diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/Config/DeviceConfig.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/Config/DeviceConfig.swift
index cc4ee5ec..68596dab 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/Config/DeviceConfig.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/Config/DeviceConfig.swift
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct DeviceConfig: View {
 					VStack(alignment: .leading) {
 						HStack {
 							Label("Time Zone", systemImage: "clock.badge.exclamationmark")
-							TextField("Time Zone", text: $tzdef)
+							TextField("Time Zone", text: $tzdef, axis: .vertical)
 								.foregroundColor(.gray)
 								.onChange(of: tzdef, perform: { _ in
 									let totalBytes = tzdef.utf8.count
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct DeviceConfig: View {
 									}
 								})
 								.foregroundColor(.gray)
+						
 						}
 						.keyboardType(.default)
 						.disableAutocorrection(true)
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/FirmwareApi.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/FirmwareApi.swift
index fe9b5128..e4de909c 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/FirmwareApi.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/FirmwareApi.swift
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ class Api : ObservableObject{
 			DispatchQueue.main.async {
 				completion(deviceHardware)
 			}
+			
+			if let data = data {
+				if let deviceHardware = try? JSONDecoder().decode([DeviceHardware].self, from: data) {
+					DispatchQueue.main.async {
+						completion(deviceHardware)
+					}
+					return
+				}
+			}
 		}.resume()
 	}
 	
@@ -67,9 +76,13 @@ class Api : ObservableObject{
 			return
 		}
 		URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
-			let firmwareReleases = try! JSONDecoder().decode(FirmwareReleases.self, from: data!)
-			DispatchQueue.main.async {
-				completion(firmwareReleases)
+			if let data = data {
+				if let firmwareReleases = try? JSONDecoder().decode(FirmwareReleases.self, from: data) {
+					DispatchQueue.main.async {
+						completion(firmwareReleases)
+					}
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		}.resume()
 	}