diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2456ad3..4aebb82 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ dev = [
     "types-flask>=1.1.0",
 ]
 
+optionals = [
+    "scipy>=1.10.0",
+    "qrcode[pil]>=7.4",
+    "numpy>=1.24.0",
+    "meshtastic>=2.0.0",
+    "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9",
+    "scapy>=2.4.5",
+]
+
 [project.scripts]
 intercept = "intercept:main"
 
diff --git a/static/js/core/settings-manager.js b/static/js/core/settings-manager.js
index f5c8b9d..efd61da 100644
--- a/static/js/core/settings-manager.js
+++ b/static/js/core/settings-manager.js
@@ -752,6 +752,11 @@ async function checkForUpdatesManual() {
     const content = document.getElementById('updateStatusContent');
     if (!content) return;
 
+    if (typeof Updater === 'undefined') {
+        content.innerHTML = `<div style="color: var(--text-dim); padding: 10px;">Update checking is unavailable. If you use a content blocker, try allowing <code>updater.js</code> to load.</div>`;
+        return;
+    }
+
     content.innerHTML = '<div style="text-align: center; padding: 20px; color: var(--text-dim);">Checking for updates...</div>';
 
     try {
@@ -769,6 +774,11 @@ async function loadUpdateStatus() {
     const content = document.getElementById('updateStatusContent');
     if (!content) return;
 
+    if (typeof Updater === 'undefined') {
+        content.innerHTML = `<div style="color: var(--text-dim); padding: 10px;">Update checking is unavailable. If you use a content blocker, try allowing <code>updater.js</code> to load.</div>`;
+        return;
+    }
+
     try {
         const data = await Updater.getStatus();
         renderUpdateStatus(data);
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 389b756..4108ff5 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -14077,10 +14077,10 @@
     <!-- Toast Container -->
     <div id="toastContainer"></div>
 
-    <!-- Settings Manager -->
-    <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/core/settings-manager.js') }}"></script>
     <!-- Updater -->
     <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/core/updater.js') }}"></script>
+    <!-- Settings Manager -->
+    <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/core/settings-manager.js') }}"></script>
 </body>
 
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/test_requirements.py b/tests/test_requirements.py
index 27e4922..ae6cf6a 100644
--- a/tests/test_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/test_requirements.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 from pathlib import Path
 import importlib.metadata
-import tomllib  # Standard in Python 3.11+
+import tomllib
+import re
 
 def get_root_path():
     return Path(__file__).parent.parent
@@ -18,20 +19,22 @@ def parse_txt_requirements(file_path):
     with open(file_path, "r") as f:
         for line in f:
             line = line.strip()
-            # Ignore empty lines, comments, and recursive/local flags
             if not line or line.startswith(("#", "-e", "git+", "-r")):
                 continue
             packages.add(_clean_string(line))
     return packages
 
 def parse_toml_section(data, section_type="main"):
-    """Extracts full requirement strings from pyproject.toml."""
+    """Extracts full requirement strings from pyproject.toml including optional sections."""
     packages = set()
+    project = data.get("project", {})
+    
     if section_type == "main":
-        deps = data.get("project", {}).get("dependencies", [])
-    else:
-        # Check optional-dependencies or dependency-groups
-        deps = data.get("project", {}).get("optional-dependencies", {}).get("dev", [])
+        deps = project.get("dependencies", [])
+    elif section_type == "optional":
+        deps = project.get("optional-dependencies", {}).get("optionals", [])
+    elif section_type == "dev":
+        deps = project.get("optional-dependencies", {}).get("dev", [])
         if not deps:
             deps = data.get("dependency-groups", {}).get("dev", [])
             
@@ -48,9 +51,10 @@ def test_dependency_files_integrity():
     with open(toml_path, "rb") as f:
         toml_data = tomllib.load(f)
 
-    # Validate Production Sync
+    # Validate Production Sync (Main + Optionals)
     txt_main = parse_txt_requirements(root / "requirements.txt")
-    toml_main = parse_toml_section(toml_data, "main")
+    toml_main = parse_toml_section(toml_data, "main") | parse_toml_section(toml_data, "optional")
+    
     assert txt_main == toml_main, (
         f"Production version mismatch!\n"
         f"Only in TXT: {txt_main - toml_main}\n"
@@ -72,7 +76,11 @@ def test_environment_vs_toml():
     with open(root / "pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
         data = tomllib.load(f)
     
-    all_declared = parse_toml_section(data, "main") | parse_toml_section(data, "dev")
+    all_declared = (
+        parse_toml_section(data, "main") | 
+        parse_toml_section(data, "optional") | 
+        parse_toml_section(data, "dev")
+    )
     _verify_installation(all_declared, "TOML")
 
 def test_environment_vs_requirements():
@@ -89,21 +97,21 @@ def _verify_installation(package_set, source_name):
     missing_or_wrong = []
     
     for req in package_set:
-        # Split name from version to check installation status
-        # handles ==, >=, ~=, <=, > , <
-        import re
+        # Split name from version
         parts = re.split(r'==|>=|~=|<=|>|<', req)
-        name = parts[0].strip()
+        raw_name = parts[0].strip()
+        
+        # CLEAN EXTRAS: "qrcode[pil]" -> "qrcode"
+        clean_name = re.sub(r'\[.*\]', '', raw_name)
         
         try:
-            installed_ver = importlib.metadata.version(name)
-            # If the config uses exact versioning '==', we can do a strict check
+            installed_ver = importlib.metadata.version(clean_name)
             if "==" in req:
                 expected_ver = req.split("==")[1].strip()
                 if installed_ver != expected_ver:
-                    missing_or_wrong.append(f"{name} (Installed: {installed_ver}, Expected: {expected_ver})")
+                    missing_or_wrong.append(f"{clean_name} (Installed: {installed_ver}, Expected: {expected_ver})")
         except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-            missing_or_wrong.append(f"{name} (Not installed)")
+            missing_or_wrong.append(f"{clean_name} (Not installed)")
 
     if missing_or_wrong:
-        pytest.fail(f"Environment out of sync with {source_name}:\n" + "\n".join(missing_or_wrong))
\ No newline at end of file
+        pytest.fail(f"Environment out of sync with {source_name}:\n" + "\n".join(missing_or_wrong))