diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e69a10..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/xcode,macos
-# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=xcode,macos
-
-### macOS ###
-# General
-.DS_Store
-.AppleDouble
-.LSOverride
-
-# Icon must end with two \r
-Icon
-
-
-# Thumbnails
-._*
-
-# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
-.DocumentRevisions-V100
-.fseventsd
-.Spotlight-V100
-.TemporaryItems
-.Trashes
-.VolumeIcon.icns
-.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
-
-# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
-.AppleDB
-.AppleDesktop
-Network Trash Folder
-Temporary Items
-.apdisk
-
-### macOS Patch ###
-# iCloud generated files
-*.icloud
-
-### Xcode ###
-## User settings
-xcuserdata/
-
-## Xcode 8 and earlier
-*.xcscmblueprint
-*.xccheckout
-
-### Xcode Patch ###
-*.xcodeproj/*
-!*.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
-!*.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/
-!*.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/
-!*.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
-/*.gcno
-**/xcshareddata/WorkspaceSettings.xcsettings
-
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/xcode,macos
diff --git a/dns/BlockedCount.swift b/dns/BlockedCount.swift
index 69d7686..8a0faab 100644
--- a/dns/BlockedCount.swift
+++ b/dns/BlockedCount.swift
@@ -3,18 +3,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 import Foundation
 
 struct BlockedCount: View {
-
     @State private var txtRecord: String = "..."
 
-    private static let startIndex = 44
-
-    private static let formatter: NumberFormatter = {
-        let formatter = NumberFormatter()
-        formatter.numberStyle = .decimal
-
-        return formatter
-    }()
-
     var body: some View {
         Text(txtRecord)
         .onAppear {
@@ -26,21 +16,26 @@ struct BlockedCount: View {
         // This is a DNS wire format response and we make a lot of assumptions
         // It is not critical functionality so just let it fail if it fails
 
-        guard data.count > Self.startIndex else {
-            return nil
+        guard data.count > 44 else { return nil }
+
+        let startIndex = 44
+        let subData = data.suffix(from: startIndex)
+
+        // Find the first space character (ASCII 32)
+        var endIndex: Int?
+        for (offset, byte) in subData.enumerated() {
+            if byte == 32 { // Space character
+                endIndex = offset
+                break
+            }
         }
 
-        // Find the first space character (ASCII 32).
-        guard let endIndex = data.suffix(from: Self.startIndex).firstIndex(of: 32) else {
-            return nil
-        }
+        guard let foundEndIndex = endIndex else { return nil }
 
-        guard let numberString = String(data: data[Self.startIndex ..< endIndex], encoding: .utf8)
-        else {
-            return nil
-        }
+        // Extract bytes between start and space
+        let numberData = subData.prefix(foundEndIndex)
 
-        return Self.formatter.string(for: Int(numberString))
+        return String(decoding: numberData, as: UTF8.self)
     }
     
     func fetchTXTRecord() {