diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae39f6d3..1edcd7a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "swdc-vscode",
   "displayName": "Code Time",
-  "version": "2.7.11",
+  "version": "2.7.12",
   "publisher": "softwaredotcom",
   "description": "Code Time is an open source plugin that provides programming metrics right in Visual Studio Code.",
   "author": {
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
         "command": "codetime.registerAccount",
         "title": "Code Time: Sign up"
       },
-      {
-        "command": "codetime.disconnectSlackWorkspace",
-        "title": "Code Time: Disconnect Slack workspace"
-      },
       {
         "command": "codetime.connectSlack",
         "title": "Code Time: Connect Slack workspace"
diff --git a/src/DataController.ts b/src/DataController.ts
index a099816c..f4228b1a 100644
--- a/src/DataController.ts
+++ b/src/DataController.ts
@@ -38,14 +38,7 @@ export function isRegistered() {
 export async function getUserPreferences() {
   currentUser = await getCachedUser()
   if (currentUser) {
-    let prefs = currentUser.preferences;
-    if (prefs && typeof prefs === 'string') {
-      try {
-        return JSON.parse(prefs);
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        logIt(`Error parsing preferences: ${e.message}`, true);
-      }
-    }
+    return currentUser.preferences_parsed;
   }
   return {}
 }
diff --git a/src/command-helper.ts b/src/command-helper.ts
index 96f7698f..e90c1399 100644
--- a/src/command-helper.ts
+++ b/src/command-helper.ts
@@ -152,12 +152,6 @@ export function createCommands(
     })
   );
 
-  cmds.push(
-    commands.registerCommand('codetime.disconnectSlackWorkspace', (auth_id: any) => {
-      launchWebUrl(`${app_url}/data_sources/integration_types/slack`);
-    })
-  );
-
   cmds.push(
     commands.registerCommand('codetime.enableFlowMode', () => {
       enableFlow({automated: false});
diff --git a/src/managers/ProgressManager.ts b/src/managers/ProgressManager.ts
index 53957868..69961833 100644
--- a/src/managers/ProgressManager.ts
+++ b/src/managers/ProgressManager.ts
@@ -16,25 +16,6 @@ export class ProgressManager {
 
     return ProgressManager.instance;
   }
-
-  reportProgress(progress: any, increment: number): void {
-    if (this.doneWriting) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (increment < 80) {
-      increment += 10;
-    } else if (increment < 90) {
-      increment += 1;
-    }
-
-    increment = Math.min(90, increment);
-
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      progress.report({increment});
-      this.reportProgress(progress, increment);
-    }, 450);
-  }
 }
 
 export function progressIt(msg: string, asyncFunc: any, args: any[] = []) {
diff --git a/src/managers/SyncManger.ts b/src/managers/SyncManger.ts
index b2c6ccb1..6bcd83d6 100644
--- a/src/managers/SyncManger.ts
+++ b/src/managers/SyncManger.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ import { commands } from 'vscode';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 
-const thirty_seconds: number = 1000 * 30;
-
-export function passedThreshold(now_in_millis: number, synced_val: number) {
-  if (!synced_val || now_in_millis - synced_val > thirty_seconds) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 export class SyncManager {
   private static _instance: SyncManager;
 
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