diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/pane_admin.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/pane_admin.tsx
index ea41d9e..7c91400 100644
--- a/src/client/web/src/components/pane_admin.tsx
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/pane_admin.tsx
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ export class UserForm extends React.Component<
       });
   };
 
-  // setRole = () => {};
-
   render() {
     return (
       <div
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/panes.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/panes.tsx
index 13299a9..336ac0a 100644
--- a/src/client/web/src/components/panes.tsx
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/panes.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { Set, Map } from "immutable";
 
 import { updater } from "./state_updater";
-// import { IUsersClient, User, ListUsersResp, ListRolesResp } from "../client";
-// import { UsersClient } from "../client/users";
 import { ICoreState } from "./core_state";
 import { PaneSettings } from "./pane_settings";
 import { AdminPane, Props as AdminPaneProps } from "./pane_admin";
@@ -18,116 +16,6 @@ export interface Props {
   update?: (updater: (prevState: ICoreState) => ICoreState) => void;
 }
 
-// export class Updater {
-//   static props: Props;
-//   private static client: IUsersClient;
-
-//   static init = (props: Props) => (Updater.props = { ...props });
-//   static setClient = (client: IUsersClient): void => {
-//     Updater.client = client;
-//   };
-
-//   static displayPane = (paneName: string) => {
-//     if (paneName === "") {
-//       // hide all panes
-//       Updater.props.displaying = "";
-//     } else {
-//       const pane = Updater.props.paneNames.get(paneName);
-//       if (pane != null) {
-//         Updater.props.displaying = paneName;
-//       } else {
-//         alert(`dialgos: pane (${paneName}) not found`);
-//       }
-//     }
-//   };
-
-//   static self = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.self();
-//     if (resp.status === 200) {
-//       Updater.props.userRole = resp.data.role;
-//       return true;
-//     }
-//     return false;
-//   };
-
-//   static addUser = async (user: User): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.addUser(user.name, user.pwd, user.role);
-//     // TODO: should return uid instead
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static delUser = async (userID: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.delUser(userID);
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static setRole = async (userID: string, role: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.delUser(userID);
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static forceSetPwd = async (
-//     userID: string,
-//     pwd: string
-//   ): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.forceSetPwd(userID, pwd);
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static listUsers = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.listUsers();
-//     if (resp.status !== 200) {
-//       return false;
-//     }
-
-//     const lsRes = resp.data as ListUsersResp;
-//     let users = Map<User>({});
-//     lsRes.users.forEach((user: User) => {
-//       users = users.set(user.name, user);
-//     });
-//     Updater.props.admin.users = users;
-
-//     return true;
-//   };
-
-//   static addRole = async (role: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.addRole(role);
-//     // TODO: should return uid instead
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static delRole = async (role: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.delRole(role);
-//     return resp.status === 200;
-//   };
-
-//   static listRoles = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
-//     const resp = await Updater.client.listRoles();
-//     if (resp.status !== 200) {
-//       return false;
-//     }
-
-//     const lsRes = resp.data as ListRolesResp;
-//     let roles = Set<string>();
-//     Object.keys(lsRes.roles).forEach((role: string) => {
-//       roles = roles.add(role);
-//     });
-//     Updater.props.admin.roles = roles;
-
-//     return true;
-//   };
-
-//   static updateState = (prevState: ICoreState): ICoreState => {
-//     return {
-//       ...prevState,
-//       panel: {
-//         ...prevState.panel,
-//         panes: { ...prevState.panel.panes, ...Updater.props },
-//       },
-//     };
-//   };
-// }
-
 export interface State {}
 export class Panes extends React.Component<Props, State, {}> {
   constructor(p: Props) {
@@ -189,6 +77,7 @@ export class Panes extends React.Component<Props, State, {}> {
           <div className="container">
             <div className="flex-list-container padding-l">
               <h3 className="flex-list-item-l txt-cap">{displaying}</h3>
+
               <div className="flex-list-item-r">
                 <button
                   onClick={this.closePane}
@@ -202,8 +91,6 @@ export class Panes extends React.Component<Props, State, {}> {
 
           {panes}
         </div>
-        {/* <div className="hr white0-bg margin-b-m margin-l-m margin-r-m"></div> */}
-        {/* <div className="padding-l"></div> */}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/client/web/src/components/state_mgr.tsx b/src/client/web/src/components/state_mgr.tsx
index a7c4147..9ed3221 100644
--- a/src/client/web/src/components/state_mgr.tsx
+++ b/src/client/web/src/components/state_mgr.tsx
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ export class StateMgr extends React.Component<Props, State, {}> {
   constructor(p: Props) {
     super(p);
     this.state = newState();
-    this.initUpdaters(this.state);
+    this.initUpdater(this.state);
   }
 
-  initUpdaters = (state: ICoreState) => {
+  initUpdater = (state: ICoreState) => {
     updater().init(state);
     updater().setClients(new UsersClient(""), new FilesClient(""));