diff --git a/Notification Agent Popups/Views/PopUpViewController.swift b/Notification Agent Popups/Views/PopUpViewController.swift
index fb1981b..777ff51 100644
--- a/Notification Agent Popups/Views/PopUpViewController.swift	
+++ b/Notification Agent Popups/Views/PopUpViewController.swift	
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ class PopUpViewController: NSViewController {
             self.popupElementsStackView.insertView(progressBarAccessoryView, at: 0, in: .center)
             progressBarAccessoryView.progressBarDelegate = self
             progressBarAccessoryView.delegate = self
-            progressBarAccessoryView.startObservingForUpdates()
             self.accessoryViews.append(progressBarAccessoryView)
             self.shouldAllowCancel = progressBarAccessoryView.isUserInterruptionAllowed
         case .image:
diff --git a/Notification Agent.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Notification Agent.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 0a625f4..d0f1409 100644
--- a/Notification Agent.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/Notification Agent.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.alert;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.alert;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.popup;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.popup;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.onboarding;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.onboarding;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				PROVISIONING_PROFILE_SPECIFIER = "";
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.banner;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier.banner;
 				PRODUCT_MODULE_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME:c99extidentifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2718,6 +2718,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = INCLUDE_SOURCE;
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
@@ -2774,6 +2775,7 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;
 				SDKROOT = macosx;
@@ -2801,7 +2803,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = YES;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
@@ -2830,7 +2832,7 @@
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.15;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.8.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 2.9.0;
 				ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = NO;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.ibm.cio.notifier;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";