diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.ts
index 2627de5f2..415b99a8f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   estimateBrightnessForColor,
   hexToHsl,
 } from 'src/app/utils/color'
-import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment'
+import { DEFAULT_APP_TITLE, environment } from 'src/environments/environment'
 import { DEFAULT_DISPLAY_FIELDS, DisplayField } from '../data/document'
 import { SavedView } from '../data/saved-view'
 import {
@@ -359,9 +359,8 @@ export class SettingsService {
       }),
       tap((uisettings) => {
         this.assignSafeSettings(uisettings.settings)
-        if (this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.APP_TITLE)?.length) {
-          environment.appTitle = this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.APP_TITLE)
-        }
+        environment.appTitle =
+          this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.APP_TITLE) || DEFAULT_APP_TITLE
         this.maybeMigrateSettings()
         // to update lang cookie
         if (this.settings['language']?.length)
diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 593808020..bed42456e 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 const base_url = new URL(document.baseURI)
 
+export const DEFAULT_APP_TITLE = 'Paperless-ngx'
+
 export const environment = {
   production: true,
   apiBaseUrl: document.baseURI + 'api/',
   apiVersion: '10', // match src/paperless/settings.py
-  appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
+  appTitle: DEFAULT_APP_TITLE,
   tag: 'prod',
   version: '3.0.0',
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,
diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
index 83567bc40..18aa76e76 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 // `ng build --configuration production` replaces `environment.ts` with `environment.prod.ts`.
 // The list of file replacements can be found in `angular.json`.
 
+export const DEFAULT_APP_TITLE = 'Paperless-ngx'
+
 export const environment = {
   production: false,
   apiBaseUrl: 'http://localhost:8000/api/',
   apiVersion: '10',
-  appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
+  appTitle: DEFAULT_APP_TITLE,
   tag: 'dev',
   version: 'DEVELOPMENT',
   webSocketHost: 'localhost:8000',