diff --git a/packages/api/src/router/widgets/widget-secrets.ts b/packages/api/src/router/widgets/widget-secrets.ts
index 544edac54..75ae23cca 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/router/widgets/widget-secrets.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/router/widgets/widget-secrets.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,15 @@ export const widgetSecretsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
     .query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
       await resolveItemWithBoardAccess(ctx, input.itemId);
 
-      const secrets = await ctx.db.query.widgetSecrets.findMany({
-        where: eq(widgetSecrets.itemId, input.itemId),
-        columns: { kind: true },
-      });
-      return secrets.map((s: { kind: string }) => s.kind);
+      try {
+        const secrets = await ctx.db.query.widgetSecrets.findMany({
+          where: eq(widgetSecrets.itemId, input.itemId),
+          columns: { kind: true },
+        });
+        return secrets.map((s: { kind: string }) => s.kind);
+      } catch {
+        // ponytail: table may not exist pre-migration, return empty
+        return [] as string[];
+      }
     }),
 });
diff --git a/packages/widgets/src/releases/index.ts b/packages/widgets/src/releases/index.ts
index 44461910d..c82f280cb 100644
--- a/packages/widgets/src/releases/index.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets/src/releases/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ export const { definition, componentLoader } = createWidgetDefinition("releases"
         validate: z.number().min(0),
       }),
       repositories: factory.multiReleasesRepositories({
-        defaultValue: [],
+        defaultValue: [
+          {
+            provider: "github" as const,
+            identifier: "homarr-labs/homarr",
+            name: "Homarr",
+            iconUrl: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons/png/homarr.png",
+            versionFilter: { prefix: "v", precision: 3 },
+          },
+        ],
         validate: z.array(
           z.object({
             provider: z.enum(releaseProviderKinds).optional(),