diff --git a/src/components/widgets/unifi_console/unifi_console.jsx b/src/components/widgets/unifi_console/unifi_console.jsx
index 7427bd23c79..889a517f182 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/unifi_console/unifi_console.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/unifi_console/unifi_console.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default function Widget({ options }) {
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
   options.type = "unifi_console";
-  const { data: statsData, error: statsError } = useWidgetAPI(options, "stat/sites");
+  const { data: statsData, error: statsError } = useWidgetAPI(options, "stat/sites", { index: options.index });
 
   if (statsError || statsData?.error) {
     return (
diff --git a/src/pages/api/widgets/glances.js b/src/pages/api/widgets/glances.js
index 86992dd10f2..5d4622b8d55 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/widgets/glances.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/widgets/glances.js
@@ -1,29 +1,17 @@
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
-import { getSettings } from "utils/config/config";
+import { getPrivateWidgetOptions } from "utils/config/widget-helpers";
 
 const logger = createLogger("glances");
 
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
-  const { id } = req.query;
+  const { index } = req.query;
 
-  let errorMessage;
-
-  let instanceID = "glances";
-  if (id) { // multiple instances
-    instanceID = id;
-  }
-  const settings = getSettings();
-  const instanceSettings = settings[instanceID];
-  if (!instanceSettings) {
-    errorMessage = id ? `There is no glances section with id '${id}' in settings.yaml` : "There is no glances section in settings.yaml";
-    logger.error(errorMessage);
-    return res.status(400).json({ error: errorMessage });
-  }
+  const privateWidgetOptions = await getPrivateWidgetOptions("glances", index);
   
-  const url = instanceSettings?.url;
+  const url = privateWidgetOptions?.url;
   if (!url) {
-    errorMessage = "Missing Glances URL";
+    const errorMessage = "Missing Glances URL";
     logger.error(errorMessage);
     return res.status(400).json({ error: errorMessage });
   }
@@ -32,8 +20,8 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
   const headers = {
     "Accept-Encoding": "application/json"
   };
-  if (instanceSettings.username && instanceSettings.password) {
-    headers.Authorization = `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${instanceSettings.username}:${instanceSettings.password}`).toString("base64")}`
+  if (privateWidgetOptions.username && privateWidgetOptions.password) {
+    headers.Authorization = `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${privateWidgetOptions.username}:${privateWidgetOptions.password}`).toString("base64")}`
   }
   const params = { method: "GET", headers };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/config/api-response.js b/src/utils/config/api-response.js
index 809927d1b48..5cc1127e3c8 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/api-response.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/api-response.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import yaml from "js-yaml";
 
 import checkAndCopyConfig from "utils/config/config";
 import { servicesFromConfig, servicesFromDocker, cleanServiceGroups } from "utils/config/service-helpers";
+import { cleanWidgetGroups, widgetsFromConfig } from "utils/config/widget-helpers";
 
 export async function bookmarksResponse() {
   checkAndCopyConfig("bookmarks.yaml");
@@ -29,21 +30,17 @@ export async function bookmarksResponse() {
 }
 
 export async function widgetsResponse() {
-  checkAndCopyConfig("widgets.yaml");
+  let configuredWidgets;
 
-  const widgetsYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), "config", "widgets.yaml");
-  const fileContents = await fs.readFile(widgetsYaml, "utf8");
-  const widgets = yaml.load(fileContents);
-
-  if (!widgets) return [];
-
-  // map easy to write YAML objects into easy to consume JS arrays
-  const widgetsArray = widgets.map((group) => ({
-    type: Object.keys(group)[0],
-    options: { ...group[Object.keys(group)[0]] },
-  }));
+  try {
+    configuredWidgets = cleanWidgetGroups(await widgetsFromConfig());
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("Failed to load widgets, please check widgets.yaml for errors or remove example entries.");
+    if (e) console.error(e);
+    configuredWidgets = [];
+  }
 
-  return widgetsArray;
+  return configuredWidgets;
 }
 
 export async function servicesResponse() {
diff --git a/src/utils/config/config.js b/src/utils/config/config.js
index 16861de8181..0003c589d94 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/config.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/config.js
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ export function getSettings() {
   const settingsYaml = join(process.cwd(), "config", "settings.yaml");
   const fileContents = readFileSync(settingsYaml, "utf8");
   return yaml.load(fileContents);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
index 99ce34d1ff4..15740d22bf6 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ export default async function getServiceWidget(group, service) {
   }
 
   return false;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9bdd0fbbc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { promises as fs } from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+import yaml from "js-yaml";
+
+import checkAndCopyConfig from "utils/config/config";
+
+export async function widgetsFromConfig() {
+    checkAndCopyConfig("widgets.yaml");
+
+    const widgetsYaml = path.join(process.cwd(), "config", "widgets.yaml");
+    const fileContents = await fs.readFile(widgetsYaml, "utf8");
+    const widgets = yaml.load(fileContents);
+
+    if (!widgets) return [];
+
+    // map easy to write YAML objects into easy to consume JS arrays
+    const widgetsArray = widgets.map((group, index) => ({
+        type: Object.keys(group)[0],
+        options: {
+            index,
+            ...group[Object.keys(group)[0]]
+        },
+    }));
+    return widgetsArray;
+}
+
+export async function cleanWidgetGroups(widgets) {
+    return widgets.map((widget, index) => {
+        const sanitizedOptions = widget.options;
+        const optionKeys = Object.keys(sanitizedOptions);
+        ["url", "username", "password", "key"].forEach((pO) => { 
+            if (optionKeys.includes(pO)) {
+                delete sanitizedOptions[pO];
+            }
+        });
+
+        return {
+            type: widget.type,
+            options: {
+                index,
+                ...sanitizedOptions
+            },
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+export async function getPrivateWidgetOptions(type, widgetIndex) {
+    const widgets = await widgetsFromConfig();
+  
+    const privateOptions = widgets.map((widget) => {
+        const {
+            index,
+            url,
+            username,
+            password,
+            key
+        } = widget.options;
+
+        return {
+            type: widget.type,
+            options: {
+                index,
+                url,
+                username,
+                password,
+                key
+            },
+        }
+    });
+  
+    return (type !== undefined && widgetIndex !== undefined) ? privateOptions.find(o => o.type === type && o.options.index === parseInt(widgetIndex, 10))?.options : privateOptions;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/widgets/unifi/proxy.js b/src/widgets/unifi/proxy.js
index 53ee49f039b..dc1c437b960 100644
--- a/src/widgets/unifi/proxy.js
+++ b/src/widgets/unifi/proxy.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import cache from "memory-cache";
 import { formatApiCall } from "utils/proxy/api-helpers";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/proxy/http";
 import { addCookieToJar, setCookieHeader } from "utils/proxy/cookie-jar";
-import { getSettings } from "utils/config/config";
 import getServiceWidget from "utils/config/service-helpers";
+import { getPrivateWidgetOptions } from "utils/config/widget-helpers";
 import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import widgets from "widgets/widgets";
 
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ const logger = createLogger(proxyName);
 
 async function getWidget(req) {
   const { group, service, type } = req.query;
-
+  
   let widget = null;
-  if (type === "unifi_console") {
-    const settings = getSettings();
-    widget = settings.unifi_console;
+  if (type === "unifi_console") { // info widget
+    const index = req.query?.query ? JSON.parse(req.query.query).index : undefined;
+    widget = await getPrivateWidgetOptions(type, index);
     if (!widget) {
-      logger.debug("There is no unifi_console section in settings.yaml");
+      logger.debug("Error retrieving settings for this Unifi widget");
       return null;
     }
     widget.type = "unifi";