diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 785f827d76..40bfdb723d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ patch-db/client/dist: $(PATCH_DB_CLIENT_SRC) patch-db/client/node_modules
 	npm --prefix patch-db/client run build
 
 # this is a convenience step to build all frontends - it is not referenced elsewhere in this file
-frontend: frontend/node_modules $(EMBASSY_UIS) 
+frontend: frontend/node_modules frontend/config.json $(EMBASSY_UIS) 
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.fixures.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.fixures.ts
index 6c0327747d..486fdba77b 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.fixures.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.fixures.ts
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ export module Mock {
     }
   } = {
     bitcoind: {
-      '0.19.2': {
+      '0.19.0': {
         icon: BTC_ICON,
         license: 'licenseUrl',
         instructions: 'instructionsUrl',
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.types.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.types.ts
index 2f716e3f58..284325d2c0 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.types.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.types.ts
@@ -472,3 +472,18 @@ export interface AvailableWifi {
   strength: number
   security: string[]
 }
+
+declare global {
+  type Stringified<T> = string & {
+    [P in keyof T]: T[P]
+  }
+
+  interface JSON {
+    stringify<T>(
+      value: T,
+      replacer?: (key: string, value: any) => any,
+      space?: string | number,
+    ): string & Stringified<T>
+    parse<T>(text: Stringified<T>, reviver?: (key: any, value: any) => any): T
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/marketplace.service.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/marketplace.service.ts
index 42646770dc..43225273ea 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/marketplace.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/services/marketplace.service.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   shareReplay,
   startWith,
   switchMap,
+  take,
   tap,
 } from 'rxjs/operators'
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export class MarketplaceService extends AbstractMarketplaceService {
   )
 
   private readonly pkg$: Observable<MarketplacePkg[]> = this.init$.pipe(
+    take(1),
     switchMap(({ url, name }) =>
       from(this.getMarketplacePkgs({ page: 1, 'per-page': 100 }, url)).pipe(
         tap(() => this.onPackages(name)),
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export class MarketplaceService extends AbstractMarketplaceService {
   getPackage(id: string, version: string): Observable<MarketplacePkg> {
     const params = { ids: [{ id, version }] }
     const fallback$ = this.init$.pipe(
+      take(1),
       switchMap(({ url }) => from(this.getMarketplacePkgs(params, url))),
       map(pkgs => this.findPackage(pkgs, id, version)),
       startWith(null),
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ export class MarketplaceService extends AbstractMarketplaceService {
     req: Omit<RR.InstallPackageReq, 'marketplace-url'>,
   ): Observable<unknown> {
     return this.getMarketplace().pipe(
+      take(1),
       switchMap(({ url }) =>
         from(
           this.api.installPackage({
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ export class MarketplaceService extends AbstractMarketplaceService {
     url: string,
   ): Promise<RR.GetMarketplacePackagesRes> {
     if (params.query) delete params.category
-    if (params.ids) params.ids = JSON.stringify(params.ids) as any
+    if (params.ids) params.ids = JSON.stringify(params.ids)
 
     const qp: RR.GetMarketplacePackagesReq = {
       ...params,