diff --git a/tools/Tgstation.Server.ReleaseNotes/Program.cs b/tools/Tgstation.Server.ReleaseNotes/Program.cs
index cbcd5487d87..098bbdcdaf5 100644
--- a/tools/Tgstation.Server.ReleaseNotes/Program.cs
+++ b/tools/Tgstation.Server.ReleaseNotes/Program.cs
@@ -567,72 +567,76 @@ async Task<Dictionary<Component, Version>> GetComponentVersions()
 				var mergeCommit = fullPR.MergeCommitSha;
 				// we don't care about unreleased web control panel changes
 
-				try
-				{
-					needExtendedComponentVersions = ShouldGetExtendedComponentVersions();
+				needExtendedComponentVersions = ShouldGetExtendedComponentVersions();
 
-					var versionsBytes = await RLR(() => client.Repository.Content.GetRawContentByRef(RepoOwner, RepoName, "build/Version.props", mergeCommit));
+				var versionsBytes = await RLR(() => client.Repository.Content.GetRawContentByRef(RepoOwner, RepoName, "build/Version.props", mergeCommit));
 
-					XDocument doc;
-					using (var ms = new MemoryStream(versionsBytes))
-						doc = XDocument.Load(ms);
+				XDocument doc;
+				using (var ms = new MemoryStream(versionsBytes))
+					doc = XDocument.Load(ms);
 
-					var project = doc.Root;
-					var xmlNamespace = project.GetDefaultNamespace();
-					var versionsPropertyGroup = project.Elements().First(x => x.Name == xmlNamespace + "PropertyGroup");
+				var project = doc.Root;
+				var xmlNamespace = project.GetDefaultNamespace();
+				var versionsPropertyGroup = project.Elements().First(x => x.Name == xmlNamespace + "PropertyGroup");
 
-					Version Parse(string elemName, bool controlPanel = false)
-					{
-						var element = versionsPropertyGroup.Element(xmlNamespace + elemName);
-						if (element == null)
-							return null;
+				Version Parse(string elemName, bool controlPanel = false)
+				{
+					var element = versionsPropertyGroup.Element(xmlNamespace + elemName);
+					if (element == null)
+						return null;
 
-						return Version.Parse(element.Value);
-					}
+					return Version.Parse(element.Value);
+				}
 
-					var dict = new Dictionary<Component, Version>
-					{
-						{ Component.Core, Parse("TgsCoreVersion") },
-						{ Component.HttpApi, Parse("TgsApiVersion") },
-						{ Component.DreamMakerApi, Parse("TgsDmapiVersion") },
-					};
+				var dict = new Dictionary<Component, Version>
+				{
+					{ Component.Core, Parse("TgsCoreVersion") },
+					{ Component.HttpApi, Parse("TgsApiVersion") },
+					{ Component.DreamMakerApi, Parse("TgsDmapiVersion") },
+				};
 
-					if (await needExtendedComponentVersions)
+				if (await needExtendedComponentVersions)
+				{
+					// only grab some versions at release time
+					// we aggregate later
+					dict.Add(Component.Configuration, Parse("TgsConfigVersion"));
+					dict.Add(Component.InteropApi, Parse("TgsInteropVersion"));
+					dict.Add(Component.HostWatchdog, Parse("TgsHostWatchdogVersion"));
+					dict.Add(Component.NugetCommon, Parse("TgsCommonLibraryVersion"));
+					dict.Add(Component.NugetApi, Parse("TgsApiLibraryVersion"));
+					dict.Add(Component.NugetClient, Parse("TgsClientVersion"));
+
+					var webVersion = Parse("TgsControlPanelVersion");
+					if (webVersion != null)
+					{
+						dict.Add(Component.WebControlPanel, webVersion);
+					}
+					else
 					{
-						// only grab some versions at release time
-						// we aggregate later
-						dict.Add(Component.Configuration, Parse("TgsConfigVersion"));
-						dict.Add(Component.InteropApi, Parse("TgsInteropVersion"));
-						dict.Add(Component.HostWatchdog, Parse("TgsHostWatchdogVersion"));
-						dict.Add(Component.NugetCommon, Parse("TgsCommonLibraryVersion"));
-						dict.Add(Component.NugetApi, Parse("TgsApiLibraryVersion"));
-						dict.Add(Component.NugetClient, Parse("TgsClientVersion"));
-
-						var webVersion = Parse("TgsWebpanelVersion");
-						if (webVersion != null)
+						byte[] controlPanelVersionBytes;
+						string elementName;
+						try
 						{
-							dict.Add(Component.WebControlPanel, webVersion);
+							controlPanelVersionBytes = await RLR(() => client.Repository.Content.GetRawContentByRef(RepoOwner, RepoName, "build/WebpanelVersion.props", mergeCommit));
+							elementName = "TgsWebpanelVersion";
 						}
-						else
+						catch (NotFoundException)
 						{
-							var controlPanelVersionBytes = await RLR(() => client.Repository.Content.GetRawContentByRef(RepoOwner, RepoName, "build/WebpanelVersion.props", mergeCommit));
-							using (var ms = new MemoryStream(controlPanelVersionBytes))
-								doc = XDocument.Load(ms);
+							controlPanelVersionBytes = await RLR(() => client.Repository.Content.GetRawContentByRef(RepoOwner, RepoName, "build/ControlPanelVersion.props", mergeCommit));
+							elementName = "TgsControlPanelVersion";
+						}
 
+						using (var ms = new MemoryStream(controlPanelVersionBytes))
+							doc = XDocument.Load(ms);
 
-							project = doc.Root;
-							var controlPanelXmlNamespace = project.GetDefaultNamespace();
-							var controlPanelVersionsPropertyGroup = project.Elements().First(x => x.Name == controlPanelXmlNamespace + "PropertyGroup");
-							dict.Add(Component.WebControlPanel, Version.Parse(controlPanelVersionsPropertyGroup.Element(controlPanelXmlNamespace + "TgsWebpanelVersion").Value));
-						}
+						project = doc.Root;
+						var controlPanelXmlNamespace = project.GetDefaultNamespace();
+						var controlPanelVersionsPropertyGroup = project.Elements().First(x => x.Name == controlPanelXmlNamespace + "PropertyGroup");
+						dict.Add(Component.WebControlPanel, Version.Parse(controlPanelVersionsPropertyGroup.Element(controlPanelXmlNamespace + elementName).Value));
 					}
-
-					return dict;
-				}
-				catch
-				{
-					return new Dictionary<Component, Version>();
 				}
+
+				return dict;
 			}
 
 			var componentVersions = needComponentExactVersions ? GetComponentVersions() : Task.FromResult<Dictionary<Component, Version>>(null);
@@ -684,7 +688,11 @@ async Task CommitNotes(Component component, List<string> notes)
 					{
 						if (trimmedLine.StartsWith(":cl:", StringComparison.Ordinal) || trimmedLine.StartsWith("🆑", StringComparison.Ordinal))
 						{
-							targetComponent = trimmedLine[4..].Trim();
+							var matchLength = trimmedLine.StartsWith("🆑", StringComparison.Ordinal)
+								? "🆑".Length
+								: 4;
+
+							targetComponent = trimmedLine[matchLength..].Trim();
 							if (targetComponent.Length == 0)
 								targetComponent = "Core";
 						}