diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/main.py b/backend/btrixcloud/main.py
index 863569c5..d161d75d 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/main.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from fastapi.routing import APIRouter
 
 from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
 from fastapi.openapi.docs import get_swagger_ui_html, get_redoc_html
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .db import init_db, await_db_and_migrations, update_and_prepare_db
 
@@ -98,9 +99,29 @@ See [https://docs.browsertrix.com/](https://docs.browsertrix.com/) for more info
     return schema
 
 
+# ============================================================================
+class SettingsResponse(BaseModel):
+    """/api/settings response model"""
+
+    registrationEnabled: bool
+
+    jwtTokenLifetime: int
+
+    defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds: int
+    defaultPageLoadTimeSeconds: int
+
+    maxPagesPerCrawl: int
+    maxScale: int
+
+    billingEnabled: bool
+
+    salesEmail: str = ""
+    supportEmail: str = ""
+
+
 # ============================================================================
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, duplicate-code
-def main():
+def main() -> None:
     """init browsertrix api"""
 
     app = APIRouter()
@@ -110,20 +131,21 @@ def main():
 
     dbclient, mdb = init_db()
 
-    settings = {
-        "registrationEnabled": is_bool(os.environ.get("REGISTRATION_ENABLED")),
-        "jwtTokenLifetime": JWT_TOKEN_LIFETIME,
-        "defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds": int(
+    settings = SettingsResponse(
+        registrationEnabled=is_bool(os.environ.get("REGISTRATION_ENABLED")),
+        jwtTokenLifetime=JWT_TOKEN_LIFETIME,
+        defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds=int(
             os.environ.get("DEFAULT_BEHAVIOR_TIME_SECONDS", 300)
         ),
-        "defaultPageLoadTimeSeconds": int(
+        defaultPageLoadTimeSeconds=int(
             os.environ.get("DEFAULT_PAGE_LOAD_TIME_SECONDS", 120)
         ),
-        "maxPagesPerCrawl": int(os.environ.get("MAX_PAGES_PER_CRAWL", 0)),
-        "maxScale": int(os.environ.get("MAX_CRAWL_SCALE", 3)),
-        "billingEnabled": is_bool(os.environ.get("BILLING_ENABLED")),
-        "salesEmail": os.environ.get("SALES_EMAIL"),
-    }
+        maxPagesPerCrawl=int(os.environ.get("MAX_PAGES_PER_CRAWL", 0)),
+        maxScale=int(os.environ.get("MAX_CRAWL_SCALE", 3)),
+        billingEnabled=is_bool(os.environ.get("BILLING_ENABLED")),
+        salesEmail=os.environ.get("SALES_EMAIL", ""),
+        supportEmail=os.environ.get("EMAIL_SUPPORT", ""),
+    )
 
     invites = init_invites(mdb, email)
 
@@ -245,8 +267,8 @@ def main():
 
     app.include_router(org_ops.router)
 
-    @app.get("/settings", tags=["settings"])
-    async def get_settings():
+    @app.get("/settings", tags=["settings"], response_model=SettingsResponse)
+    async def get_settings() -> SettingsResponse:
         if not db_inited.get("inited"):
             raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="not_ready_yet")
         return settings
diff --git a/backend/test/test_api.py b/backend/test/test_api.py
index ef4d7c11..5cc0fd74 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_api.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_api.py
@@ -30,3 +30,22 @@ def test_api_openapi():
     json = r.json()
     assert json["info"]["title"] == "Browsertrix"
     assert json["info"]["x-logo"]["url"] == "/docs-logo.svg"
+
+
+def test_api_settings():
+    r = requests.get(f"{API_PREFIX}/settings")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+
+    data = r.json()
+
+    assert data == {
+        "registrationEnabled": False,
+        "jwtTokenLifetime": 86400,
+        "defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds": 300,
+        "maxPagesPerCrawl": 4,
+        "maxScale": 3,
+        "defaultPageLoadTimeSeconds": 120,
+        "billingEnabled": True,
+        "salesEmail": "",
+        "supportEmail": "",
+    }
diff --git a/backend/test/test_settings.py b/backend/test/test_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a40eeeac..00000000
--- a/backend/test/test_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-
-from .conftest import API_PREFIX
-
-
-def test_settings():
-    r = requests.get(f"{API_PREFIX}/settings")
-    assert r.status_code == 200
-
-    data = r.json()
-
-    assert data == {
-        "registrationEnabled": False,
-        "jwtTokenLifetime": 86400,
-        "defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds": 300,
-        "maxPagesPerCrawl": 4,
-        "maxScale": 3,
-        "defaultPageLoadTimeSeconds": 120,
-        "billingEnabled": True,
-        "salesEmail": "",
-    }