diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 32bca350..b921f89c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
   def changelog
     @release_notes = github_provider.fetch_latest_release_notes
 
+    # Fallback if no release notes are available
+    if @release_notes.nil?
+      @release_notes = {
+        avatar: "https://github.com/maybe-finance.png",
+        username: "maybe-finance",
+        name: "Release notes unavailable",
+        published_at: Date.current,
+        body: "<p>Unable to fetch the latest release notes at this time. Please check back later or visit our <a href='https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe/releases' target='_blank'>GitHub releases page</a> directly.</p>"
+      }
+    end
+
     render layout: "settings"
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/pages/changelog.html.erb b/app/views/pages/changelog.html.erb
index e7192321..5a5345f2 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/changelog.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/changelog.html.erb
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
     <div class="w-full md:w-1/3">
       <div class="md:px-3 flex items-center gap-3">
         <div class="text-white shrink-0 w-9 h-9">
-          <%= image_tag @release_notes[:avatar], class: "rounded-full w-full h-full object-cover" %>
+          <%= image_tag @release_notes[:avatar], class: "rounded-full w-full h-full object-cover" if @release_notes[:avatar].present? %>
         </div>
         <div>
           <a class="text-primary font-medium text-sm" href="https://github.com/<%= @release_notes[:username] %>"><%= "@#{@release_notes[:username]}" %></a>
-          <div class="text-secondary text-sm"><%= @release_notes[:published_at].strftime("%B %d, %Y") %></div>
+          <div class="text-secondary text-sm"><%= @release_notes[:published_at]&.strftime("%B %d, %Y") %></div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="w-full md:w-2/3 text-secondary text-sm prose prose--github-release-notes">
       <h2 class="mb-5 text-xl text-primary"><%= @release_notes[:name] %></h2>
-      <%= @release_notes[:body].html_safe %>
+      <%= @release_notes[:body]&.html_safe %>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb
index 47fdc936..49ee225b 100644
--- a/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/pages_controller_test.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,35 @@ class PagesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       assert_response :ok
     end
   end
+
+  test "changelog with nil release notes" do
+    # Mock the GitHub provider to return nil (simulating API failure or no releases)
+    github_provider = mock
+    github_provider.expects(:fetch_latest_release_notes).returns(nil)
+    Provider::Registry.stubs(:get_provider).with(:github).returns(github_provider)
+
+    get changelog_path
+    assert_response :ok
+    assert_select "h2", text: "Release notes unavailable"
+    assert_select "a[href='https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe/releases']"
+  end
+
+  test "changelog with incomplete release notes" do
+    # Mock the GitHub provider to return incomplete data (missing some fields)
+    github_provider = mock
+    incomplete_data = {
+      avatar: nil,
+      username: "maybe-finance",
+      name: "Test Release",
+      published_at: nil,
+      body: nil
+    }
+    github_provider.expects(:fetch_latest_release_notes).returns(incomplete_data)
+    Provider::Registry.stubs(:get_provider).with(:github).returns(github_provider)
+
+    get changelog_path
+    assert_response :ok
+    assert_select "h2", text: "Test Release"
+    # Should not crash even with nil values
+  end
 end