diff --git a/lib/load-user.js b/lib/load-user.js
index acb3fc7b..d7b3d491 100644
--- a/lib/load-user.js
+++ b/lib/load-user.js
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ const directoryName = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const loadUser = async hostname => {
   const [id] = hostname.split('.')
 
+  // Fallback
   const user = {
-    copyright: '<copyright holders>' // Fallback
+    copyright: '<copyright holders>',
+    format: 'html',
+    license: 'MIT'
   }
 
   try {
@@ -17,9 +20,11 @@ const loadUser = async hostname => {
       ...await loadJsonFile(path.join(directoryName, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`))
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    if (error.code !== 'ENOENT') {
-      throw error
+    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      return user
     }
+
+    throw error
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/routes/get.js b/routes/get.js
index 70faac79..c7dfaaa3 100644
--- a/routes/get.js
+++ b/routes/get.js
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ const getRoute = async (request, response) => {
   const year = options.pinnedYear ?
     options.pinnedYear :
     removeFalsy([options.startYear, options.endYear]).join('-')
-  const license = (options.license || user.license || 'MIT').toUpperCase()
-  const format = options.format || user.format || 'html'
+  const license = (options.license || user.license).toUpperCase()
+  const format = options.format || user.format
   const isPlainText = format !== 'html'
 
   let name