diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 14de83ec4a..8d7c25a675 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ void Application::paintGL() {
     _frameCount++;
 }
 
+void Application::runTests() {
+    runTimingTests();
+}
+
 void Application::resetCamerasOnResizeGL(Camera& camera, int width, int height) {
     if (OculusManager::isConnected()) {
         OculusManager::configureCamera(camera, width, height);
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index 87ac72e604..b48d67fe12 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ private slots:
     void parseVersionXml();
 
     void manageRunningScriptsWidgetVisibility(bool shown);
+    
+    void runTests();
 
 private:
     void resetCamerasOnResizeGL(Camera& camera, int width, int height);
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 6b4a855c69..9ef736105a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Menu::Menu() {
 
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::TestPing, 0, true);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::FrameTimer);
-    addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::RunTimingTests, 0, this, SLOT(runTests()));
+    addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::RunTimingTests, 0, qApp, SLOT(runTests()));
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::PipelineWarnings);
     addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(timingMenu, MenuOption::SuppressShortTimings);
 
@@ -599,9 +599,6 @@ void Menu::loadSettings(QSettings* settings) {
     Application::getInstance()->getAvatar()->loadData(settings);
     Application::getInstance()->updateWindowTitle();
 
-    // notify that a settings has changed
-    connect(&DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->getDomainHandler(), &DomainHandler::hostnameChanged, this, &Menu::bumpSettings);
-
     // MyAvatar caches some menu options, so we have to update them whenever we load settings.
     // TODO: cache more settings in MyAvatar that are checked with very high frequency.
     setIsOptionChecked(MenuOption::KeyboardMotorControl , true);
@@ -800,7 +797,6 @@ QAction* Menu::addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(QMenu* destinationMenu,
                                                         QAction::NoRole, menuItemLocation);
     action->setCheckable(true);
     action->setChecked(checked);
-    connect(action, SIGNAL(changed()), this, SLOT(bumpSettings()));
 
     return action;
 }
@@ -1076,11 +1072,3 @@ void Menu::showEditEntitiesHelp() {
     InfoView::forcedShow(INFO_EDIT_ENTITIES_PATH);
 }
 
-void Menu::bumpSettings() {
-    Application::getInstance()->bumpSettings();
-}
-
-void Menu::runTests() {
-    runTimingTests();
-}
-
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.h b/interface/src/Menu.h
index bfd69f1de2..6eb74f2984 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.h
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.h
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ private:
 private slots:
     void aboutApp();
     void showEditEntitiesHelp();
-    void bumpSettings();
-    void runTests();
 };
 
 namespace MenuOption {