diff --git a/www/index.php b/www/index.php
index 24c914e..def1b15 100644
--- a/www/index.php
+++ b/www/index.php
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ function getCustomPasswordFromAPI($passType, $payload){
 
     // Get HTTP status code to confirm the request succeeded
     $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
-    curl_close($ch);
+    // Deprecated: Function curl_close() is deprecated since 8.5, as it has no effect since PHP 8.0 in /var/www/html/index.php on line 141
+    // curl_close($ch);
 
     if ($httpCode !== 200) {
         // Non-200 responses are treated as errors
@@ -459,6 +460,14 @@ if (elX && elY) {
     elY.onchange = limit;
 }
 
+// helper to sync range to number input (already done in form via oninput)
+// but keep for safety
+function updateTextInput1(val) { document.getElementById('wMin').value = val; }
+function updateTextInput2(val) { document.getElementById('wMax').value = val; }
+function updateTextInput3(val) { document.getElementById('wCount').value = val; }
+function updateTextInput4(val) { document.getElementById('sChar').value = val; }
+function updateTextInput5(val) { document.getElementById('numLen').value = val; }
+
 </script>
 
 </body>