diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/ape/endpoints/configuration.ts b/frontend/src/ts/ape/endpoints/configuration.ts
index 11216d7b1..39f8ad7db 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/ape/endpoints/configuration.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/ape/endpoints/configuration.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export default class Root {
     this.httpClient = httpClient;
   }
 
-  async get(): Ape.EndpointResponse {
+  async get(): Ape.EndpointResponse<SharedTypes.Configuration> {
     return await this.httpClient.get("/configuration");
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/ape/server-configuration.ts b/frontend/src/ts/ape/server-configuration.ts
index 6edcb0b1e..1873c9737 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/ape/server-configuration.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/ape/server-configuration.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ export async function sync(): Promise<void> {
     console.error("Could not fetch configuration", response.message);
     return;
   } else {
-    config = response.data as SharedTypes.Configuration;
+    config = response.data ?? undefined;
   }
 }