diff --git a/TaskTackler/App.razor b/TaskTackler/App.razor
index 5f4f102..59508d5 100644
--- a/TaskTackler/App.razor
+++ b/TaskTackler/App.razor
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-@using TaskTackler.Helpers
-@inject IHttpClientFactory HttpClientFactory
-<CascadingAuthenticationState>
+<CascadingAuthenticationState>
 <Router AppAssembly="@typeof(App).Assembly">
     <Found Context="routeData">
         <RouteView RouteData="@routeData" DefaultLayout="@typeof(MainLayout)" />
@@ -14,13 +12,3 @@
     </NotFound>
 </Router>
 </CascadingAuthenticationState>
-
-@code {
-    protected override void OnInitialized()
-    {
-        var httpClient = HttpClientFactory.CreateClient("api");
-
-        // Start the pinging process on a background thread
-        _ = Task.Run(() => PingHelper.PingApiWithRetry(httpClient));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/TaskTackler/Helpers/PingHelper.cs b/TaskTackler/Helpers/PingHelper.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 28ad310..0000000
--- a/TaskTackler/Helpers/PingHelper.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-namespace TaskTackler.Helpers;
-
-public static class PingHelper
-{
-    public static async Task<bool> PingApi(HttpClient httpClient)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var response = await httpClient.GetAsync("/health");
-            return response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
-        }
-        catch (Exception ex)
-        {
-            Console.WriteLine($"Error pinging API: {ex.Message}");
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static async Task PingApiWithRetry(HttpClient httpClient)
-    {
-        const int maxAttempts = 10; // Increase the number of attempts
-        const int delay = 2000; // Reduce the delay to 2 seconds between retries
-
-        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < maxAttempts; attempt++)
-        {
-            if (await PingApi(httpClient))
-            {
-                Console.WriteLine("API is up");
-                return;
-            }
-            await Task.Delay(delay);
-        }
-        Console.WriteLine("API is down after multiple attempts");
-    }
-}