diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/services/app-config-service.ts b/frontend/src/lib/services/app-config-service.ts
index 1469822..eeea23d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/services/app-config-service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/services/app-config-service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { version as currentVersion } from '$app/environment';
 import type { AllAppConfig, AppConfigRawResponse } from '$lib/types/application-configuration';
-import axios from 'axios';
+import axios, { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 import APIService from './api-service';
 
 export default class AppConfigService extends APIService {
@@ -56,12 +56,23 @@ export default class AppConfigService extends APIService {
 	}
 
 	async getVersionInformation() {
-		const response = (
-			await axios.get('https://api.github.com/repos/stonith404/pocket-id/releases/latest')
-		).data;
+		const response = await axios
+			.get('https://api.github.com/repos/stonith404/pocket-id/releases/latest')
+			.then((res) => res.data)
+			.catch((e) => {
+				console.error(
+					'Failed to fetch version information',
+					e instanceof AxiosError && e.response ? e.response.data.message : e
+				);
+				return null;
+			});
 
-		const newestVersion = response.tag_name.replace('v', '');
-		const isUpToDate = newestVersion === currentVersion;
+		let newestVersion: string | null = null;
+		let isUpToDate: boolean | null = null;
+		if (response) {
+			newestVersion = response.tag_name.replace('v', '');
+			isUpToDate = newestVersion === currentVersion;
+		}
 
 		return {
 			isUpToDate,
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/types/application-configuration.ts b/frontend/src/lib/types/application-configuration.ts
index 76a68e9..ea8f08a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/types/application-configuration.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/types/application-configuration.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type AppConfigRawResponse = {
 }[];
 
 export type AppVersionInformation = {
-	isUpToDate: boolean;
-	newestVersion: string;
-	currentVersion: string;
+	isUpToDate: boolean | null;
+	newestVersion: string | null;
+	currentVersion: string 
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.server.ts
index 2203fdc..c50c44c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.server.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export const load: LayoutServerLoad = async () => {
 
 	if (!versionInformation || cacheExpired) {
 		versionInformation = await appConfigService.getVersionInformation();
+		if (versionInformation.newestVersion == null) {
+			console.error('Failed to fetch version information. Trying again in 3 hours.');
+		}
 		versionInformationLastUpdated = Date.now();
 	}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.svelte
index 13f8d64..9bad1e3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/settings/+layout.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 								{label}
 							</a>
 						{/each}
-						{#if $userStore?.isAdmin && !versionInformation.isUpToDate}
+						{#if $userStore?.isAdmin && versionInformation.isUpToDate === false}
 							<a
 								href="https://github.com/stonith404/pocket-id/releases/latest"
 								target="_blank"