diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/templates/settings/general_settings.jinja b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/templates/settings/general_settings.jinja
index e4bf1e5d9..1c2dfd136 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/templates/settings/general_settings.jinja
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/templates/settings/general_settings.jinja
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 					</div>
 				</text-explainer>
 
+				{% if "spectrum" in specter.service_manager.services %}
 				<text-explainer class="p-3">
 					<span slot="title" class="cursor-pointer">{{ _("Support Tools") }} </span>
 					<div slot="content" class="mt-3">
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@
 						</a>
 					</div>
 				</text-explainer>
+				{% endif %}
 
 				<div class="mt-8">
 					<button type="submit" class="button bg-accent text-white" name="action" value="save">{{ _("Save") }}</button>
diff --git a/tests/test_general_settings_template.py b/tests/test_general_settings_template.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bae61743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_general_settings_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Test that general_settings.jinja handles optional extensions safely.
+
+Regression test for #2498: spectrum_endpoint.wallets_get crashes
+when the Spectrum extension is not installed.
+"""
+
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+TEMPLATE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent / (
+    "src/cryptoadvance/specter/templates/settings/general_settings.jinja"
+)
+
+
+def test_spectrum_wallets_get_is_guarded():
+    """The spectrum_endpoint.wallets_get url_for must be inside a conditional
+    that checks whether the spectrum extension is loaded."""
+    content = TEMPLATE_PATH.read_text()
+
+    # Find all occurrences of spectrum_endpoint
+    matches = list(re.finditer(r"spectrum_endpoint", content))
+    assert len(matches) > 0, "Template should reference spectrum_endpoint"
+
+    for match in matches:
+        # Get the surrounding context (500 chars before the match)
+        start = max(0, match.start() - 500)
+        before = content[start : match.start()]
+
+        # There must be a guard check before the url_for call
+        # Either {% if "spectrum" in ... %} or similar conditional
+        assert re.search(
+            r'{%[-\s]+if\s+.*spectrum.*service_manager', before
+        ), (
+            f"spectrum_endpoint reference at position {match.start()} "
+            f"is not guarded by a service_manager check. "
+            f"This will crash when Spectrum extension is not installed."
+        )
+
+
+def test_spectrum_guard_has_matching_endif():
+    """The spectrum conditional block must be properly closed."""
+    content = TEMPLATE_PATH.read_text()
+
+    # Find the guard
+    guard_match = re.search(
+        r'{%[-\s]+if\s+"spectrum"\s+in\s+specter\.service_manager\.services\s*%}',
+        content,
+    )
+    assert guard_match is not None, "Expected spectrum guard conditional"
+
+    # Find the matching endif after the guard
+    after_guard = content[guard_match.end() :]
+    assert "{% endif %}" in after_guard, "spectrum guard must have matching endif"
+
+    # The endif should come before the next major section
+    endif_pos = after_guard.index("{% endif %}")
+    # And the spectrum_endpoint reference should be between the if and endif
+    assert "spectrum_endpoint" in after_guard[:endif_pos], (
+        "spectrum_endpoint.wallets_get should be inside the guarded block"
+    )