diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 13ff09417100460d1f40ae06e2a681cf105d3dd5..ecaea798383e8fe64c429f14a0f51f39a8812f82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Fixed
 ~~~~~
 
 * Fix broken backup health check
+* Make error recovery in about page work
 
 Removed
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/aleksis/core/util/apps.py b/aleksis/core/util/apps.py
index dad5878cad301ab00b443d2bc10b9a8246034cdb..5f597af29b10363ca003622e347bc76380864efd 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/util/apps.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/util/apps.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AppConfig(django.apps.AppConfig):
         if dist_name:
             try:
                 dist = metadata.distribution(dist_name)
-            except PackageNotFoundError:
+            except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
                 return None
 
             return dist