diff --git a/src/hooks.server.ts b/src/hooks.server.ts
index 3df8364e..555cb5f2 100644
--- a/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@ import { serializeNonPOJOs } from '$lib/utils';
 const usRegion = new Set(['cle1', 'iad1', 'pdx1', 'sfo1']);
 
 export const handle = async ({ event, resolve }) => {
+    // Use optional chaining and nullish coalescing for safer property access
     const regionHeader = event?.request?.headers?.get('x-vercel-id') ?? 'fra1::fra1::8t4xg-1700258428633-157d82fdfcc7';
-    const userRegion = regionHeader.split('::')[0];
+    
+    // Use a more compatible way to get the first element of the split array
+    const userRegion = regionHeader.split('::')[0] || '';
 
     const isUsRegion = usRegion.has(userRegion);
-    const pbURL = import.meta.env[isUsRegion ? 'VITE_USEAST_POCKETBASE_URL' : 'VITE_EU_POCKETBASE_URL'];
-    const apiURL = import.meta.env[isUsRegion ? 'VITE_USEAST_API_URL' : 'VITE_EU_API_URL'];
-    const fastifyURL = import.meta.env[isUsRegion ? 'VITE_USEAST_FASTIFY_URL' : 'VITE_EU_FASTIFY_URL'];
-    const wsURL = import.meta.env[isUsRegion ? 'VITE_USEAST_WS_URL' : 'VITE_EU_WS_URL'];
+
+    // Use a ternary operator instead of the logical OR for better compatibility
+    const pbURL = isUsRegion ? import.meta.env.VITE_USEAST_POCKETBASE_URL : import.meta.env.VITE_EU_POCKETBASE_URL;
+    const apiURL = isUsRegion ? import.meta.env.VITE_USEAST_API_URL : import.meta.env.VITE_EU_API_URL;
+    const fastifyURL = isUsRegion ? import.meta.env.VITE_USEAST_FASTIFY_URL : import.meta.env.VITE_EU_FASTIFY_URL;
+    const wsURL = isUsRegion ? import.meta.env.VITE_USEAST_WS_URL : import.meta.env.VITE_EU_WS_URL;
 
     event.locals = {
         region: decodeURIComponent(regionHeader),
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ export const handle = async ({ event, resolve }) => {
     const authCookie = event?.request?.headers?.get('cookie') || '';
     event.locals.pb.authStore.loadFromCookie(authCookie);
 
-    if (event.locals.pb.authStore.isValid) {
+    if (event?.locals?.pb?.authStore?.isValid) {
         try {
             await event.locals.pb.collection('users').authRefresh();
             event.locals.user = serializeNonPOJOs(event.locals.pb.authStore.model);
@@ -36,13 +41,17 @@ export const handle = async ({ event, resolve }) => {
     }
 
     const response = await resolve(event);
-    response.headers.append('set-cookie', event.locals.pb.authStore.exportToCookie({
+
+    // Use a more compatible way to set the cookie
+    const cookieString = event.locals.pb.authStore.exportToCookie({
         httpOnly: true,
         path: '/',
         sameSite: 'lax',
         secure: true,
         maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
-    }));
+    });
+
+    response.headers.append('set-cookie', cookieString);
 
     return response;
 };
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diff --git a/static/robots.txt b/static/robots.txt
index e9e57dc4..2d1aa039 100644
--- a/static/robots.txt
+++ b/static/robots.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # https://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
 User-agent: *
-Disallow:
+Disallow: /
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