diff --git a/app/src/context/functions.tsx b/app/src/context/functions.tsx
index 30d17cffb..77fdb08e5 100644
--- a/app/src/context/functions.tsx
+++ b/app/src/context/functions.tsx
@@ -90,11 +90,9 @@ const getProjects = async (url: string, token: string) => {
     headers: {
       Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
     },
-  }).catch(() => {
-    return null;
   });
 
-  if (response === null || (response && !response.ok)) {
+  if (!response.ok) {
     console.error(`Error fetching projects from ${url}`);
     return [] as ProjectObject[];
   }
diff --git a/app/src/context/projects-context.tsx b/app/src/context/projects-context.tsx
index 6e6fc95d5..a6826f777 100644
--- a/app/src/context/projects-context.tsx
+++ b/app/src/context/projects-context.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import {
 import {activate_project} from '../sync/process-initialization';
 import {ProjectExtended} from '../types/project';
 import {getLocalActiveMap, getProjectMap, getRemoteProjects} from './functions';
-import {getAvailableProjectsFromListing} from '../sync/projects';
-import {getAllListingIDs, getListing} from '../sync/state';
 
 export const ProjectsContext = createContext<{
   projects: ProjectExtended[];
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ export const ProjectsContext = createContext<{
 export function ProjectsProvider({children}: {children: ReactNode}) {
   const [projects, setProjects] = useState<ProjectExtended[]>([]);
 
-  console.debug('projectsProvider', projects);
   useEffect(() => {
     initProjects();
   }, []);
@@ -55,36 +52,6 @@ export function ProjectsProvider({children}: {children: ReactNode}) {
 
     const localActiveMap = await getLocalActiveMap();
 
-    // if we're offline, remote projects is empty so just
-    // return the local ones we know already
-
-    if (remoteProjects.length === 0) {
-      const allStoredProjects: ProjectExtended[] = [];
-      getAllListingIDs().forEach(async (listing_id: string) => {
-        const storedProjects =
-          await getAvailableProjectsFromListing(listing_id);
-        console.debug('storedProjects', storedProjects);
-        // storedProjects is ProjectInformation[] and we need ProjectExtended[]
-        const listing = await getListing(listing_id);
-        allStoredProjects.concat(
-          storedProjects.map(project => {
-            return {
-              ...project,
-              _id: project.project_id,
-              conductor_url: listing.listing.conductor_url,
-              listing: listing_id,
-              activated: localActiveMap.has(project.project_id),
-              sync: localProjectsMap.get(project.project_id)?.sync ?? false,
-              // do we also need the two database connections here???
-            };
-          })
-        );
-      });
-      console.debug('allStoredProjects', allStoredProjects);
-      setProjects(allStoredProjects);
-      return;
-    }
-
     for (const remoteProject of remoteProjects) {
       const activated =
         localProjectsMap.get(remoteProject._id)?.activated ??
@@ -103,7 +70,6 @@ export function ProjectsProvider({children}: {children: ReactNode}) {
       });
     }
 
-    console.debug('setting projects', [...newProjectsMap.values()]);
     setProjects([...newProjectsMap.values()]);
   };
 
@@ -121,8 +87,6 @@ export function ProjectsProvider({children}: {children: ReactNode}) {
     const projectsMap = getProjectMap(projects);
     const newProjectsMap = getProjectMap(projects);
 
-    if (remoteProjects.length === 0) return;
-
     // update project list, preserve activated and sync states from existing list
     for (const remoteProject of remoteProjects) {
       newProjectsMap.set(remoteProject._id, {
diff --git a/app/src/dbs/projects-db.tsx b/app/src/dbs/projects-db.tsx
index dffda1846..58bf5b12c 100644
--- a/app/src/dbs/projects-db.tsx
+++ b/app/src/dbs/projects-db.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export const updateProjectsDB = async (projects: ProjectExtended[]) =>
  * @returns A promise that resolves when the project is activated.
  */
 export const activateProjectDB = async (_id: string) => {
-  console.debug('activateProjectDB', await db.info());
   const doc = await db.get(_id);
 
   await db.put({
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export const setSyncProjectDB = async (_id: string, sync: boolean) => {
  * @returns An array of local projects.
  */
 export const getProjectsDB = async () => {
-  console.debug('getProjectsDB', await db.info());
   const {rows} = await db.allDocs({include_docs: true});
 
   return rows.map(row => row?.doc?.project).filter(x => x !== undefined);
diff --git a/app/src/gui/components/workspace/notebooks.tsx b/app/src/gui/components/workspace/notebooks.tsx
index 101b6f0a2..36a550630 100644
--- a/app/src/gui/components/workspace/notebooks.tsx
+++ b/app/src/gui/components/workspace/notebooks.tsx
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ export default function NoteBooks() {
 
   const activatedProjects = projects.filter(({activated}) => activated);
 
-  console.debug('PPPPP', projects, activatedProjects);
-
   const [tabID, setTabID] = useState('1');
 
   const history = useNavigate();