diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d3d075b73..0000000000
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-
-👋 Hey, thanks for your interest in contributing to Codeit!
-
-**Please ask first before starting work on any significant new features.**
-
-It's never a fun experience to have your pull request declined after investing a lot of time and effort into a new feature. To avoid this from happening, we request that contributors create a discussion to first discuss any significant new features :)
-
-https://github.com/codeitcodes/codeit/discussions/new?category=ideas
-
--->
diff --git a/filebrowser.js b/filebrowser.js
index 8b96c2cffa..da8060a200 100644
--- a/filebrowser.js
+++ b/filebrowser.js
@@ -144,22 +144,26 @@ async function renderSidebarHTML() {
   let modFilesChanged = false;
   
   Object.values(modifiedFiles).forEach(modFile => {
-
-    // map modified file location
-    let [fileUser, fileRepo, fileDir] = modFile.dir.split(',');
     
-    // if modified file dosen't have a branch
-    // and is in current repo
-    if (!fileRepo.includes(':')
-        && fileUser === user
-        && fileRepo === repoName) {
-
-      // append default branch to file
-      fileRepo = fileRepo + ':' + branch;
-      modFile.dir = [fileUser, fileRepo, fileDir].join();
+    if (modFile.dir) {
       
-      modFilesChanged = true;
+      // map modified file location
+      let [fileUser, fileRepo, fileDir] = modFile.dir.split(',');
+
+      // if modified file dosen't have a branch
+      // and is in current repo
+      if (!fileRepo.includes(':')
+          && fileUser === user
+          && fileRepo === repoName) {
+
+        // append default branch to file
+        fileRepo = fileRepo + ':' + branch;
+        modFile.dir = [fileUser, fileRepo, fileDir].join();
 
+        modFilesChanged = true;
+
+      }
+      
     }
 
   });
diff --git a/service-worker.js b/service-worker.js
index d4f90e69e9..77cf347b85 100644
--- a/service-worker.js
+++ b/service-worker.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 // update cache names any time any of the cached files change
-const CACHE_NAME = 'static-cache-v289';
+const CACHE_NAME = 'static-cache-v290';
 
 // list of files to cache
 const FILES_TO_CACHE = [