diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index 6381cd6e..e5f10ba5 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 	} from '../store';
 	import { setStatusBarColor } from '../theme';
 	import { getVideoYTjs } from '$lib/api/youtubejs/video';
-	import { env } from '$env/dynamic/public';
 	import {
 		goToNextVideo,
 		goToPreviousVideo,
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings/index.ts b/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings/index.ts
index 13a5ca0d..bb30b7d3 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings/index.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { page } from '$app/state';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import { env } from '$env/dynamic/public';
 import { persistedStores } from './settings';
 
 import { isOwnBackend } from '$lib/shared';
@@ -75,9 +74,11 @@ function setStores(toSet: Record<string, unknown>, overwriteExisting = false) {
 }
 
 export function loadSettingsFromEnv() {
-	if (typeof getPublicEnv('DEFAULT_SETTINGS') !== 'string') return;
+	const defaultSettings = getPublicEnv('DEFAULT_SETTINGS');
 
-	let raw = getPublicEnv('DEFAULT_SETTINGS');
+	if (typeof defaultSettings !== 'string') return;
+
+	let raw = defaultSettings;
 
 	// Docker wraps env vars in quotes
 	if (raw.startsWith('"')) raw = raw.slice(1);