diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index b77de12273..3582ca3598 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
+    "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.": "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.",
+    "Your Riot is misconfigured": "Your Riot is misconfigured",
+    "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.": "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.",
+    "Invalid configuration: no default server specified.": "Invalid configuration: no default server specified.",
     "Your Riot configuration contains invalid JSON. Please correct the problem and reload the page.": "Your Riot configuration contains invalid JSON. Please correct the problem and reload the page.",
     "The message from the parser is: %(message)s": "The message from the parser is: %(message)s",
     "Invalid JSON": "Invalid JSON",
-    "Your Riot is misconfigured": "Your Riot is misconfigured",
-    "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.": "Unexpected error preparing the app. See console for details.",
-    "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.": "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, or default_hs_url.",
-    "Invalid configuration: no default server specified.": "Invalid configuration: no default server specified.",
+    "Unable to load config file: please refresh the page to try again.": "Unable to load config file: please refresh the page to try again.",
     "Open user settings": "Open user settings",
     "Riot Desktop on %(platformName)s": "Riot Desktop on %(platformName)s",
     "Go to your browser to complete Sign In": "Go to your browser to complete Sign In",
diff --git a/src/vector/index.ts b/src/vector/index.ts
index 0d3a8e8775..f3c091f566 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.ts
+++ b/src/vector/index.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
     navigator.serviceWorker.register('sw.js');
 }
 
-async function settled(prom: Promise<any>) {
-    try {
-        await prom;
-    } catch (e) {
-        console.error(e);
+async function settled(...promises: Array<Promise<any>>) {
+    for (const prom of promises) {
+        try {
+            await prom;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error(e);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -141,9 +143,7 @@ async function start() {
         const loadSkinPromise = loadSkin();
 
         // await things settling so that any errors we have to render have features like i18n running
-        await settled(loadSkinPromise);
-        await settled(loadThemePromise);
-        await settled(loadLanguagePromise);
+        await settled(loadSkinPromise, loadThemePromise, loadLanguagePromise);
 
         // ##########################
         // error handling begins here
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ async function start() {
         // await things starting successfully
         // ##################################
         await loadOlmPromise;
-        await settled(loadSkinPromise);
+        await loadSkinPromise;
         await loadThemePromise;
         await loadLanguagePromise;