diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/directus.ts b/frontend/src/lib/directus.ts
index 8e612bb..7065dca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/directus.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/directus.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ export async function directusOne<T>(collection: string, q: DirectusQuery = {}):
   return data[0]
 }
 
+export async function directusSingleton<T>(collection: string, q: DirectusQuery = {}): Promise<T> {
+  const url = new URL(`${DIRECTUS_URL}/items/${collection}`)
+  for (const field of q.fields ?? []) url.searchParams.append('fields[]', field)
+  const res = await fetch(url.toString())
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Directus error ${res.status} on /items/${collection}`)
+  const { data } = (await res.json()) as DirectusItemResponse<T>
+  return data
+}
+
 export function assetUrl(fileId: string | null | undefined, key?: string): string {
   if (!fileId) return ''
   const url = new URL(`${DIRECTUS_URL}/assets/${fileId}`)
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/queries.ts b/frontend/src/lib/queries.ts
index 5457a54..17bc6bd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/queries.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/queries.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 import { queryOptions } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import { directusList, directusOne } from './directus'
-import { GLOBALS_ID } from './env'
+import { directusList, directusOne, directusSingleton } from './directus'
 import type { Category, Globals, Menu, MenuRaw, PageEntity, Vendor, VendorListItem } from './types'
 
 export const globalsQuery = queryOptions({
   queryKey: ['globals'],
-  queryFn: async (): Promise<Globals> => {
-    const item = await directusOne<Globals>('globals', { fields: ['*'] })
-    if (!item) throw new Error('globals not found')
-    return item
-  },
+  queryFn: () => directusSingleton<Globals>('globals', { fields: ['*'] }),
   staleTime: 5 * 60_000,
 })
 
-// globals is a singleton; if the ID ever changes, we could filter explicitly.
-export { GLOBALS_ID }
-
 export const menusQuery = queryOptions({
   queryKey: ['menus'],
   queryFn: async (): Promise<Menu[]> => {