diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5da67db52..df5d60afb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Made the environment variables `REDIS_HOST` and `REDIS_PORT` mandatory
 - Handled errors in the portfolio calculation if there is no internet connection
+- Fixed the _GitHub_ contributors count on the about page
 
 ## 1.185.0 - 30.08.2022
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/info/info.service.ts b/apps/api/src/app/info/info.service.ts
index e1f1e56c3..74369b9cf 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/info/info.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/info/info.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { RedisCacheService } from '@ghostfolio/api/app/redis-cache/redis-cache.service';
 import { ConfigurationService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/configuration.service';
-import { DataGatheringService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/data-gathering.service';
 import { ExchangeRateDataService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/exchange-rate-data.service';
 import { PrismaService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/prisma.service';
 import { PropertyService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/property/property.service';
@@ -13,7 +12,10 @@ import {
   PROPERTY_SYSTEM_MESSAGE,
   ghostfolioFearAndGreedIndexDataSource
 } from '@ghostfolio/common/config';
-import { encodeDataSource } from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
+import {
+  encodeDataSource,
+  extractNumberFromString
+} from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
 import { InfoItem } from '@ghostfolio/common/interfaces';
 import { Statistics } from '@ghostfolio/common/interfaces/statistics.interface';
 import { Subscription } from '@ghostfolio/common/interfaces/subscription.interface';
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ import { permissions } from '@ghostfolio/common/permissions';
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { JwtService } from '@nestjs/jwt';
 import * as bent from 'bent';
+import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import { subDays } from 'date-fns';
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -30,7 +33,6 @@ export class InfoService {
   public constructor(
     private readonly configurationService: ConfigurationService,
     private readonly exchangeRateDataService: ExchangeRateDataService,
-    private readonly dataGatheringService: DataGatheringService,
     private readonly jwtService: JwtService,
     private readonly prismaService: PrismaService,
     private readonly propertyService: PropertyService,
@@ -143,17 +145,21 @@ export class InfoService {
   private async countGitHubContributors(): Promise<number> {
     try {
       const get = bent(
-        `https://api.github.com/repos/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/contributors`,
+        'https://github.com/ghostfolio/ghostfolio',
         'GET',
-        'json',
+        'string',
         200,
-        {
-          'User-Agent': 'request'
-        }
+        {}
       );
 
-      const contributors = await get();
-      return contributors?.length;
+      const html = await get();
+      const $ = cheerio.load(html);
+
+      return extractNumberFromString(
+        $(
+          `a[href="/ghostfolio/ghostfolio/graphs/contributors"] .Counter`
+        ).text()
+      );
     } catch (error) {
       Logger.error(error, 'InfoService');
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/data-provider/ghostfolio-scraper-api/ghostfolio-scraper-api.service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/data-provider/ghostfolio-scraper-api/ghostfolio-scraper-api.service.ts
index 373922fe1..8da34410f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/data-provider/ghostfolio-scraper-api/ghostfolio-scraper-api.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/data-provider/ghostfolio-scraper-api/ghostfolio-scraper-api.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import {
 } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/interfaces/interfaces';
 import { PrismaService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/prisma.service';
 import { SymbolProfileService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/symbol-profile.service';
-import { DATE_FORMAT, getYesterday } from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
+import {
+  DATE_FORMAT,
+  extractNumberFromString,
+  getYesterday
+} from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
 import { Granularity } from '@ghostfolio/common/types';
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { DataSource, SymbolProfile } from '@prisma/client';
@@ -16,8 +20,6 @@ import { addDays, format, isBefore } from 'date-fns';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class GhostfolioScraperApiService implements DataProviderInterface {
-  private static NUMERIC_REGEXP = /[-]{0,1}[\d]*[.,]{0,1}[\d]+/g;
-
   public constructor(
     private readonly prismaService: PrismaService,
     private readonly symbolProfileService: SymbolProfileService
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ export class GhostfolioScraperApiService implements DataProviderInterface {
       const html = await get();
       const $ = cheerio.load(html);
 
-      const value = this.extractNumberFromString($(selector).text());
+      const value = extractNumberFromString($(selector).text());
 
       return {
         [symbol]: {
@@ -175,15 +177,4 @@ export class GhostfolioScraperApiService implements DataProviderInterface {
 
     return { items };
   }
-
-  private extractNumberFromString(aString: string): number {
-    try {
-      const [numberString] = aString.match(
-        GhostfolioScraperApiService.NUMERIC_REGEXP
-      );
-      return parseFloat(numberString.trim());
-    } catch {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/helper.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/helper.ts
index dfb200346..cc104b270 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/helper.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/helper.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { de } from 'date-fns/locale';
 import { ghostfolioScraperApiSymbolPrefix, locale } from './config';
 import { Benchmark } from './interfaces';
 
+const NUMERIC_REGEXP = /[-]{0,1}[\d]*[.,]{0,1}[\d]+/g;
+
 export function capitalize(aString: string) {
   return aString.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + aString.slice(1).toLowerCase();
 }
@@ -43,6 +45,15 @@ export function encodeDataSource(aDataSource: DataSource) {
   return Buffer.from(aDataSource, 'utf-8').toString('hex');
 }
 
+export function extractNumberFromString(aString: string): number {
+  try {
+    const [numberString] = aString.match(NUMERIC_REGEXP);
+    return parseFloat(numberString.trim());
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 export function getBackgroundColor() {
   return getCssVariable(
     window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches