diff --git a/ui/src/Fonts.scss b/ui/src/Fonts.scss
index dd0529785..28d9a8f2f 100644
--- a/ui/src/Fonts.scss
+++ b/ui/src/Fonts.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-// this is used by bootswatch to import the font, zero it since we import all
-// fonts below
-$web-font-path: "";
+// this is used by bootswatch to import the font, we bundle all fonts so there
+// is nothing to import, so let's point it at an empty file
+// https://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch/issues/55
+$web-font-path: "./empty.css";
 
 @font-face {
   font-display: swap;
diff --git a/ui/src/empty.css b/ui/src/empty.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e46d2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/empty.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Empty css file to be included by bootswatch, see Fonts.scss */