diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.test.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index edc1c939c..000000000
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
-import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
-
-// import { staticClient } from 'pl-fe/api';
-import { mockStore } from 'pl-fe/jest/test-helpers';
-
-import {
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST,
-  // FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL,
-  fetchAboutPage,
-} from './about';
-
-describe('fetchAboutPage()', () => {
-  // it('creates the expected actions on success', () => {
-
-  //   const mock = new MockAdapter(staticClient);
-
-  //   mock.onGet('/instance/about/index.html')
-  //     .reply(200, '<h1>Hello world</h1>');
-
-  //   const expectedActions = [
-  //     { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug: 'index' },
-  //     { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS, slug: 'index', html: '<h1>Hello world</h1>' },
-  //   ];
-  //   const store = mockStore(ImmutableMap());
-
-  //   return store.dispatch(fetchAboutPage()).then(() => {
-  //     expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
-  //   });
-  // });
-
-  it('creates the expected actions on failure', () => {
-    const expectedActions = [
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug: 'asdf' },
-      { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL, slug: 'asdf', error: new Error('Request failed with status code 404') },
-    ];
-    const store = mockStore(ImmutableMap());
-
-    return store.dispatch(fetchAboutPage('asdf')).catch(() => {
-      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index abc74c13b..000000000
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/about.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import { staticFetch } from '../api';
-
-import type { AppDispatch, RootState } from 'pl-fe/store';
-
-const FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST = 'FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST' as const;
-const FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS = 'FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS' as const;
-const FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL = 'FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL' as const;
-
-interface FetchAboutPageRequestAction {
-  type: typeof FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST;
-  slug: string;
-  locale?: string;
-}
-
-interface FetchAboutPageSuccessAction {
-  type: typeof FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS;
-  slug: string;
-  locale?: string;
-  html: string;
-}
-
-interface FetchAboutPageFailAction {
-  type: typeof FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL;
-  slug: string;
-  locale?: string;
-  error: unknown;
-}
-
-const fetchAboutPage = (slug = 'index', locale?: string) => (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
-  dispatch({ type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug, locale });
-
-  const filename = `${slug}${locale ? `.${locale}` : ''}.html`;
-  return staticFetch(`/instance/about/${filename}`)
-    .then(({ data: html }) => {
-      dispatch({ type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS, slug, locale, html });
-      return html;
-    })
-    .catch(error => {
-      dispatch({ type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL, slug, locale, error });
-      throw error;
-    });
-};
-
-type AboutAction =
-  | FetchAboutPageRequestAction
-  | FetchAboutPageSuccessAction
-  | FetchAboutPageFailAction;
-
-export {
-  fetchAboutPage,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_SUCCESS,
-  FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_FAIL,
-  type AboutAction,
-};
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/pl-fe/use-about-page.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/pl-fe/use-about-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f79f3761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/pl-fe/use-about-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+
+import { staticFetch } from 'pl-fe/api';
+
+const fetchAboutPage = async (slug: string, locale?: string) => {
+  const filename = `${slug}${locale ? `.${locale}` : ''}.html`;
+
+  const { data } = await staticFetch(`/instance/about/${filename}`);
+
+  return data;
+};
+
+const useAboutPage = (slug = 'index', locale?: string) =>
+  useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['pl-fe', 'aboutPages', slug, locale],
+    queryFn: () => fetchAboutPage(slug, locale),
+  });
+
+export { useAboutPage };
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/api/index.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/index.ts
index 819ba870d..efd01cce9 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type PlfeResponse<T = any> = Response & { data: string; json: T };
   * No authorization is needed.
   */
 const staticFetch = (input: URL | RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit | undefined) => {
-  const fullPath = buildFullPath(input.toString(), BuildConfig.FE_SUBDIRECTORY);
+  const fullPath = buildFullPath(input.toString(), BuildConfig.BACKEND_URL);
 
   return fetch(fullPath, init).then(async (response) => {
     if (!response.ok) throw { response };
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/about/index.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/about/index.tsx
index 71e3fd66c..a952f27eb 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/about/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/about/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { fetchAboutPage } from 'pl-fe/actions/about';
+import { useAboutPage } from 'pl-fe/api/hooks/pl-fe/use-about-page';
 import { Navlinks } from 'pl-fe/components/navlinks';
 import Card from 'pl-fe/components/ui/card';
-import { useAppDispatch } from 'pl-fe/hooks/use-app-dispatch';
 import { usePlFeConfig } from 'pl-fe/hooks/use-pl-fe-config';
 import { useSettings } from 'pl-fe/hooks/use-settings';
 
@@ -13,30 +12,21 @@ import { languages } from '../preferences';
 
 /** Displays arbitrary user-uploaded HTML on a page at `/about/:slug` */
 const AboutPage: React.FC = () => {
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
-  const { slug } = useParams<{ slug?: string }>();
+  const { slug = 'index' } = useParams<{ slug?: string }>();
 
   const settings = useSettings();
   const plFeConfig = usePlFeConfig();
 
-  const [pageHtml, setPageHtml] = useState<string>('');
   const [locale, setLocale] = useState<string>(settings.locale);
 
   const { aboutPages } = plFeConfig;
 
-  const page = aboutPages[slug || 'about'];
+  const page = aboutPages[slug];
   const defaultLocale = page?.defaultLocale;
   const pageLocales = page?.locales || [];
+  const fetchLocale = Boolean(page && locale !== defaultLocale && pageLocales.includes(locale));
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const fetchLocale = Boolean(page && locale !== defaultLocale && pageLocales.includes(locale));
-    dispatch(fetchAboutPage(slug, fetchLocale ? locale : undefined)).then(html => {
-      setPageHtml(html);
-    }).catch(error => {
-      // TODO: Better error handling. 404 page?
-      setPageHtml('<h1>Page not found</h1>');
-    });
-  }, [locale, slug]);
+  const { data: pageHtml } = useAboutPage(slug, fetchLocale ? locale : undefined);
 
   const alsoAvailable = (defaultLocale) && (
     <div>
@@ -67,7 +57,7 @@ const AboutPage: React.FC = () => {
     <div>
       <Card variant='rounded'>
         <div className='prose mx-auto py-4 dark:prose-invert sm:p-6'>
-          <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: pageHtml }} />
+          {pageHtml && <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: pageHtml }} />}
           {alsoAvailable}
         </div>
       </Card>