diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/package.json b/apps/app-frontend/package.json
index 185e2263c..5bd0edc65 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/package.json
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@modrinth/app-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.8.8",
+  "version": "0.8.9",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/apps/app/Cargo.toml b/apps/app/Cargo.toml
index e5a317caa..409038c07 100644
--- a/apps/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "theseus_gui"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 description = "The Modrinth App is a desktop application for managing your Minecraft mods"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 repository = "https://github.com/modrinth/code/apps/app/"
diff --git a/apps/app/src/api/ads-init.js b/apps/app/src/api/ads-init.js
index 060e7ba4c..33af81a17 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/api/ads-init.js
+++ b/apps/app/src/api/ads-init.js
@@ -21,86 +21,3 @@ document.addEventListener(
 window.open = (url, target, features) => {
   window.top.postMessage({ modrinthOpenUrl: url }, 'https://modrinth.com')
 }
-
-function muteAudioContext() {
-  if (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext) {
-    const AudioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext
-    const originalCreateMediaElementSource = AudioContext.prototype.createMediaElementSource
-    const originalCreateMediaStreamSource = AudioContext.prototype.createMediaStreamSource
-    const originalCreateMediaStreamTrackSource = AudioContext.prototype.createMediaStreamTrackSource
-    const originalCreateBufferSource = AudioContext.prototype.createBufferSource
-    const originalCreateOscillator = AudioContext.prototype.createOscillator
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createGain = function () {
-      const gain = originalCreateGain.call(this)
-      gain.gain.value = 0
-      return gain
-    }
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createMediaElementSource = function (mediaElement) {
-      const source = originalCreateMediaElementSource.call(this, mediaElement)
-      source.connect(this.createGain())
-      return source
-    }
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createMediaStreamSource = function (mediaStream) {
-      const source = originalCreateMediaStreamSource.call(this, mediaStream)
-      source.connect(this.createGain())
-      return source
-    }
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createMediaStreamTrackSource = function (mediaStreamTrack) {
-      const source = originalCreateMediaStreamTrackSource.call(this, mediaStreamTrack)
-      source.connect(this.createGain())
-      return source
-    }
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createBufferSource = function () {
-      const source = originalCreateBufferSource.call(this)
-      source.connect(this.createGain())
-      return source
-    }
-
-    AudioContext.prototype.createOscillator = function () {
-      const oscillator = originalCreateOscillator.call(this)
-      oscillator.connect(this.createGain())
-      return oscillator
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function muteVideo(mediaElement) {
-  let count = Number(mediaElement.getAttribute('data-modrinth-muted-count') ?? 0)
-
-  if (!mediaElement.muted || mediaElement.volume !== 0) {
-    mediaElement.muted = true
-    mediaElement.volume = 0
-
-    mediaElement.setAttribute('data-modrinth-muted-count', count + 1)
-  }
-
-  if (count > 5) {
-    // Video is detected as malicious, so it is removed from the page
-    mediaElement.remove()
-  }
-}
-
-function muteVideos() {
-  document.querySelectorAll('video, audio').forEach(function (mediaElement) {
-    muteVideo(mediaElement)
-
-    if (!mediaElement.hasAttribute('data-modrinth-muted')) {
-      mediaElement.addEventListener('volumechange', () => muteVideo(mediaElement))
-
-      mediaElement.setAttribute('data-modrinth-muted', 'true')
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
-  muteVideos()
-  muteAudioContext()
-
-  const observer = new MutationObserver(muteVideos)
-  observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true })
-})
diff --git a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
index 8310598d8..6d8614a98 100644
--- a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "productName": "Modrinth App",
-  "version": "0.8.8",
+  "version": "0.8.9",
   "mainBinaryName": "Modrinth App",
   "identifier": "ModrinthApp",
   "plugins": {
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
index 3f7103296..0b75ca8bd 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "theseus"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 authors = ["Jai A <jaiagr+gpg@pm.me>"]
 edition = "2021"