diff --git a/src/features/liveEvents/context.tsx b/src/features/liveEvents/context.tsx
index 3de2534a8..e11955f57 100644
--- a/src/features/liveEvents/context.tsx
+++ b/src/features/liveEvents/context.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_LIVE_EVENTS = {
 
 async function fetchLiveEvents(): Promise<LiveEventsWorkerResponse | null> {
   try {
+    if (!LIVE_EVENTS_URL) return null
     const res = await fetch(`${LIVE_EVENTS_URL}/config`)
     if (!res.ok) return null
     const data = await res.json()
diff --git a/src/geolocation/const.ts b/src/geolocation/const.ts
index 653e829ba..4992cc870 100644
--- a/src/geolocation/const.ts
+++ b/src/geolocation/const.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {GEOLOCATION_URL} from '#/env'
 import {type Geolocation} from '#/geolocation/types'
 
-export const GEOLOCATION_SERVICE_URL = `${GEOLOCATION_URL}/geolocation`
+export const GEOLOCATION_SERVICE_URL = GEOLOCATION_URL
+  ? `${GEOLOCATION_URL}/geolocation`
+  : null
 
 /**
  * Default geolocation config.
diff --git a/src/geolocation/service.ts b/src/geolocation/service.ts
index 2d9285b67..c7c3d02c0 100644
--- a/src/geolocation/service.ts
+++ b/src/geolocation/service.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ const onGeolocationServiceResponseUpdate = (
 }
 
 async function fetchGeolocationServiceData(
-  url: string,
+  url: string | null,
 ): Promise<Geolocation | undefined> {
   if (debug.enabled) return debug.resolve(debug.geolocation)
+  if (!url) throw new Error('geolocation service disabled')
   const res = await fetch(url)
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`fetchGeolocationServiceData failed ${res.status}`)
diff --git a/src/state/appConfig.tsx b/src/state/appConfig.tsx
index 67b0e553e..9eacf7ead 100644
--- a/src/state/appConfig.tsx
+++ b/src/state/appConfig.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ let fetchAppConfigPromise: Promise<AppConfigResponse> | undefined
 
 async function fetchAppConfig(): Promise<AppConfigResponse | null> {
   try {
+    if (!APP_CONFIG_URL) return null
     if (!fetchAppConfigPromise) {
       fetchAppConfigPromise = (async () => {
         const r = await fetch(`${APP_CONFIG_URL}/config`)
