diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4c821c5a0c..1627842de0 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "org.ole.planet.myplanet"
         minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 34
-        versionCode 1642
-        versionName "0.16.42"
+        versionCode 1643
+        versionName "0.16.43"
         ndkVersion '21.3.6528147'
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/ui/helpwanted/HelpWantedFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/ui/helpwanted/HelpWantedFragment.kt
index 2fabc9258a..c4fb467168 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/ui/helpwanted/HelpWantedFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/ui/helpwanted/HelpWantedFragment.kt
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser.parseString
 import org.ole.planet.myplanet.R
 import org.ole.planet.myplanet.databinding.FragmentHelpWantedBinding
-import org.ole.planet.myplanet.ui.sync.SyncActivity
 import org.ole.planet.myplanet.utilities.Constants.PREFS_NAME
 import org.ole.planet.myplanet.utilities.JsonUtils.getString
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ class HelpWantedFragment : Fragment() {
     override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View {
         fragmentHelpWantedBinding = FragmentHelpWantedBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false)
         settings = requireActivity().getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
-        if (settings.contains("user_admin")) manager = JsonParser().parse(settings.getString("user_admin", "")).asJsonObject
+        if (settings.contains("user_admin")) manager = parseString(settings.getString("user_admin", "")).asJsonObject
         return fragmentHelpWantedBinding.root
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/utilities/JsonParserUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/utilities/JsonParserUtils.kt
index d98db11e81..3aa3bdf9de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/utilities/JsonParserUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/ole/planet/myplanet/utilities/JsonParserUtils.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package org.ole.planet.myplanet.utilities
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonArray
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser.parseString
 
 object JsonParserUtils {
     @JvmStatic
     fun getStringAsJsonArray(s: String?): JsonArray {
-        val parser = JsonParser()
-        val arrayElement = parser.parse(s)
+        val arrayElement = parseString(s)
         return arrayElement.asJsonArray
     }
 }