect {
+    override fun getExpressionObjectFactory(): IExpressionObjectFactory {
+        return ByteUnitsExpressionFactory
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsExpressionFactory.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsExpressionFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36ff6892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/ByteUnitsExpressionFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.web
+
+import org.thymeleaf.context.IExpressionContext
+import org.thymeleaf.expression.IExpressionObjectFactory
+
+public object ByteUnitsExpressionFactory : IExpressionObjectFactory {
+    private const val NAME = "byteunits"
+    private val ALL_NAMES = setOf(NAME)
+
+    override fun getAllExpressionObjectNames(): Set<String> {
+        return ALL_NAMES
+    }
+
+    override fun buildObject(context: IExpressionContext, expressionObjectName: String): Any? {
+        return if (expressionObjectName == NAME) {
+            ByteUnits
+        } else {
+            null
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun isCacheable(expressionObjectName: String): Boolean {
+        return expressionObjectName == NAME
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/WebServer.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/WebServer.kt
index dd2c67bb..af1b01c2 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/WebServer.kt
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/web/WebServer.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class WebServer @Inject constructor(
             }
 
             install(Thymeleaf) {
+                addDialect(ByteUnitsDialect)
                 addDialect(Java8TimeDialect())
 
                 setTemplateResolver(ClassLoaderTemplateResolver().apply {
diff --git a/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/index.html b/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/index.html
index 8e0b628e..75a3df70 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/index.html
+++ b/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/index.html
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
 								<span
 									th:text="${cache.stats}? '(' + ${#numbers.formatPercent(cache.stats.validKeysFraction, 1, 2)} + ')'"></span>
 							</td>
-							<td th:text="${cache.stats}? ${@com.jakewharton.byteunits.BinaryByteUnit@format(cache.stats.size)} : 'Calculating...'"
+							<!--/*@thymesVar id="#byteunits" type="org.openrs2.archive.web.ByteUnits"*/-->
+							<td th:text="${cache.stats}? ${#byteunits.format(cache.stats.size)} : 'Calculating...'"
 							    class="text-right">Calculating...
 							</td>
 							<td>
diff --git a/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/show.html b/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/show.html
index e7aa05fa..d6aa7f60 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/show.html
+++ b/archive/src/main/resources/org/openrs2/archive/templates/caches/show.html
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
 				</tr>
 				<tr class="thead-dark">
 					<th>Size<sup><a href="/caches#size">2</a></sup></th>
-					<td th:text="${cache.stats}? ${@com.jakewharton.byteunits.BinaryByteUnit@format(cache.stats.size)} : 'Calculating...'">
+					<!--/*@thymesVar id="#byteunits" type="org.openrs2.archive.web.ByteUnits"*/-->
+					<td th:text="${cache.stats}? ${#byteunits.format(cache.stats.size)} : 'Calculating...'">
 						Calculating...
 					</td>
 				</tr>