diff --git a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/ns-flashstart b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/ns-flashstart
index d55fe6992..2a1eaec31 100644
--- a/packages/ns-flashstart/files/ns-flashstart
+++ b/packages/ns-flashstart/files/ns-flashstart
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ def __sync_pro_profiles():
     # get already existing dnsmasq instances managed by flashstart
     local_instances = __fetch_local_dhcp_instances()
 
-    # fetch config
-    config = __fetch_config()
+    # fetch profiles
+    dhcp = __fetch_profiles()
 
     # use just the first, since we don't support multiple profiles in pro setup
-    first_server = config['dhcp'][0]
+    first_server = dhcp[0]
     __add_profile(CONST_PORT_START, first_server)
     # remove every other profile other than the first
     for local_instance in local_instances:
@@ -306,17 +306,17 @@ def __sync_pro_plus_profiles():
     redirect_instances = __fetch_instanced_services('firewall', 'redirect')
     added_redirects = []
 
-    # fetch config
-    config = __fetch_config()
-    remote_ids = [profile['id'] for profile in config['dhcp']]
+    # fetch profiles
+    dhcp = __fetch_profiles()
+    remote_ids = [profile['id'] for profile in dhcp]
     starting_port = CONST_PORT_START
 
     # generate bypass firewall set
     __add_bypass_ipset()
     added_ip_sets = ['ns_flashstart_bypass']
-    
+
     # sort the profiles by catch-all, so that the catch-all profile is always the last one
-    dhcp_entries = sorted(config['dhcp'], key=lambda entry: entry['catch-all'])
+    dhcp_entries = sorted(dhcp, key=lambda entry: entry['catch-all'])
     for profile in dhcp_entries:
         __add_profile(starting_port, profile)
         # generate IPSet for each profile
@@ -364,8 +364,10 @@ def __sync_pro_plus_profiles():
         subprocess.run(["uci", "reorder", f"firewall.{redirect}={index}"], capture_output=True)
         index += 1
 
+    sessions = __fetch_sessions()
+
     active_sessions = dict()
-    for session in config['sessions']:
+    for session in sessions:
         entries = []
         if session['ip'] is None:
             # syncing an object
@@ -433,27 +435,46 @@ def sync():
         __sync_pro_profiles()
 
 
-def __fetch_config():
+def __fetch_profiles() -> list:
     client = __get_client()
     username = e_uci.get('flashstart', 'global', 'username', default='')
-    profiles = client.get(f'{FLASHSTART_API_ENDPOINT}/network/profiles/{username}')
-    profiles.raise_for_status()
-    data = {'dhcp': [], 'sessions': []}
-    for profile in profiles.json():
-        data['dhcp'].append({
-            'id': nethsec.utils.get_id(hashlib.sha256(profile['name'].encode()).hexdigest()[:10]),
-            'name': profile['name'],
-            'catch-all': profile['is_catch-all'],
-            'dns_code': profile['dns_code'],
+    dhcp = []
+    try:
+        profiles = client.get(f'{FLASHSTART_API_ENDPOINT}/network/profiles/{username}', timeout=10)
+        profiles.raise_for_status()
+        for profile in profiles.json():
+            dhcp.append({
+                'id': nethsec.utils.get_id(hashlib.sha256(profile['name'].encode()).hexdigest()[:10]),
+                'name': profile['name'],
+                'catch-all': profile['is_catch-all'],
+                'dns_code': profile['dns_code'],
+                'servers': [
+                    profile['dns']['ipv4']['primary_dns'],
+                    profile['dns']['ipv4']['secondary_dns']
+                ]
+            })
+    except requests.RequestException:
+        dhcp.append({
+            'id': nethsec.utils.get_id(hashlib.sha256('Fallback'.encode()).hexdigest()[:10]),
+            'name': 'Fallback',
+            'catch-all': True,
+            'dns_code': 1,
             'servers': [
-                profile['dns']['ipv4']['primary_dns'],
-                profile['dns']['ipv4']['secondary_dns']
+                '185.236.104.104',
+                '185.236.105.105'
             ]
         })
+    return dhcp
+
+
+def __fetch_sessions() -> list:
+    client = __get_client()
+    username = e_uci.get('flashstart', 'global', 'username', default='')
     sessions = client.get(f'{FLASHSTART_API_ENDPOINT}/sessions/list/{username}')
     sessions.raise_for_status()
+    data = []
     for session in sessions.json():
-        data['sessions'].append({
+        data.append({
             'username': session['username'],
             'ip': session['ip'],
             'dns_code': session['dns_code'],
@@ -462,7 +483,6 @@ def __fetch_config():
     # jobs will be appended into a list, since it has a different format we won't use it for now
     # however still needs to be fetched to reset the pending job counter
     client.post(f'{FLASHSTART_API_ENDPOINT}/jobs/{username}')
-
     return data