diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/actions/frontend-config.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/actions/frontend-config.ts
index c2f19e54e..6446a1da8 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/actions/frontend-config.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/actions/frontend-config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
-import * as v from 'valibot';
-
 import { getHost } from '@/actions/instance';
 import { getClient, staticFetch } from '@/api';
-import { frontendConfigSchema } from '@/schemas/frontend-config';
 import KVStore from '@/storage/kv-store';
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings';
 
@@ -15,18 +11,14 @@ const FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_FAIL = 'FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_FAIL' as const;
 
 const FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS = 'FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS' as const;
 
-const getFrontendConfig = createSelector(
-  [
-    (state: RootState) => state.frontendConfig,
-    // Do some additional normalization with the state
-  ],
-  (frontendConfig) => v.parse(frontendConfigSchema, frontendConfig),
-);
-
 const rememberFrontendConfig = (host: string | null) => (dispatch: AppDispatch) =>
   KVStore.getItemOrError(`plfe_config:${host}`)
     .then((frontendConfig) => {
-      dispatch({ type: FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS, host, frontendConfig });
+      dispatch<FrontendConfigAction>({
+        type: FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
+        host,
+        frontendConfig,
+      });
       return true;
     })
     .catch(() => false);
@@ -101,11 +93,20 @@ const frontendConfigFail = (error: unknown, host: string | null) => ({
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/46663081
 const isObject = (o: any) => o instanceof Object && o.constructor === Object;
 
+type FrontendConfigAction =
+  | ReturnType<typeof importFrontendConfig>
+  | ReturnType<typeof frontendConfigFail>
+  | {
+      type: typeof FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS;
+      frontendConfig: APIEntity;
+      host: string | null;
+    };
+
 export {
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_SUCCESS,
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_FAIL,
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
-  getFrontendConfig,
   fetchFrontendConfig,
   loadFrontendConfig,
+  type FrontendConfigAction,
 };
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/hooks/use-frontend-config.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/hooks/use-frontend-config.ts
index 4bf920596..92758eb1d 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/hooks/use-frontend-config.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/hooks/use-frontend-config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-import { getFrontendConfig } from '@/actions/frontend-config';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import * as v from 'valibot';
+
+import { frontendConfigSchema } from '@/schemas/frontend-config';
 
 import { useAppSelector } from './use-app-selector';
 
+const defaultFrontendConfig = v.parse(frontendConfigSchema, {});
+
 /** Get the Nicolium config from the store */
-const useFrontendConfig = () => useAppSelector((state) => getFrontendConfig(state));
+const useFrontendConfig = () => {
+  const partialConfig = useAppSelector((state) => state.frontendConfig);
+
+  return useMemo(() => ({ ...defaultFrontendConfig, ...partialConfig }), [partialConfig]);
+};
 
 export { useFrontendConfig };
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/modals/report-modal/steps/confirmation-step.tsx b/packages/nicolium/src/modals/report-modal/steps/confirmation-step.tsx
index 6967b93fb..8d764ba46 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/modals/report-modal/steps/confirmation-step.tsx
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/modals/report-modal/steps/confirmation-step.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { defineMessages, FormattedMessage, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 
-import { getFrontendConfig } from '@/actions/frontend-config';
 import Stack from '@/components/ui/stack';
 import Text from '@/components/ui/text';
 import { useAppSelector } from '@/hooks/use-app-selector';
@@ -30,23 +29,31 @@ const renderTermsOfServiceLink = (href: string) => (
 
 const ConfirmationStep: React.FC = () => {
   const intl = useIntl();
-  const links = useAppSelector((state) => getFrontendConfig(state).links);
+  const links = useAppSelector((state) => state.frontendConfig.links);
 
   const entity = intl.formatMessage(messages.accountEntity);
 
   return (
     <Stack space={1}>
       <Text weight='semibold' tag='h1' size='xl'>
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id='report.confirmation.title'
+          defaultMessage='Thanks for submitting your report.'
+        />
         {intl.formatMessage(messages.title)}
       </Text>
 
       <Text>
-        {intl.formatMessage(messages.content, {
-          entity,
-          link: links.termsOfService
-            ? renderTermsOfServiceLink(links.termsOfService)
-            : termsOfServiceText,
-        })}
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id='report.confirmation.content'
+          defaultMessage='If we find that this {entity} is violating the {link} we will take further action on the matter.'
+          values={{
+            entity,
+            link: links?.termsOfService
+              ? renderTermsOfServiceLink(links.termsOfService)
+              : termsOfServiceText,
+          }}
+        />
       </Text>
     </Stack>
   );
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/frontend-config.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/frontend-config.ts
index c71f5a151..d0dd466d7 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/frontend-config.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/frontend-config.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-import { ADMIN_CONFIG_UPDATE_SUCCESS } from '@/actions/admin';
+import * as v from 'valibot';
+
+import { ADMIN_CONFIG_UPDATE_SUCCESS, type AdminActions } from '@/actions/admin';
 import {
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_SUCCESS,
   FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_FAIL,
+  type FrontendConfigAction,
 } from '@/actions/frontend-config';
-import { PLEROMA_PRELOAD_IMPORT } from '@/actions/preload';
+import { PLEROMA_PRELOAD_IMPORT, type PreloadAction } from '@/actions/preload';
+import { type PartialFrontendConfig, partialFrontendConfigSchema } from '@/schemas/frontend-config';
 import KVStore from '@/storage/kv-store';
 import ConfigDB from '@/utils/config-db';
 
-import type { FrontendConfig } from '@/schemas/frontend-config';
 import type { PleromaConfig } from 'pl-api';
 
-const initialState: Partial<FrontendConfig> = {};
+const initialState: PartialFrontendConfig = {};
 
-const fallbackState: Partial<FrontendConfig> = {
+const fallbackState: PartialFrontendConfig = {
   brandColor: '#d80482',
 };
 
@@ -39,32 +42,42 @@ const preloadImport = (state: Record<string, any>, action: Record<string, any>)
   }
 };
 
-const persistFrontendConfig = (frontendConfig: Record<string, any>, host: string) => {
+const persistFrontendConfig = (frontendConfig: PartialFrontendConfig, host: string) => {
   if (host) {
     KVStore.setItem(`plfe_config:${host}`, frontendConfig).catch(console.error);
   }
 };
 
-const importFrontendConfig = (frontendConfig: FrontendConfig, host: string) => {
-  persistFrontendConfig(frontendConfig, host);
-  return frontendConfig;
+const importFrontendConfig = (frontendConfig: unknown, host: string) => {
+  const parsedFrontendConfig = v.parse(partialFrontendConfigSchema, frontendConfig);
+  persistFrontendConfig(parsedFrontendConfig, host);
+  return parsedFrontendConfig;
+};
+
+const parseFrontendConfig = (frontendConfig: unknown) => {
+  try {
+    return v.parse(partialFrontendConfigSchema, frontendConfig);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Failed to parse frontend config', e);
+    return null;
+  }
 };
 
 const frontendConfig = (
   state = initialState,
-  action: Record<string, any>,
-): Partial<FrontendConfig> => {
+  action: PreloadAction | FrontendConfigAction | AdminActions,
+): PartialFrontendConfig => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case PLEROMA_PRELOAD_IMPORT:
-      return preloadImport(state, action);
+      return parseFrontendConfig(preloadImport(state, action)) || state;
     case FRONTEND_CONFIG_REMEMBER_SUCCESS:
-      return action.frontendConfig;
+      return parseFrontendConfig(action.frontendConfig) || state;
     case FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_SUCCESS:
-      return importFrontendConfig(action.frontendConfig ?? {}, action.host);
+      return importFrontendConfig(action.frontendConfig ?? {}, action.host || '') || state;
     case FRONTEND_CONFIG_REQUEST_FAIL:
       return { ...fallbackState, ...state };
     case ADMIN_CONFIG_UPDATE_SUCCESS:
-      return updateFromAdmin(state, action.configs ?? []);
+      return parseFrontendConfig(updateFromAdmin(state, action.configs ?? [])) || state;
     default:
       return state;
   }
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/index.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/index.ts
index 11b628f8f..71d1d42e4 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/reducers/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const logOut = (state: AppState): ReturnType<typeof appReducer> => {
     location.href = '/login';
   }
 
-  const newState = rootReducer(undefined, { type: '' });
+  const newState = rootReducer(undefined, { type: '' } as any);
 
   const { instance, frontendConfig, auth } = state;
   return { ...newState, instance, frontendConfig, auth };
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-config.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-config.ts
index 76bbc42ce..4287530cb 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-config.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-config.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const cryptoAddressSchema = v.pipe(
 
 type CryptoAddress = v.InferOutput<typeof cryptoAddressSchema>;
 
-const frontendConfigSchema = coerceObject({
+const frontendConfigSchemaShape = {
   appleAppId: v.fallback(v.nullable(v.string()), null),
   logo: v.fallback(v.string(), ''),
   logoDarkMode: v.fallback(v.nullable(v.string()), null),
@@ -117,18 +117,26 @@ const frontendConfigSchema = coerceObject({
    */
   mediaPreview: v.fallback(v.boolean(), false),
   sentryDsn: v.fallback(v.optional(v.string()), undefined),
-});
+};
+
+const frontendConfigSchema = coerceObject(frontendConfigSchemaShape);
 
 type FrontendConfig = v.InferOutput<typeof frontendConfigSchema>;
 
+const partialFrontendConfigSchema = v.partial(v.object(frontendConfigSchemaShape));
+
+type PartialFrontendConfig = v.InferOutput<typeof partialFrontendConfigSchema>;
+
 export {
   promoPanelItemSchema,
   footerItemSchema,
   cryptoAddressSchema,
   frontendConfigSchema,
+  partialFrontendConfigSchema,
   type PromoPanelItem,
   type PromoPanel,
   type FooterItem,
   type CryptoAddress,
   type FrontendConfig,
+  type PartialFrontendConfig,
 };
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/stores/settings.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/stores/settings.ts
index 41ba5c6bb..31341b469 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/stores/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/stores/settings.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ type State = {
   settings: Settings;
 
   actions: {
-    loadDefaultSettings: (settings: APIEntity) => void;
-    loadUserSettings: (settings: APIEntity) => void;
+    loadDefaultSettings: (settings: unknown) => void;
+    loadUserSettings: (settings: unknown) => void;
     userSettingsSaving: () => void;
     changeSetting: (path: string[], value: any) => void;
     rememberEmojiUse: (emoji: Emoji) => void;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ const useSettingsStore = create<State>()(
       settings: v.parse(settingsSchema, { locale: navigator.language }),
 
       actions: {
-        loadDefaultSettings: (settings: APIEntity) => {
+        loadDefaultSettings: (settings: unknown) => {
           set((state: State) => {
             if (typeof settings !== 'object') return;
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const useSettingsStore = create<State>()(
           });
         },
 
-        loadUserSettings: (settings?: APIEntity) => {
+        loadUserSettings: (settings?: unknown) => {
           set((state: State) => {
             if (typeof settings !== 'object') return;
 
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/utils/state.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/utils/state.ts
index 56e141a84..15c9a8d4c 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/utils/state.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/utils/state.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * @module @/utils/state
  */
 
-import { getFrontendConfig } from '@/actions/frontend-config';
 import * as BuildConfig from '@/build-config';
 import { isPrerendered } from '@/precheck';
 import { selectOwnAccount } from '@/queries/accounts/selectors';
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import { isURL } from '@/utils/auth';
 import type { RootState } from '@/store';
 
 /** Whether to display the fqn instead of the acct. */
-const displayFqn = (state: RootState): boolean => getFrontendConfig(state).displayFqn;
+const displayFqn = (state: RootState): boolean => state.frontendConfig.displayFqn ?? true;
 
 /** Whether the instance exposes instance blocks through the API. */
 const federationRestrictionsDisclosed = (state: RootState): boolean =>