diff --git a/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 5ad6e9099..34455bac5 100644
--- a/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/common-theme/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
   {{- with .Title -}}title="{{- . -}}"{{- end -}}
   >{{- .Text | safeHTML -}}
 </a>
-{{- /* This is scarfed directly from Bep https://portable-hugo-links.netlify.app/
+{{/* This is scarfed directly from Bep https://portable-hugo-links.netlify.app/
   It allegedly makes a version of wikilinks that still works on GitHub
   * [Rel Link](../p2.md)
   * [Section Link](/section/p2.md)
   * [Section Link With Anchor](/section/d1.md#anchor)
   to replace the Hugo shortcode rel-ref
-  */
--}}
+*/}}
diff --git a/common-theme/layouts/shortcodes/contributors.html b/common-theme/layouts/shortcodes/contributors.html
index 84252d478..13a9527e5 100644
--- a/common-theme/layouts/shortcodes/contributors.html
+++ b/common-theme/layouts/shortcodes/contributors.html
@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@
 {{ $headers := partial "github-auth.html" }}
 
 {{/* Let's go get our contributors list */}}
-{{ with resources.GetRemote $api $headers }}
+{{ with try (resources.GetRemote $api $headers) }}
   {{ with .Err }}
     {{ warnf "🏷️ No contributors: %s . Error: %s ." $api . }}
+  {{ else }}
+    {{ $contributors := .Value.Content | unmarshal }}
+    <ol class="c-contributors">
+      {{ range sort $contributors ".contributions" "desc" }}
+        <li class="c-contributor">
+          <h3 class="c-contributor__name">
+            <a class="c-contributor__link" href="{{ .html_url }}">{{ .login }}</a>
+          </h3>
+          <img class="c-contributor__avatar" src="{{ .avatar_url }}" alt="" />
+        </li>
+      {{ end }}
+    </ol>
   {{ end }}
-
-  {{ $contributors := .Content | unmarshal }}
-  <ol class="c-contributors">
-    {{ range sort $contributors ".contributions" "desc" }}
-      <li class="c-contributor">
-        <h3 class="c-contributor__name">
-          <a class="c-contributor__link" href="{{ .html_url }}">{{ .login }}</a>
-        </h3>
-        <img class="c-contributor__avatar" src="{{ .avatar_url }}" alt="" />
-      </li>
-    {{ end }}
-  </ol>
-{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
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