diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 7a79403..3e3c5f6 100755
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ export const App = () => {
 
     const init = async () => {
       const newState = await initializePlugin({pluginName: kPluginName, version: kVersion, dimensions: kInitialDimensions}) as IState;
-      console.log("newState", newState);
-
       // plugins in new documents return an empty object for the interactive state
       // so ignore the new state and keep the default starting state in that case
       if (Object.keys(newState || {}).length > 0) {
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ export const App = () => {
           draft.didUserSelectDate = newState.didUserSelectDate;
           draft.isMapOpen = newState.isMapOpen;
 
-          // to-do: convert end date and start date strings to Date objects
           const startDateStr = newState.startDate;
           const endDateStr = newState.endDate;
           if (startDateStr) {