diff --git a/ui/js/actions/content.js b/ui/js/actions/content.js
index 7a2c6dcaa..f377a131c 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/content.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/content.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as settings from "constants/settings";
 import lbry from "lbry";
 import lbryio from "lbryio";
 import lbryuri from "lbryuri";
+import { makeSelectClientSetting } from "selectors/settings";
 import { selectBalance } from "selectors/wallet";
 import {
   makeSelectFileInfoForUri,
@@ -360,13 +361,13 @@ export function doPurchaseUri(uri) {
 
     if (
       cost == 0 ||
-      !lbry.getClientSetting(settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_ENABLED)
+      !makeSelectClientSetting(settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_ENABLED)(state)
     ) {
       attemptPlay(cost);
     } else {
-      const instantPurchaseMax = lbry.getClientSetting(
+      const instantPurchaseMax = makeSelectClientSetting(
         settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_MAX
-      );
+      )(state);
       if (instantPurchaseMax.currency == "LBC") {
         attemptPlay(cost, instantPurchaseMax.amount);
       } else {
diff --git a/ui/js/actions/settings.js b/ui/js/actions/settings.js
index 4395c6603..79c098a95 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/settings.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/settings.js
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ export function doSetDaemonSetting(key, value) {
 }
 
 export function doSetClientSetting(key, value) {
-  lbry.setClientSetting(key, value);
-
   return {
     type: types.CLIENT_SETTING_CHANGED,
     data: {
diff --git a/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx b/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
index 57f9630c2..ed3c5f7bf 100644
--- a/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/component/router/view.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import SendCreditsPage from "page/sendCredits";
 import ShowPage from "page/show";
 import PublishPage from "page/publish";
 import DiscoverPage from "page/discover";
-import DeveloperPage from "page/developer.js";
 import RewardsPage from "page/rewards";
 import FileListDownloaded from "page/fileListDownloaded";
 import FileListPublished from "page/fileListPublished";
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ const Router = props => {
     auth: <AuthPage params={params} />,
     backup: <BackupPage params={params} />,
     channel: <ChannelPage params={params} />,
-    developer: <DeveloperPage params={params} />,
     discover: <DiscoverPage params={params} />,
     downloaded: <FileListDownloaded params={params} />,
     help: <HelpPage params={params} />,
diff --git a/ui/js/lbry.js b/ui/js/lbry.js
index 9f9dc0e51..36f221afb 100644
--- a/ui/js/lbry.js
+++ b/ui/js/lbry.js
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-import lighthouse from "./lighthouse.js";
 import jsonrpc from "./jsonrpc.js";
 import lbryuri from "./lbryuri.js";
 
-/**
- * The 4 get/set functions below used to be in a utils.js library when used more widely.
- * They've been reduced to just this file and probably ought to be eliminated entirely.
- */
 function getLocal(key, fallback = undefined) {
   const itemRaw = localStorage.getItem(key);
   return itemRaw === null ? fallback : JSON.parse(itemRaw);
@@ -15,15 +10,6 @@ function setLocal(key, value) {
   localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
 }
 
-function getSession(key, fallback = undefined) {
-  const itemRaw = sessionStorage.getItem(key);
-  return itemRaw === null ? fallback : JSON.parse(itemRaw);
-}
-
-function setSession(key, value) {
-  sessionStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
-}
-
 const { remote, ipcRenderer } = require("electron");
 const menu = remote.require("./menu/main-menu");
 
@@ -31,19 +17,6 @@ let lbry = {
   isConnected: false,
   daemonConnectionString: "http://localhost:5279",
   pendingPublishTimeout: 20 * 60 * 1000,
-  defaultClientSettings: {
-    showNsfw: false,
-    showUnavailable: true,
-    debug: false,
-    useCustomLighthouseServers: false,
-    customLighthouseServers: [],
-    language: "en",
-    theme: "light",
-    themes: [],
-    instantPurchaseMax: null,
-    instantPurchaseEnabled: false,
-    instantPurchaseMax: { currency: "LBC", amount: 0.1 },
-  },
 };
 
 function apiCall(method, params, resolve, reject) {
@@ -227,17 +200,6 @@ lbry.publishDeprecated = function(
   );
 };
 
-lbry.getClientSetting = function(setting) {
-  var localStorageVal = localStorage.getItem("setting_" + setting);
-  return localStorageVal === null
-    ? lbry.defaultClientSettings[setting]
-    : JSON.parse(localStorageVal);
-};
-
-lbry.setClientSetting = function(setting, value) {
-  return localStorage.setItem("setting_" + setting, JSON.stringify(value));
-};
-
 lbry.imagePath = function(file) {
   return "img/" + file;
 };
diff --git a/ui/js/lighthouse.js b/ui/js/lighthouse.js
index d7052a0ee..32b748114 100644
--- a/ui/js/lighthouse.js
+++ b/ui/js/lighthouse.js
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ let server = null;
 let connectTryNum = 0;
 
 function getServers() {
-  return lbry.getClientSetting("useCustomLighthouseServers")
-    ? lbry.getClientSetting("customLighthouseServers")
-    : defaultServers;
+  return defaultServers;
 }
 
 function call(method, params, callback, errorCallback) {
diff --git a/ui/js/page/developer.js b/ui/js/page/developer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 970a0d3e7..000000000
--- a/ui/js/page/developer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-import lbry from "../lbry.js";
-import React from "react";
-import FormField from "component/formField";
-import Link from "../component/link";
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const { ipcRenderer } = require("electron");
-
-class DeveloperPage extends React.PureComponent {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-
-    this.state = {
-      useCustomLighthouseServers: lbry.getClientSetting(
-        "useCustomLighthouseServers"
-      ),
-      customLighthouseServers: lbry
-        .getClientSetting("customLighthouseServers")
-        .join("\n"),
-      upgradePath: "",
-    };
-  }
-
-  handleUseCustomLighthouseServersChange(event) {
-    lbry.setClientSetting("useCustomLighthouseServers", event.target.checked);
-    this.setState({
-      useCustomLighthouseServers: event.target.checked,
-    });
-  }
-
-  handleUpgradeFileChange(event) {
-    this.setState({
-      upgradePath: event.target.value,
-    });
-  }
-
-  handleForceUpgradeClick() {
-    let upgradeSent = false;
-    if (!this.state.upgradePath) {
-      alert(__("Please select a file to upgrade from"));
-    } else {
-      try {
-        const stats = fs.lstatSync(this.state.upgradePath);
-        if (stats.isFile()) {
-          console.log("Starting upgrade using " + this.state.upgradePath);
-          ipcRenderer.send("upgrade", this.state.upgradePath);
-          upgradeSent = true;
-        }
-      } catch (e) {}
-      if (!upgradeSent) {
-        alert(
-          'Failed to start upgrade. Is "' +
-            this.state.upgradePath +
-            '" a valid path to the upgrade?'
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <main>
-        <section className="card">
-          <h3>{__("Developer Settings")}</h3>
-          <div className="form-row">
-            <label>
-              <FormField
-                type="checkbox"
-                onChange={event => {
-                  this.handleUseCustomLighthouseServersChange();
-                }}
-                checked={this.state.useCustomLighthouseServers}
-              />
-              {" "}
-              {__("Use custom search servers")}
-            </label>
-          </div>
-          {this.state.useCustomLighthouseServers
-            ? <div className="form-row">
-                <label>
-                  {__("Custom search servers (one per line)")}
-                  <div>
-                    <FormField
-                      type="textarea"
-                      className="developer-page__custom-lighthouse-servers"
-                      value={this.state.customLighthouseServers}
-                      onChange={event => {
-                        this.handleCustomLighthouseServersChange();
-                      }}
-                      checked={this.state.debugMode}
-                    />
-                  </div>
-                </label>
-              </div>
-            : null}
-        </section>
-        <section className="card">
-          <div className="form-row">
-            <FormField
-              name="file"
-              ref="file"
-              type="file"
-              onChange={event => {
-                this.handleUpgradeFileChange();
-              }}
-            />
-            &nbsp;
-            <Link
-              label={__("Force Upgrade")}
-              button="alt"
-              onClick={event => {
-                this.handleForceUpgradeClick();
-              }}
-            />
-          </div>
-        </section>
-      </main>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export default DeveloperPage;
diff --git a/ui/js/page/rewards/view.jsx b/ui/js/page/rewards/view.jsx
index 9f421b76d..97344d152 100644
--- a/ui/js/page/rewards/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/page/rewards/view.jsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class RewardsPage extends React.PureComponent {
     } else if (!rewards || rewards.length <= 0) {
       return (
         <div className="card__content empty">
-          {__("Failed to load rewards.")}
+          {__("There are no rewards available at this time, please check back later.")}
         </div>
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/ui/js/reducers/settings.js b/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
index 1c6834a91..784b6aa8f 100644
--- a/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
+++ b/ui/js/reducers/settings.js
@@ -1,24 +1,35 @@
 import * as types from "constants/action_types";
 import * as settings from "constants/settings";
 import LANGUAGES from "constants/languages";
-import lbry from "lbry";
+
+function getLocalStorageSetting(setting, fallback) {
+  var localStorageVal = localStorage.getItem("setting_" + setting);
+  return localStorageVal === null ? fallback : JSON.parse(localStorageVal);
+}
 
 const reducers = {};
 const defaultState = {
   clientSettings: {
-    instantPurchaseEnabled: lbry.getClientSetting(
-      settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_ENABLED
+    instantPurchaseEnabled: getLocalStorageSetting(
+      settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_ENABLED,
+      false
     ),
-    instantPurchaseMax: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_MAX),
-    showNsfw: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.SHOW_NSFW),
-    showUnavailable: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.SHOW_UNAVAILABLE),
-    welcome_acknowledged: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.NEW_USER_ACKNOWLEDGED),
-    credit_intro_acknowledged: lbry.getClientSetting(
+    instantPurchaseMax: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.INSTANT_PURCHASE_MAX, {
+      currency: "LBC",
+      amount: 0.1,
+    }),
+    showNsfw: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.SHOW_NSFW, false),
+    showUnavailable: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.SHOW_UNAVAILABLE, true),
+    welcome_acknowledged: getLocalStorageSetting(
+      settings.NEW_USER_ACKNOWLEDGED,
+      false
+    ),
+    credit_intro_acknowledged: getLocalStorageSetting(
       settings.CREDIT_INTRO_ACKNOWLEDGED
     ),
-    language: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.LANGUAGE),
-    theme: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.THEME),
-    themes: lbry.getClientSetting(settings.THEMES),
+    language: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.LANGUAGE, "en"),
+    theme: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.THEME, "light"),
+    themes: getLocalStorageSetting(settings.THEMES, []),
   },
   languages: {},
 };
@@ -35,6 +46,9 @@ reducers[types.CLIENT_SETTING_CHANGED] = function(state, action) {
 
   clientSettings[key] = value;
 
+  //this technically probably shouldn't happen here, and should be fixed when we're no longer using localStorage at all for persistent app state
+  localStorage.setItem("setting_" + key, JSON.stringify(value));
+
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
     clientSettings,
   });
diff --git a/ui/scss/all.scss b/ui/scss/all.scss
index 458493d81..f5aa9b3c1 100644
--- a/ui/scss/all.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/all.scss
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@
 @import "component/_scrollbar.scss";
 @import "component/_tabs.scss";
 @import "component/_media.scss";
-@import "page/_developer.scss";
 @import "page/_show.scss";
diff --git a/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss b/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a3a118d6..000000000
--- a/ui/scss/page/_developer.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-.developer-page__custom-lighthouse-servers {
-  font: 0.8em monospace;
-  width: 30em;
-  height: 10em;
-}
\ No newline at end of file