diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/patrons.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/patrons.ts
index 944858694a..ac914daa12 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/patrons.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/patrons.ts
@@ -11,19 +11,25 @@ export const meta = {
 
 export const paramDef = {
 	type: "object",
-	properties: {},
+	properties: {
+		forceUpdate: { type: "boolean", default: false },
+	},
 	required: [],
 } as const;
 
-export default define(meta, paramDef, async () => {
+export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps) => {
 	let patrons;
 	const cachedPatrons = await redisClient.get("patrons");
-	if (cachedPatrons) {
+	if (!ps.forceUpdate && cachedPatrons) {
 		patrons = JSON.parse(cachedPatrons);
 	} else {
 		patrons = await fetch(
 			"https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey/raw/branch/develop/patrons.json",
-		).then((response) => response.json());
+		)
+			.then((response) => response.json())
+			.catch(() => {
+				patrons = cachedPatrons ? JSON.parse(cachedPatrons) : [];
+			});
 		await redisClient.set("patrons", JSON.stringify(patrons), "EX", 3600);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/pages/about-calckey.vue b/packages/client/src/pages/about-calckey.vue
index 1e16356a51..6071a2c2d9 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/pages/about-calckey.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/pages/about-calckey.vue
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ import { defaultStore } from "@/store";
 import * as os from "@/os";
 import { definePageMetadata } from "@/scripts/page-metadata";
 
-const patrons = await os.api("patrons");
+const patrons = await os.api("patrons", { forceUpdate: true });
 
 let easterEggReady = false;
 let easterEggEmojis = $ref([]);