diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/IngestionService.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/IngestionService.ts
index 1814329..4011b3c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/IngestionService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/IngestionService.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class IngestionService {
             if (connector.listAllUsers) {
                 // For multi-mailbox providers, dispatch a job for each user
                 for await (const user of connector.listAllUsers()) {
-                    const userEmail = (user as any).primaryEmail;
+                    const userEmail = user.primaryEmail;
                     if (userEmail) {
                         await ingestionQueue.add('process-mailbox', {
                             ingestionSourceId: source.id,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
index fa5a3f6..b3aba80 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/ImapConnector.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class ImapConnector implements IEmailConnector {
     public async *fetchEmails(userEmail: string, syncState?: SyncState | null): AsyncGenerator<EmailObject | null> {
         try {
             const mailboxes = await this.withRetry(() => this.client.list());
-            console.log('fetched mailboxes:', mailboxes);
+            // console.log('fetched mailboxes:', mailboxes);
             const processableMailboxes = mailboxes.filter(mailbox => {
                 // filter out trash and all mail emails
                 if (mailbox.specialUse) {
@@ -209,122 +209,3 @@ export class ImapConnector implements IEmailConnector {
 }
 
 
-
-/**
- * Gmail:
- * fetched mailboxes: [
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: 'INBOX',
-[0]     pathAsListed: 'INBOX',
-[0]     flags: Set(1) { '\\HasNoChildren' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '',
-[0]     parent: [],
-[0]     name: 'INBOX',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Inbox',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'name'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Starred',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Starred',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\Flagged', '\\HasNoChildren' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Starred',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Flagged',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Sent Mail',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Sent Mail',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\HasNoChildren', '\\Sent' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Sent Mail',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Sent',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Drafts',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Drafts',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\Drafts', '\\HasNoChildren' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Drafts',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Drafts',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/All Mail',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/All Mail',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\All', '\\HasNoChildren' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'All Mail',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\All',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Spam',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Spam',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\HasNoChildren', '\\Junk' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Spam',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Junk',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Trash',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Trash',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\HasNoChildren', '\\Trash' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Trash',
-[0]     subscribed: true,
-[0]     specialUse: '\\Trash',
-[0]     specialUseSource: 'extension'
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\HasChildren', '\\Noselect' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '',
-[0]     parent: [],
-[0]     name: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     subscribed: true
-[0]   },
-[0]   {
-[0]     path: '[Gmail]/Important',
-[0]     pathAsListed: '[Gmail]/Important',
-[0]     flags: Set(2) { '\\HasNoChildren', '\\Important' },
-[0]     delimiter: '/',
-[0]     listed: true,
-[0]     parentPath: '[Gmail]',
-[0]     parent: [ '[Gmail]' ],
-[0]     name: 'Important',
-[0]     subscribed: true
-[0]   }
-[0] ]
- */
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
index d14096f..602e15b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/ingestion-connectors/MicrosoftConnector.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export class MicrosoftConnector implements IEmailConnector {
                 const response = await this.graphClient.api(requestUrl).get();
 
                 for (const message of response.value) {
-                    if (message.id && !(message as any)['@removed']) {
+                    if (message.id && !(message)['@removed']) {
                         const rawEmail = await this.getRawEmail(userEmail, message.id);
                         if (rawEmail) {
                             yield await this.parseEmail(rawEmail, message.id, userEmail);
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 9a36b40..2b3476a 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+# Defines the pnpm workspace for the monorepo
 packages:
     - 'packages/*'