diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index e1c0f5dc..ca114c89 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     <EditStatusModal v-if="editingAvailable" />
     <StatusHistoryModal v-if="editingAvailable" />
     <SettingsModal />
-    <UpdateNotification />
     <GlobalNoticeList />
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index 7fed3bc3..9f0ff4d3 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -398,8 +398,6 @@ const afterStoreSetup = async ({ store, i18n }) => {
   store.dispatch('startFetchingAnnouncements')
   getTOS({ store })
   getStickers({ store })
-  store.dispatch('getSupportedTranslationlanguages')
-  store.dispatch('getSettingsProfile')
 
   const router = createRouter({
     history: createWebHistory(),
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index e168994b..af66f2ae 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -892,6 +892,11 @@
         "word_filter": "Word filter",
         "wordfilter": "Wordfilter"
     },
+    "settings_profile": {
+      "synchronizing": "Synchronizing setting profile \"{profile}\"...",
+      "synchronized": "Synchronized settings!",
+      "synchronization_error": "Could not synchronize settings: {err}"
+    },
     "status": {
         "ancestor_follow": "See {numReplies} other reply under this post | See {numReplies} other replies under this post",
         "ancestor_follow_with_icon": "{icon} {text}",
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index ac24b99e..f0055c3c 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ const config = {
     syncSettings: (store) => {
       store.commit('setOption', { name: 'profileVersion', value: store.state.profileVersion + 1 })
       const notice = {
-        level: 'warning',
-        messageKey: 'settingsProfile.synchronizing',
+        level: 'info',
+        messageKey: 'settings_profile.synchronizing',
+        messageArgs: { profile: store.state.profile },
         timeout: 5000
       }
       store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', notice)
@@ -176,14 +177,15 @@ const config = {
         store.dispatch('removeGlobalNotice', notice)
         store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
           level: 'success',
-          messageKey: 'settingsProfile.synchronized',
+          messageKey: 'settings_profile.synchronized',
+          messageArgs: { profile: store.state.profile },
           timeout: 2000
         })
       }).catch((err) => {
         store.dispatch('removeGlobalNotice', notice)
         store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
           level: 'error',
-          messageKey: 'settingsProfile.synchronizationError',
+          messageKey: 'settings_profile.synchronization_error',
           messageArgs: { error: err.message },
           timeout: 5000
         })
@@ -231,12 +233,16 @@ const config = {
       }
     },
     getSettingsProfile (store) {
+      console.log('getSettingsProfile')
       const profile = store.state.profile
       store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.getSettingsProfile({ store, profileName: profile })
         .then(({ settings, version }) => {
+          console.log('found settings version', version)
           if (version > store.state.profileVersion) {
             store.commit('setOption', { name: 'profileVersion', value: version })
             store.dispatch('loadSettings', settings)
+          } else {
+            console.log('settings are up to date')
           }
         })
         .catch((err) => {
@@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ const config = {
             // create profile
             store.dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
               level: 'warning',
-              messageKey: 'settingsProfile.creating',
+              messageKey: 'settings_profile.creating',
               timeout: 5000
             })
             store.dispatch('syncSettings')
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index 02a9e361..f51d9717 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ const users = {
 
               store.dispatch('setLayoutWidth', windowWidth())
               store.dispatch('setLayoutHeight', windowHeight())
+              store.dispatch('getSupportedTranslationlanguages')
+              store.dispatch('getSettingsProfile')
 
               // Fetch our friends
               store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchFriends({ id: user.id })