diff --git a/src/app/api/admin/catalog/suggest/route.ts b/src/app/api/admin/catalog/suggest/route.ts
index f2d57f71..6707e1ef 100644
--- a/src/app/api/admin/catalog/suggest/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/admin/catalog/suggest/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { withAdmin } from "@/lib/api-handler";
 import { apiOk } from "@/lib/api-response";
-import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 import { PERMS } from "@/lib/permissions";
+import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 import { batchLookupByClassnames } from "@/lib/services/habbofurni";
 
 export const GET = withAdmin(
diff --git a/src/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts b/src/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts
index 10e8b6af..604e7448 100644
--- a/src/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts
+++ b/src/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Client-safe Habbo gamedata hotel helpers (no Node/DB imports).
+ * Server-only reader: `@/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel`.
+ */
+
 /** Official Habbo hotel TLDs used for gamedata (furnidata / external texts). */
 export const HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTELS = [
 	{ value: "it", label: "Italy (habbo.it)" },
@@ -46,12 +51,3 @@ export function habboExternalTextsUrl(hotel: string): string {
 	const h = normalizeHabboGamedataHotel(hotel);
 	return `https://www.habbo.${h}/gamedata/external_flash_texts/1`;
 }
-
-export async function getHabboGamedataHotel(): Promise<HabboGamedataHotel> {
-	const { siteSettings } = await import("@/lib/services/site-settings");
-	const raw = await siteSettings.get(
-		HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL_SETTING_KEY,
-		DEFAULT_HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL,
-	);
-	return normalizeHabboGamedataHotel(raw);
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/services/catalog-items-loader.ts b/src/lib/services/catalog-items-loader.ts
index 75caf6b6..0462ce4a 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/catalog-items-loader.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/catalog-items-loader.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
 import { Prisma } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
-import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/prisma";
 import { getFurnitureDataPath } from "@/lib/services/furni-data";
+import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 
 // Cache FurnitureData.json in memory with TTL to avoid repeated disk I/O
 let furniDataCache: {
diff --git a/src/lib/services/habbo-furnidata-cache.ts b/src/lib/services/habbo-furnidata-cache.ts
index 3644e56b..c162f02b 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/habbo-furnidata-cache.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/habbo-furnidata-cache.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ export type { HabboItFurniEntry } from "@/types/furni";
 
 import type { HabboItFurniEntry } from "@/types/furni";
 import {
-	getHabboGamedataHotel,
 	habboFurnidataUrl,
 	type HabboGamedataHotel,
 } from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
+import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 
 const CACHE_TTL = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 minutes
 
diff --git a/src/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts b/src/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48bcc2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {
+	DEFAULT_HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL,
+	HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL_SETTING_KEY,
+	type HabboGamedataHotel,
+	normalizeHabboGamedataHotel,
+} from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
+import { siteSettings } from "@/lib/services/site-settings";
+
+/** Read configured Habbo hotel TLD from CMS settings (server-only). */
+export async function getHabboGamedataHotel(): Promise<HabboGamedataHotel> {
+	const raw = await siteSettings.get(
+		HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL_SETTING_KEY,
+		DEFAULT_HABBO_GAMEDATA_HOTEL,
+	);
+	return normalizeHabboGamedataHotel(raw);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/services/habboassets.ts b/src/lib/services/habboassets.ts
index 230c5fa3..e9e890b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/habboassets.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/habboassets.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ export type { HabboAssetBadge } from "@/types/furni";
 
 import type { HabboAssetBadge } from "@/types/furni";
 import {
-	getHabboGamedataHotel,
 	habboExternalTextsUrl,
 	type HabboGamedataHotel,
 } from "@/lib/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
+import { getHabboGamedataHotel } from "@/lib/services/habbo-gamedata-hotel";
 
 const BADGE_IMAGE_BASE = "https://images.habbo.com/c_images/album1584";
 const CACHE_TTL = 30 * 60 * 1000; // 30 minutes