diff --git a/app/components/forms/SettingsSubmit.tsx b/app/components/forms/SettingsSubmit.tsx
index a0d754b2..bc25499c 100644
--- a/app/components/forms/SettingsSubmit.tsx
+++ b/app/components/forms/SettingsSubmit.tsx
@@ -107,20 +107,22 @@ function useOptions(path: string) {
             });
           };
         }
+
       } else if (rawPath === "repeater-choices") {
         // target=<collection>, group=<repeater field>, field=<child field>
         const group = params.get("group") || "";
         const field = params.get("field") || "";
 
-        const fieldsUrl = `${API}/fields/${encodeURIComponent(target)}`;
+        // 1) use filter endpoint form
+        const fieldsUrl = `${API}/fields?filter[collection][_eq]=${encodeURIComponent(target)}`;
         const metaRes = await fetch(fieldsUrl, { cache: "no-store", credentials: "include" });
         if (!metaRes.ok) throw new Error(`Directus ${metaRes.status} fetching ${fieldsUrl}`);
         const metaJson = await metaRes.json();
         const rows = metaJson?.data ?? [];
 
-        // Approach 1: check nested children under the repeater parent
+        // 2) read children from options.fields (not meta)
         const parent = rows.find((r: any) => r?.field === group);
-        const children = parent?.meta?.options?.fields || [];
+        const children = (parent?.options?.fields as any[]) || [];
         let child = children.find((f: any) => f?.field === field);
 
         // Approach 2: fallback to flat "group.field" entry if present
@@ -129,11 +131,8 @@ function useOptions(path: string) {
           child = rows.find((r: any) => r?.field === full);
         }
 
-        // ⟵ PATCH: read choices from nested child.options.choices first, then meta.options.choices
-        const choices: any[] =
-        (child?.options?.choices as any[]) ||
-        (child?.meta?.options?.choices as any[]) ||
-        [];
+        // 3) choices from options.choices only
+        const choices: any[] = (child?.options?.choices as any[]) || [];
 
         const mapped: Opt[] = choices.map((c: any) => ({
           id: String(c.value ?? c.key ?? c.id),
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ function useOptions(path: string) {
         }
         return; // short-circuit: no fetch below
       } else {
-        // unknown path → empty
+
         setOpts([]);
         setLoading(false);
         return;