diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 399b6bb..0a7acc6 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# make sure that there's no trailing slash
 VITE_API_URL=https://api.faithfulpack.net/v2
 
+# You need to set FallbackResource to dist/index.html if you're using Apache (blame Vue routing)
 PORT=7000
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b0c8fe6..6e47209 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -386,8 +386,18 @@ ALL_TABS.filter((t) => t.roles === undefined)
 router.addRoute(missingRoute);
 
 window.apiURL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL;
+// fix trailing slash
+if (apiURL.endsWith("/")) window.apiURL = window.apiURL.slice(0, -1);
+
 // set as global
-window.settings = await axios.get(`${window.apiURL}/settings/raw`).then((res) => res.data);
+window.settings = await axios
+	.get(`${window.apiURL}/settings/raw`)
+	.then((res) => res.data)
+	.catch((err) => {
+		console.error(err);
+		// don't completely break the webapp if settings can't be fetched
+		return {};
+	});
 
 const pinia = createPinia();
 Vue.use(pinia);
diff --git a/resources/strings/en_US.js b/resources/strings/en_US.js
index a156d81..2a2b833 100644
--- a/resources/strings/en_US.js
+++ b/resources/strings/en_US.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export default {
 			},
 			slug: {
 				label: "Add-on slug",
-				hint: "Changing this will break old links!"
+				hint: "Changing this will break old links!",
 			},
 			reason: {
 				title: "Update reason",