diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
index 8a9cc960f..3677bc8bd 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,12 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::initStyleSheet()
 
 void CSwiftLauncher::loadLatestNews()
 {
+    if (!sGui || sGui->isShuttingDown()) { return; }
+
     CFailoverUrlList newsUrls(sGui->getGlobalSetup().getSwiftLatestNewsUrls());
     const CUrl newsUrl(newsUrls.obtainNextWorkingUrl(true, 10 * 1000));
+    // const CUrl newsUrl("https://dev.swift-project.org/phame/blog/view/1/");
+
     if (newsUrl.isEmpty())
     {
         CLogMessage(this).warning("No working news URL in %1") << newsUrls.toQString();
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
index c3beed1cd..ce00f10f5 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
           <item>
            <widget class="QToolBox" name="tb_Launcher">
             <property name="currentIndex">
-             <number>4</number>
+             <number>0</number>
             </property>
             <property name="tabSpacing">
              <number>6</number>
@@ -562,6 +562,9 @@
               <property name="bottomMargin">
                <number>3</number>
               </property>
+              <property name="verticalSpacing">
+               <number>1</number>
+              </property>
               <item row="0" column="0" colspan="5">
                <widget class="BlackGui::Components::CScaleScreenFactor" name="comp_Scale">
                 <property name="frameShape">