diff --git a/.storybook/preview-body.html b/.storybook/preview-body.html
index 567baa70a..065a1ec96 100644
--- a/.storybook/preview-body.html
+++ b/.storybook/preview-body.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   window.mainFont;
   window.codeFont;
   window.isJaegerEnabled = true;
-  window.recentActivityRefreshInterval;
   window.recentActivityExpirationLimit;
   window.recentActivityDocumentationURL =
     "https://github.com/digma-ai/digma-vscode-plugin#%EF%B8%8F-extension-settings";
diff --git a/assets/recentActivity/index.ejs b/assets/recentActivity/index.ejs
index 56af3bc62..665dac875 100644
--- a/assets/recentActivity/index.ejs
+++ b/assets/recentActivity/index.ejs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
       window.mainFont;
       window.codeFont;
       window.isJaegerEnabled;
-      window.recentActivityRefreshInterval;
       window.recentActivityExpirationLimit;
       window.recentActivityDocumentationURL;
     </script>
diff --git a/src/components/RecentActivity/index.tsx b/src/components/RecentActivity/index.tsx
index 7a165be79..7b0848d4d 100644
--- a/src/components/RecentActivity/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RecentActivity/index.tsx
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@ const documentationURL =
     ? window.recentActivityDocumentationURL
     : null;
 
-const REFRESH_INTERVAL =
-  typeof window.recentActivityRefreshInterval === "number"
-    ? window.recentActivityRefreshInterval
-    : 10 * 1000; // in milliseconds
-
 const ACTION_PREFIX = "RECENT_ACTIVITY";
 
 const actions = addPrefix(ACTION_PREFIX, {
-  GET_DATA: "GET_DATA",
+  INITIALIZE: "INITIALIZE",
   SET_DATA: "SET_DATA",
   GO_TO_SPAN: "GO_TO_SPAN",
   GO_TO_TRACE: "GO_TO_TRACE"
@@ -73,13 +68,8 @@ export const RecentActivity = (props: RecentActivityProps) => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     window.sendMessageToDigma({
-      action: actions.GET_DATA
+      action: actions.INITIALIZE
     });
-    const refreshInterval = setInterval(() => {
-      window.sendMessageToDigma({
-        action: actions.GET_DATA
-      });
-    }, REFRESH_INTERVAL);
 
     const handleRecentActivityData = (data: unknown) => {
       setData(data as RecentActivityData);
@@ -96,8 +86,6 @@ export const RecentActivity = (props: RecentActivityProps) => {
     );
 
     return () => {
-      clearInterval(refreshInterval);
-
       dispatcher.removeActionListener(
         actions.SET_DATA,
         handleRecentActivityData
diff --git a/src/globals.d.ts b/src/globals.d.ts
index a1634442e..26d60b3f1 100644
--- a/src/globals.d.ts
+++ b/src/globals.d.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ declare global {
     mainFont?: unknown;
     codeFont?: unknown;
     isJaegerEnabled?: unknown;
-    recentActivityRefreshInterval?: unknown;
     recentActivityExpirationLimit?: unknown;
     recentActivityDocumentationURL?: unknown;
     wizardSkipInstallationStep?: unknown;