diff --git a/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 61165ee67fb..c73085d6346 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ return array(
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Service\\UserStoragesService' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/UserStoragesService.php',
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Service\\UserTrait' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Service/UserTrait.php',
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Admin' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/Admin.php',
+    'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\CommonSettingsTrait' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/CommonSettingsTrait.php',
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Personal' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/Personal.php',
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\PersonalSection' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/PersonalSection.php',
     'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Section' => $baseDir . '/../lib/Settings/Section.php',
diff --git a/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 11001c58c9c..887aaaa13e9 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInitFiles_External
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Service\\UserStoragesService' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/UserStoragesService.php',
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Service\\UserTrait' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Service/UserTrait.php',
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Admin' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/Admin.php',
+        'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\CommonSettingsTrait' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/CommonSettingsTrait.php',
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Personal' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/Personal.php',
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\PersonalSection' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/PersonalSection.php',
         'OCA\\Files_External\\Settings\\Section' => __DIR__ . '/..' . '/../lib/Settings/Section.php',
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Admin.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Admin.php
index 9af0f3c61c1..591fb9bc591 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Admin.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Admin.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use OCP\Encryption\IManager;
 use OCP\Settings\ISettings;
 
 class Admin implements ISettings {
+	use CommonSettingsTrait;
 
 	public function __construct(
 		private IManager $encryptionManager,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class Admin implements ISettings {
 			'globalCredentialsUid' => '',
 		];
 
+		$this->loadScriptsAndStyles();
 		return new TemplateResponse('files_external', 'settings', $parameters, '');
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/CommonSettingsTrait.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/CommonSettingsTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b52cc9419a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/CommonSettingsTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2024 Ferdinand Thiessen <opensource@fthiessen.de>
+ *
+ * @author Ferdinand Thiessen <opensource@fthiessen.de>
+ *
+ * @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Files_External\Settings;
+
+use OCA\Files_External\Service\BackendService;
+use OCP\Util;
+
+trait CommonSettingsTrait {
+	protected BackendService $backendService;
+
+	/**
+	 * Load the frontend script including the custom backend dependencies
+	 */
+	protected function loadScriptsAndStyles() {
+		Util::addScript('files_external', 'settings');
+		Util::addStyle('files_external', 'settings');
+
+		// load custom JS
+		foreach ($this->backendService->getAvailableBackends() as $backend) {
+			foreach ($backend->getCustomJs() as $script) {
+				Util::addScript('files_external', $script);
+			}
+		}
+	
+		foreach ($this->backendService->getAuthMechanisms() as $authMechanism) {
+			foreach ($authMechanism->getCustomJs() as $script) {
+				Util::addScript('files_external', $script);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Personal.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Personal.php
index 8478badb842..767794e1dcc 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Personal.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Settings/Personal.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use OCP\IUserSession;
 use OCP\Settings\ISettings;
 
 class Personal implements ISettings {
+	use CommonSettingsTrait;
 
 	public function __construct(
 		private IManager $encryptionManager,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Personal implements ISettings {
 			'globalCredentials' => $this->globalAuth->getAuth($uid),
 			'globalCredentialsUid' => $uid,
 		];
+		$this->loadScriptsAndStyles();
 
 		return new TemplateResponse('files_external', 'settings', $parameters, '');
 	}
diff --git a/apps/settings/templates/settings/empty.php b/apps/settings/templates/settings/empty.php
index ce4477fa9df..aab6717b496 100644
--- a/apps/settings/templates/settings/empty.php
+++ b/apps/settings/templates/settings/empty.php
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
-// Empty template as Vue will take over the `id="conent"` of the base template element
+// Empty template as Vue will take over the `id="content"` of the base template element