diff --git a/include/utils.hpp b/include/utils.hpp
index b427e1e..259875f 100644
--- a/include/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/utils.hpp
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ namespace util {
     bool isApplet();
     std::string getContentsPath();
     bool getBoolValue(const nlohmann::json& jsonFile, const std::string& key);
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json getValueFromKey(const nlohmann::ordered_json& jsonFile, const std::string& key);
 }  // namespace util
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diff --git a/source/ams_tab.cpp b/source/ams_tab.cpp
index 8060c6d..0f5b944 100644
--- a/source/ams_tab.cpp
+++ b/source/ams_tab.cpp
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ using namespace i18n::literals;
 AmsTab::AmsTab(const nlohmann::json& nxlinks, const bool erista, const bool hideStandardEntries) : brls::List()
 {
     this->erista = erista;
-    this->hekate = nxlinks["hekate"];
-    auto cfws = nxlinks["cfws"];
+    this->hekate = util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "hekate");
+    auto cfws = util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "cfws");
 
     if (!hideStandardEntries) {
         this->description = new brls::Label(brls::LabelStyle::DESCRIPTION, "menus/main/ams_text"_i18n + (CurrentCfw::running_cfw == CFW::ams ? "\n" + "menus/ams_update/current_ams"_i18n + CurrentCfw::getAmsInfo() : "") + (erista ? "\n" + "menus/ams_update/erista_rev"_i18n : "\n" + "menus/ams_update/mariko_rev"_i18n), true);
         this->addView(description);
-        CreateDownloadItems(cfws.find("Atmosphere") != cfws.end() ? (nlohmann::ordered_json) cfws.at("Atmosphere") : nlohmann::ordered_json::object());
+        CreateDownloadItems(util::getValueFromKey(cfws, "Atmosphere"));
 
         description = new brls::Label(
             brls::LabelStyle::DESCRIPTION,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AmsTab::AmsTab(const nlohmann::json& nxlinks, const bool erista, const bool hide
         });
         this->addView(listItem);
 
-        CreateDownloadItems(cfws.find("DeepSea") != cfws.end() ? (nlohmann::ordered_json) cfws.at("DeepSea") : nlohmann::ordered_json::object());
+        CreateDownloadItems(util::getValueFromKey(cfws, "DeepSea"));
     }
 
     auto custom_pack = fs::parseJsonFile(CUSTOM_PACKS_PATH);
diff --git a/source/main_frame.cpp b/source/main_frame.cpp
index 2590c0d..49583ae 100644
--- a/source/main_frame.cpp
+++ b/source/main_frame.cpp
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ MainFrame::MainFrame() : TabFrame()
         this->addTab("menus/main/update_ams"_i18n, new AmsTab(nxlinks, erista, util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "atmosphereentries")));
 
     if (!util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "cfw"))
-        this->addTab("menus/main/update_bootloaders"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::bootloaders, nxlinks["bootloaders"]));
+        this->addTab("menus/main/update_bootloaders"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::bootloaders, util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "bootloaders")));
 
     if (!util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "sigpatches"))
-        this->addTab("menus/main/update_sigpatches"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::sigpatches, nxlinks["sigpatches"]));
+        this->addTab("menus/main/update_sigpatches"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::sigpatches, util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "sigpatches")));
 
     if (!util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "firmwares"))
-        this->addTab("menus/main/download_firmware"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::fw, nxlinks["firmwares"]));
+        this->addTab("menus/main/download_firmware"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::fw, util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "firmwares")));
 
     if (!util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "cheats"))
         this->addTab("menus/main/download_cheats"_i18n, new ListDownloadTab(archiveType::cheats));
 
     if (!util::getBoolValue(hideStatus, "tools"))
-        this->addTab("menus/main/tools"_i18n, new ToolsTab(tag, nxlinks["payloads"], erista, hideStatus));
+        this->addTab("menus/main/tools"_i18n, new ToolsTab(tag, util::getValueFromKey(nxlinks, "payloads"), erista, hideStatus));
 
     this->registerAction("", brls::Key::B, [this] { return true; });
 }
diff --git a/source/utils.cpp b/source/utils.cpp
index e630f7b..e8f0bf5 100644
--- a/source/utils.cpp
+++ b/source/utils.cpp
@@ -355,4 +355,9 @@ namespace util {
         return (jsonFile.find(key) != jsonFile.end()) ? jsonFile.at(key).get<bool>() : false;
     }
 
+    const nlohmann::ordered_json getValueFromKey(const nlohmann::ordered_json& jsonFile, const std::string& key)
+    {
+        return (jsonFile.find(key) != jsonFile.end()) ? jsonFile.at(key) : nlohmann::ordered_json::object();
+    }
+
 }  // namespace util
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