diff --git a/src/features/background/api/backgroundLoader.js b/src/features/background/api/backgroundLoader.js
index be4f14cf..857f93c2 100644
--- a/src/features/background/api/backgroundLoader.js
+++ b/src/features/background/api/backgroundLoader.js
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ function getPhotoPackBackground(isOffline) {
         ...(selected.colour && { colour: selected.colour }),
         ...(selected.camera && { camera: selected.camera }),
         ...(selected.category && { category: selected.category }),
-        ...(selected.latitude &&
-          selected.longitude && {
+        ...(selected.latitude != null &&
+          selected.longitude != null && {
             latitude: selected.latitude,
             longitude: selected.longitude,
           }),
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ async function prefetchPhotoPackImages(queueManager, pool, currentPhoto, current
       ...(photo.colour && { colour: photo.colour }),
       ...(photo.camera && { camera: photo.camera }),
       ...(photo.category && { category: photo.category }),
-      ...(photo.latitude &&
-        photo.longitude && {
+      ...(photo.latitude != null &&
+        photo.longitude != null && {
           latitude: photo.latitude,
           longitude: photo.longitude,
         }),
diff --git a/src/features/background/api/photoPackAPI.js b/src/features/background/api/photoPackAPI.js
index 47ec26b7..5a2246a9 100644
--- a/src/features/background/api/photoPackAPI.js
+++ b/src/features/background/api/photoPackAPI.js
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import variables from 'config/variables';
 
+const toNumericCoordinate = (value) => {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : null;
+};
+
 const responseParser = {
   pexels: (data, query) => {
     const photos = data.photos || [];
@@ -59,17 +68,27 @@ const responseParser = {
     };
   },
 
-  default: (data) => ({
-    photographer: data.photographer,
-    location: data.location?.name || data.location || 'Unknown',
-    url: { default: data.file },
-    blur_hash: data.blur_hash || null,
-    colour: data.colour,
-    ...(data.photo_page && { photo_page: data.photo_page }),
-    ...(data.photographer_page && { photographer_page: data.photographer_page }),
-    ...(data.category && { category: data.category }),
-    ...(data.camera && { camera: data.camera }),
-  }),
+  default: (data) => {
+    const latitude = toNumericCoordinate(data.location?.latitude);
+    const longitude = toNumericCoordinate(data.location?.longitude);
+
+    return {
+      photographer: data.photographer,
+      location: data.location?.name || data.location || 'Unknown',
+      url: { default: data.file },
+      blur_hash: data.blur_hash || null,
+      colour: data.colour,
+      ...(latitude !== null && longitude !== null && { latitude, longitude }),
+      ...(data.photo_page && { photo_page: data.photo_page }),
+      ...(data.photographer_page && { photographer_page: data.photographer_page }),
+      ...(data.category && { category: data.category }),
+      ...(data.camera && { camera: data.camera }),
+      ...(data.views !== undefined && { views: data.views }),
+      ...(data.downloads !== undefined && { downloads: data.downloads }),
+      ...(data.likes !== undefined && { likes: data.likes }),
+      ...(data.description && { description: data.description }),
+    };
+  },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -363,8 +382,8 @@ export function buildPhotoPool() {
           ...(photo.colour && { colour: photo.colour }),
           ...(photo.camera && { camera: photo.camera }),
           ...(photo.category && { category: photo.category }),
-          ...(photo.latitude &&
-            photo.longitude && { latitude: photo.latitude, longitude: photo.longitude }),
+          ...(photo.latitude != null &&
+            photo.longitude != null && { latitude: photo.latitude, longitude: photo.longitude }),
           ...(photo.photo_page && { photo_page: photo.photo_page }),
           ...(photo.photographer_page && { photographer_page: photo.photographer_page }),
         });
diff --git a/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx b/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
index 4355bee4..adf69327 100644
--- a/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
+++ b/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ function PhotoInformation({ info, url, api }) {
   const [shareModal, openShareModal] = useState(false);
   const [excludeModal, openExcludeModal] = useState(false);
   const [favouriteTooltipText, setFavouriteTooltipText] = useState(t('widgets.quote.favourite'));
+  const latitude = Number(info.latitude);
+  const longitude = Number(info.longitude);
+  const hasCoordinates = Number.isFinite(latitude) && Number.isFinite(longitude);
 
   // Handle pack link click
   const handlePackClick = (packId) => {
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ function PhotoInformation({ info, url, api }) {
           {/* PRIMARY SECTION - Always Visible */}
           <div className="primary-content">
             <div className="primary-main-row">
-              {localStorage.getItem('photoMap') === 'true' && info.latitude && info.longitude && (
+              {localStorage.getItem('photoMap') === 'true' && hasCoordinates && (
                 <Suspense
                   fallback={
                     <div className="location-map-section location-map-section--compact">
@@ -414,7 +417,7 @@ function PhotoInformation({ info, url, api }) {
                     </div>
                   }
                 >
-                  <LocationMap latitude={info.latitude} longitude={info.longitude} compact />
+                  <LocationMap latitude={latitude} longitude={longitude} compact />
                 </Suspense>
               )}
               <div className="photoInformation-text">
@@ -435,10 +438,10 @@ function PhotoInformation({ info, url, api }) {
 
           {/* EXPANDED SECTION - CSS :hover controlled */}
           <div className="extra-content">
-            {localStorage.getItem('photoMap') === 'true' && info.latitude && info.longitude && (
+            {localStorage.getItem('photoMap') === 'true' && hasCoordinates && (
               <>
                 <Suspense fallback={<div className="location-map-container" />}>
-                  <LocationMap latitude={info.latitude} longitude={info.longitude} />
+                  <LocationMap latitude={latitude} longitude={longitude} />
                 </Suspense>
                 <div className="section-divider" />
               </>