diff --git a/Focusin/AppDelegate.swift b/Focusin/AppDelegate.swift
index b9c3932..df147ab 100644
--- a/Focusin/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Focusin/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         }
         
         if startedAtLogin {
-            DistributedNotificationCenter.default().post(name: "killme", object: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!)
+            DistributedNotificationCenter.default().post(name: NSNotification.Name.init(rawValue: "killme"), object: Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier!)
         }
         
         // Set the icon for the menu bar
diff --git a/Focusin/PomodoroViewController.swift b/Focusin/PomodoroViewController.swift
index 95ec12e..23e8977 100644
--- a/Focusin/PomodoroViewController.swift
+++ b/Focusin/PomodoroViewController.swift
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ class PomodoroViewController: NSViewController, PreferencesDelegate, Notificatio
         removeTaskButton.isHidden = true
         fullPomodoros.stringValue = zeroPomodoros + defaults.string(forKey: Defaults.targetKey)!
         
-        currentTask.placeholderAttributedString = NSAttributedString(string: currentTaskLabel, attributes: [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: gray, NSFontAttributeName : NSFont(name: font, size: currentTaskSize)!])
-        
         tasksView.contentViewController = TasksViewController(nibName: "TasksViewController", bundle: nil, popover: popoverView, pomodoroView: self)
         tasksView.behavior = NSPopoverBehavior.transient
     }