diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 29aef9a..ecef3ef 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ type application struct {
 	eventBuses map[string]event.Manager
 	directory  string
 
-	peerLock sync.Mutex
-	peers    map[string]peer.CwtchPeer
-	acn      connectivity.ACN
-	plugins  sync.Map //map[string] []plugins.Plugin
+	peers   map[string]peer.CwtchPeer
+	acn     connectivity.ACN
+	plugins sync.Map //map[string] []plugins.Plugin
 
 	engines     map[string]connections.Engine
 	appBus      event.Manager
@@ -132,9 +131,6 @@ func (app *application) UpdateSettings(settings settings.GlobalSettings) {
 	defer app.appmutex.Unlock()
 	app.settings.WriteGlobalSettings(settings)
 
-	// we now need to propagate changes to all peers
-	app.peerLock.Lock()
-	defer app.peerLock.Unlock()
 	for _, profile := range app.peers {
 		profile.UpdateExperiments(settings.ExperimentsEnabled, settings.Experiments)
 
@@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ func (app *application) UpdateSettings(settings settings.GlobalSettings) {
 func (app *application) ListProfiles() []string {
 	var keys []string
 
-	app.peerLock.Lock()
-	defer app.peerLock.Unlock()
+	app.appmutex.Lock()
+	defer app.appmutex.Unlock()
 	for handle := range app.peers {
 		keys = append(keys, handle)
 	}