diff --git a/appcontainer/AppContainerModel.ts b/appcontainer/AppContainerModel.ts
index d2a5a214a..6ad6e0338 100644
--- a/appcontainer/AppContainerModel.ts
+++ b/appcontainer/AppContainerModel.ts
@@ -232,9 +232,14 @@ export class AppContainerModel extends HoistModel {
             }
 
             // Complete initialization process
-            await installServicesAsync([ConfigService, LocalStorageService, SessionStorageService]);
+            await installServicesAsync([LocalStorageService, SessionStorageService]);
+            await installServicesAsync([
+                EnvironmentService,
+                ConfigService,
+                PrefService,
+                JsonBlobService
+            ]);
             await installServicesAsync(TrackService);
-            await installServicesAsync([EnvironmentService, PrefService, JsonBlobService]);
 
             await installServicesAsync([
                 AlertBannerService,
diff --git a/core/ExceptionHandler.ts b/core/ExceptionHandler.ts
index a7e0895fd..9e0494334 100644
--- a/core/ExceptionHandler.ts
+++ b/core/ExceptionHandler.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ export class ExceptionHandler {
      * @returns true if message was successfully sent to server.
      */
     async logOnServerAsync(options: ExceptionHandlerLoggingOptions): Promise<boolean> {
+        // Simply can't log on server if this happened too early in life cycle.
+        if (!XH.trackService) return false;
+
         const {exception, userAlerted, userMessage} = options;
         try {
             const username = XH.getUsername();
diff --git a/core/HoistAuthModel.ts b/core/HoistAuthModel.ts
index db1e026ea..408b28433 100644
--- a/core/HoistAuthModel.ts
+++ b/core/HoistAuthModel.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class HoistAuthModel extends HoistModel {
      * to the server.
      *
      * The default implementation of this method simply checks the auth status on the server, which
-     * may be appropriate for fully SSO (e.g. NTLM) based solutions. Override to consult or
+     * may be appropriate for fully SSO based solutions. Override to consult or
      * initialize third-party client resources such as OAuth.
      *
      * @returns true if the user has an authenticated session with the server, false if not.
diff --git a/svc/PrefService.ts b/svc/PrefService.ts
index 58aeccac9..1d898b617 100644
--- a/svc/PrefService.ts
+++ b/svc/PrefService.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import {HoistService, XH} from '@xh/hoist/core';
 import {SECONDS} from '@xh/hoist/utils/datetime';
 import {debounced, deepFreeze, throwIf} from '@xh/hoist/utils/js';
-import {cloneDeep, forEach, isEmpty, isEqual, size} from 'lodash';
+import {cloneDeep, forEach, isEmpty, isEqual} from 'lodash';
 
 /**
  * Service to read and set user-specific preference values.
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export class PrefService extends HoistService {
 
     override async initAsync() {
         window.addEventListener('beforeunload', () => this.pushPendingAsync());
-        await this.migrateLocalPrefsAsync();
         return this.loadPrefsAsync();
     }
 
@@ -151,31 +150,6 @@ export class PrefService extends HoistService {
         this._data = data;
     }
 
-    private async migrateLocalPrefsAsync() {
-        try {
-            const key = 'localPrefs',
-                updates = XH.localStorageService.get(key, {}),
-                updateCount = size(updates);
-            if (updateCount) {
-                await XH.fetchJson({
-                    url: 'xh/migrateLocalPrefs',
-                    timeout: 5 * SECONDS,
-                    params: {
-                        clientUsername: XH.getUsername(),
-                        updates: JSON.stringify(updates)
-                    },
-                    track: {
-                        message: `Migrated ${updateCount} preferences`,
-                        data: updates
-                    }
-                });
-                XH.localStorageService.remove(key);
-            }
-        } catch (e) {
-            XH.handleException(e, {showAlert: false});
-        }
-    }
-
     private validateBeforeSet(key, value) {
         const pref = this._data[key];
         throwIf(!pref, `Cannot set preference ${key}: not found`);