diff --git a/JL.Core/Dicts/DictUpdater.cs b/JL.Core/Dicts/DictUpdater.cs
index 6aca0e4b..0ea8a0ca 100644
--- a/JL.Core/Dicts/DictUpdater.cs
+++ b/JL.Core/Dicts/DictUpdater.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ internal static async Task<bool> DownloadDict(string dictPath, Uri dictDownloadU
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             Utils.Frontend.ShowOkDialog($"Unexpected error while downloading {dictName}.", "Info");
-
             Utils.Logger.Error(ex, "Unexpected error while downloading {DictName}", dictName);
         }
 
diff --git a/JL.Windows/GUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/JL.Windows/GUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 5a9dd075..b9fbd126 100644
--- a/JL.Windows/GUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/JL.Windows/GUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ private bool CopyText(string text)
             {
                 if (configManager.MergeSequentialTextsWhenTheyMatch)
                 {
-                    s_lastTextCopyTime = new(Stopwatch.GetTimestamp());
+                    s_lastTextCopyTime = new DateTime(Stopwatch.GetTimestamp());
                 }
 
                 return false;
diff --git a/JL.Windows/GUI/PreferencesWindow.xaml.cs b/JL.Windows/GUI/PreferencesWindow.xaml.cs
index b3c02fba..db0fd328 100644
--- a/JL.Windows/GUI/PreferencesWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/JL.Windows/GUI/PreferencesWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -644,14 +644,17 @@ private void ProfileComboBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEve
             ProfileDBUtils.UpdateCurrentProfile(connection);
             Stats.ProfileLifetimeStats = StatsDBUtils.GetStatsFromDB(connection, ProfileUtils.CurrentProfileId)!;
             StatsDBUtils.UpdateProfileLifetimeStats(connection);
+        }
 
-            ConfigManager configManager = ConfigManager.Instance;
-            Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
+        ConfigManager configManager = ConfigManager.Instance;
+        Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
+        {
+            using (SqliteConnection preferencesConnection = ConfigDBManager.CreateReadWriteDBConnection())
             {
-                configManager.ApplyPreferences(connection);
-                configManager.LoadPreferenceWindow(this);
-            });
-        }
+                configManager.ApplyPreferences(preferencesConnection);
+            }
+            configManager.LoadPreferenceWindow(this);
+        });
 
         RegexReplacerUtils.PopulateRegexReplacements();
     }