diff --git a/src/widgets/urbackup/component.jsx b/src/widgets/urbackup/component.jsx
index c42efc3e..e3079a19 100644
--- a/src/widgets/urbackup/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/urbackup/component.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ import Container from "components/services/widget/container";
 import Block from "components/services/widget/block";
 import useWidgetAPI from "utils/proxy/use-widget-api";
 
+function determineFields(widget){
+
+  // don't include diskUsage by default, since it requires a second API call
+  if (!widget.fields) return [true, true, true, false]
+
+  return [
+    widget.fields?.includes('ok'),
+    widget.fields?.includes('errored'),
+    widget.fields?.includes('noRecent'),
+    widget.fields?.includes('totalUsed')
+  ];
+}
+
 export default function Component({ service }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
@@ -13,6 +26,8 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
 
   const { data: urbackupData, error: urbackupError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "status");
 
+  const [showOk, showErrored, showNoRecent, showDiskUsage] = determineFields(widget);
+
   if (urbackupError) {
     return <Container service={service} error={urbackupError} />;
   }
@@ -31,10 +46,10 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
 
   return (
     <Container service={service}>
-      <Block label="urbackup.ok" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.ok, 10) })} />
-      <Block label="urbackup.errored" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.errored, 10) })} />
-      <Block label="urbackup.noRecent" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.noRecent, 10) })} />
-      {urbackupData.diskUsage && <Block label="urbackup.totalUsed" value={t("common.bbytes", {value: parseFloat(statusData.totalUsage, 10)})} />}
+      {showOk && <Block label="urbackup.ok" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.ok, 10) })} />}
+      {showErrored && <Block label="urbackup.errored" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.errored, 10) })} />}
+      {showNoRecent && <Block label="urbackup.noRecent" value={t("common.number", { value: parseInt(statusData.noRecent, 10) })} />}
+      {showDiskUsage && <Block label="urbackup.totalUsed" value={t("common.bbytes", {value: parseFloat(statusData.totalUsage, 10)})} />}
     </Container>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/urbackup/proxy.js b/src/widgets/urbackup/proxy.js
index ce08b514..e81e24b0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/urbackup/proxy.js
+++ b/src/widgets/urbackup/proxy.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// suppress a false positive - this is in package.json
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import {UrbackupServer} from "urbackup-server-api";
 
 import getServiceWidget from "utils/config/service-helpers";
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ await (async () => {
     try {
       const allClients = await server.getStatus({includeRemoved: false});
       let diskUsage = false
-      if(serviceWidget.diskUsage)
+      if(serviceWidget.fields?.includes("totalUsed"))
       {
         diskUsage = await server.getUsage();
       }