diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e47b0c7c4a..e95097b64a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.15.4",
     "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome": "^2.0.8",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.2",
-    "axios": "1.7",
     "howler": "^2.1.3",
     "keypress.js": "^2.1.5",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
diff --git a/src/api.js b/src/api.js
index e29281da88..767d556536 100644
--- a/src/api.js
+++ b/src/api.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
 import store from './store';
 import { useStatusStore } from './store/status';
 
@@ -13,30 +12,34 @@ function statusError(message) {
   statusStore.scrollToEnd();
 }
 
-function compileLayout(_keyboard, _keymapName, _layout) {
+function compileLayout(keyboard, keymap, layout) {
   disableCompileButton();
   let template = store.state.keymap.templates.keymap;
   const layers = store.getters['keymap/exportLayers']({ compiler: true });
-  let request = JSON.stringify(
-    Object.assign(template, {
-      keyboard: _keyboard,
-      keymap: _keymapName,
-      layout: _layout,
-      layers: layers
-    })
-  );
+  let request = JSON.stringify({
+    ...template,
+    keyboard,
+    keymap,
+    layout,
+    layers
+  });
   console.log(request);
   const statusStore = useStatusStore();
   if (statusStore.empty) {
     statusStore.append('\n');
   }
-  statusStore.append(`* Sending ${_keyboard}:${_keymapName} with ${_layout}`);
-  axios
-    .post(backend_compile_url, request)
-    .then((resp) => {
-      const { status, data } = resp;
-      if (status === 200) {
+  statusStore.append(`* Sending ${keyboard}:${keymap} with ${layout}`);
+  fetch(backend_compile_url, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+    },
+    body: request
+  })
+    .then(async (resp) => {
+      if (resp.ok) {
         store.commit('app/setShowSpinner', true);
+        const data = await resp.json();
         if (data.enqueued) {
           statusStore.append(`\n* Received job_id: ${data.job_id}`);
           statusStore.scrollToEnd();
@@ -81,13 +84,12 @@ function check_status() {
   const url = `${backend_compile_url}/${store.state.app.jobID}`;
   const start = performance.now();
   const statusStore = useStatusStore();
-  axios
-    .get(url)
-    .then((resp) => {
+  fetch(url)
+    .then(async (resp) => {
       console.log(`response in ${performance.now() - start}ms`, resp);
       let msg;
-      let { status, data } = resp;
-      if (status !== 200) {
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      if (!resp.ok) {
         console.log('Unexpected status', data.status);
         enableCompileButton();
       } else {
diff --git a/src/components/StatusBar.vue b/src/components/StatusBar.vue
index 5de0cbe375..7bd0641c5d 100644
--- a/src/components/StatusBar.vue
+++ b/src/components/StatusBar.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
   </div>
 </template>
 <script>
-import axios from 'axios';
 import { backend_status_url } from '@/store/modules/constants';
 import { mapState, mapMutations } from 'vuex';
 /**
@@ -90,10 +89,11 @@ export default {
     getPollInterval() {
       return 25000 + 5000 * Math.random();
     },
-    fetchData() {
-      axios
-        .get(backend_status_url)
-        .then(({ data }) => {
+    async fetchData() {
+      try {
+        const resp = await fetch(backend_status_url);
+        if (resp.ok) {
+          const data = await resp.json();
           this.version = data.version;
           this.jobCount = parseInt(data.queue_length, 10);
           if (this.jobCount === 0) {
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ export default {
             this.status = 'Redis is probably down. Please contact devs on ';
             this.hasError = true;
           }
-        })
-        .catch((json) => {
-          this.status = 'DOWN';
-          this.hasError = true;
-          console.error('API status error', json);
-        });
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.status = 'DOWN';
+        this.hasError = true;
+        console.error('API status error', error);
+      }
       setTimeout(this.fetchData, this.getPollInterval());
     },
     clickSettings() {
diff --git a/src/components/VisualKeymap.vue b/src/components/VisualKeymap.vue
index a360c01beb..a084e0d913 100644
--- a/src/components/VisualKeymap.vue
+++ b/src/components/VisualKeymap.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 </template>
 <script>
 import isUndefined from 'lodash/isUndefined';
-import { mapState, mapGetters, mapMutations, mapActions } from 'vuex';
+import { mapState, mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex';
+import * as pinia from 'pinia';
 import BaseKeymap from '@/components/BaseKeymap.vue';
 import BaseKey from '@/components/BaseKey.vue';
 import AnyKey from '@/components/AnyKey.vue';
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ import LayerKey from '@/components/LayerKey.vue';
 import ContainerKey from '@/components/ContainerKey.vue';
 import LayerContainerKey from '@/components/LayerContainerKey.vue';
 
+import { useStatusStore } from '@/store/status';
+
 export default {
   name: 'VisualKeymap',
   components: { BaseKey, AnyKey, LayerKey, ContainerKey },
@@ -109,8 +112,7 @@ export default {
       'resizeConfig',
       'setLoadingKeymapPromise'
     ]),
-    ...mapMutations('status', ['append']),
-    ...mapActions('status', ['scrollToEnd']),
+    ...pinia.mapActions(useStatusStore, ['append', 'scrollToEnd']),
     /**
      * Due to a quirk in how reactivity works we have to clear the layout
      * name to reset the UI to it's old value.
diff --git a/src/store/modules/app/actions.js b/src/store/modules/app/actions.js
index 3afafedaed..6383affd86 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/app/actions.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/app/actions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
 import isUndefined from 'lodash/isUndefined';
 import { keypress } from 'keypress.js';
 import { generateKeypressCombos } from './keypress-utils.js';
@@ -16,15 +15,21 @@ const actions = {
    * fetchKeyboards - fetch keyboard list from API
    */
   async fetchKeyboards({ commit }) {
-    const r = await axios.get(backend_keyboard_list_url);
-    if (r.status === 200) {
-      const exclude = getExclusionList();
-      const results = r.data.keyboards.filter((keeb) => {
-        return isUndefined(exclude[keeb]);
-      });
-      commit('setKeyboards', results);
-      return results;
+    try {
+      const r = await fetch(backend_keyboard_list_url);
+      if (r.ok) {
+        const data = await r.json();
+        const exclude = getExclusionList();
+        const results = data.keyboards.filter((keeb) => {
+          return isUndefined(exclude[keeb]);
+        });
+        commit('setKeyboards', results);
+        return results;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error fetching keyboards', error);
     }
+    // always return an empty array if we fail to fetch
     return [];
   },
   /**
@@ -33,11 +38,15 @@ const actions = {
   async loadDefaultKeymap({ state }) {
     const keyboardPath = state.keyboard.slice(0, 1).toLowerCase();
     const keyboardName = state.keyboard.replace(/\//g, '_');
-    const resp = await axios.get(
-      `keymaps/${keyboardPath}/${keyboardName}_default.json`
-    );
-    if (resp.status === 200) {
-      return resp.data;
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch(
+        `keymaps/${keyboardPath}/${keyboardName}_default.json`
+      );
+      if (resp.ok) {
+        return await resp.json();
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error fetching default keymap', error);
     }
     return undefined;
   },
@@ -45,8 +54,8 @@ const actions = {
    * load keymap from the selected URL
    */
   async loadKeymapFromUrl(_, url) {
-    return axios.get(url).then((r) => {
-      return r.data;
+    return fetch(url).then(async (r) => {
+      return await r.json();
     });
   },
   /**
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ const actions = {
    *                 We use this instead of loading layout from API.
    * @return {object} promise that is fulfilled once action is complete
    */
-  loadLayouts({ commit, state }, preview) {
+  async loadLayouts({ commit, state }, preview) {
     if (!isUndefined(preview)) {
       preview.layouts['  '] = { layout: [] };
       let p = new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -113,13 +122,15 @@ const actions = {
       });
       return p;
     }
-    return axios
-      .get(`${backend_keyboards_url}/${state.keyboard}/info.json`)
-      .then((resp) => {
-        commit('setKeyboardMeta', resp);
-        commit('processLayouts', resp);
-        return resp;
-      });
+    const resp = await fetch(
+      `${backend_keyboards_url}/${state.keyboard}/info.json`
+    );
+    if (resp.ok) {
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      commit('setKeyboardMeta', data);
+      commit('processLayouts', data);
+      return resp;
+    }
   },
   saveConfiguratorSettings({ state }) {
     localStorageSet(
diff --git a/src/store/modules/app/mutations.js b/src/store/modules/app/mutations.js
index 9443a06c46..bd8dead14d 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/app/mutations.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/app/mutations.js
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ const mutations = {
    *        in same format containing keyboard layouts
    * @return {object} layouts map or empty object
    */
-  processLayouts(state, resp) {
-    if (resp.status === 200 || state.isPreview) {
+  processLayouts(state, data) {
+    if (data || state.isPreview) {
       let layouts = {};
       if (state.isPreview) {
-        layouts = resp.keyboards[PREVIEW_LABEL].layouts;
+        layouts = data.keyboards[PREVIEW_LABEL].layouts;
       } else {
-        if (resp.data && resp.data.keyboards) {
-          layouts = resp.data.keyboards[state.keyboard].layouts;
+        if (data && data.keyboards) {
+          layouts = data.keyboards[state.keyboard].layouts;
         }
       }
       if (size(layouts) === 0) {
@@ -195,11 +195,8 @@ const mutations = {
   toggleSnowflakes(state) {
     state.snowflakes = !state.snowflakes;
   },
-  setKeyboardMeta(state, value) {
-    if (value.status === 200) {
-      state.keyboardMeta =
-        value.data && value.data.keyboards ? value.data.keyboards : {};
-    }
+  setKeyboardMeta(state, data) {
+    state.keyboardMeta = data?.keyboards ? data.keyboards : {};
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/store/modules/keymap.js b/src/store/modules/keymap.js
index a4206135af..98d3ffab46 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/keymap.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/keymap.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import reduce from 'lodash/reduce';
 import isUndefined from 'lodash/isUndefined';
 import colorways from '@/components/colorways';
 import defaults from './config';
-import axios from 'axios';
 import { backend_skeletons_url } from './constants';
 import { parseKeycode } from './parse.js';
 
@@ -180,9 +179,10 @@ const actions = {
   },
   async initTemplates({ commit }) {
     try {
-      const resp = await axios.get(`${backend_skeletons_url}/keymap`);
-      if (resp.status === 200) {
-        let template = Object.assign({}, resp.data);
+      const resp = await fetch(`${backend_skeletons_url}/keymap`);
+      if (resp.ok) {
+        const data = await resp.json();
+        let template = { ...data };
         delete template.keyboard;
         delete template.keymap;
         delete template.layout;
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ const mutations = {
   },
   initKeymap(state, { layout, layer, code = 'KC_NO' }) {
     const { name } = this.getters['keycodes/lookupKeycode'](code);
+    if (!layout) {
+      return;
+    }
     Vue.set(
       state.keymap,
       layer,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8889cc7272..3a69a6d3ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -995,15 +995,6 @@ aws4@^1.8.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.11.0.tgz#d61f46d83b2519250e2784daf5b09479a8b41c59"
   integrity sha512-xh1Rl34h6Fi1DC2WWKfxUTVqRsNnr6LsKz2+hfwDxQJWmrx8+c7ylaqBMcHfl1U1r2dsifOvKX3LQuLNZ+XSvA==
 
-axios@1.7:
-  version "1.7.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-1.7.4.tgz#4c8ded1b43683c8dd362973c393f3ede24052aa2"
-  integrity sha512-DukmaFRnY6AzAALSH4J2M3k6PkaC+MfaAGdEERRWcC9q3/TWQwLpHR8ZRLKTdQ3aBDL64EdluRDjJqKw+BPZEw==
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.15.6"
-    form-data "^4.0.0"
-    proxy-from-env "^1.1.0"
-
 axios@^0.21, axios@^0.27.2:
   version "0.21.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz#c67b90dc0568e5c1cf2b0b858c43ba28e2eda575"
@@ -1262,7 +1253,7 @@ colorette@^2.0.16:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/colorette/-/colorette-2.0.16.tgz#713b9af84fdb000139f04546bd4a93f62a5085da"
   integrity sha512-hUewv7oMjCp+wkBv5Rm0v87eJhq4woh5rSR+42YSQJKecCqgIqNkZ6lAlQms/BwHPJA5NKMRlpxPRv0n8HQW6g==
 
-combined-stream@^1.0.6, combined-stream@^1.0.8, combined-stream@~1.0.6:
+combined-stream@^1.0.6, combined-stream@~1.0.6:
   version "1.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/combined-stream/-/combined-stream-1.0.8.tgz#c3d45a8b34fd730631a110a8a2520682b31d5a7f"
   integrity sha512-FQN4MRfuJeHf7cBbBMJFXhKSDq+2kAArBlmRBvcvFE5BB1HZKXtSFASDhdlz9zOYwxh8lDdnvmMOe/+5cdoEdg==
@@ -1949,7 +1940,7 @@ flatted@^3.2.9:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatted/-/flatted-3.3.1.tgz#21db470729a6734d4997002f439cb308987f567a"
   integrity sha512-X8cqMLLie7KsNUDSdzeN8FYK9rEt4Dt67OsG/DNGnYTSDBG4uFAJFBnUeiV+zCVAvwFy56IjM9sH51jVaEhNxw==
 
-follow-redirects@^1.14.0, follow-redirects@^1.15.6:
+follow-redirects@^1.14.0:
   version "1.15.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.6.tgz#7f815c0cda4249c74ff09e95ef97c23b5fd0399b"
   integrity sha512-wWN62YITEaOpSK584EZXJafH1AGpO8RVgElfkuXbTOrPX4fIfOyEpW/CsiNd8JdYrAoOvafRTOEnvsO++qCqFA==
@@ -1959,15 +1950,6 @@ forever-agent@~0.6.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forever-agent/-/forever-agent-0.6.1.tgz#fbc71f0c41adeb37f96c577ad1ed42d8fdacca91"
   integrity sha512-j0KLYPhm6zeac4lz3oJ3o65qvgQCcPubiyotZrXqEaG4hNagNYO8qdlUrX5vwqv9ohqeT/Z3j6+yW067yWWdUw==
 
-form-data@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz#93919daeaf361ee529584b9b31664dc12c9fa452"
-  integrity sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==
-  dependencies:
-    asynckit "^0.4.0"
-    combined-stream "^1.0.8"
-    mime-types "^2.1.12"
-
 form-data@~2.3.2:
   version "2.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-2.3.3.tgz#dcce52c05f644f298c6a7ab936bd724ceffbf3a6"
@@ -3023,11 +3005,6 @@ proxy-from-env@1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.0.0.tgz#33c50398f70ea7eb96d21f7b817630a55791c7ee"
   integrity sha1-M8UDmPcOp+uW0h97gXYwpVeRx+4=
 
-proxy-from-env@^1.1.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz#e102f16ca355424865755d2c9e8ea4f24d58c3e2"
-  integrity sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg==
-
 ps-tree@1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ps-tree/-/ps-tree-1.2.0.tgz#5e7425b89508736cdd4f2224d028f7bb3f722ebd"