diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/chunks/de-5.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/chunks/de-5.ts
index 79f041cc19..c8a26af5f3 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/chunks/de-5.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/chunks/de-5.ts
@@ -523,28 +523,6 @@ const de5: TranslationMap = {
   'settings.mascot.colorYellow': 'Gelb',
   'settings.mascot.libraryUnavailable': 'OpenHuman Bibliothek nicht verfügbar',
   'settings.mascot.title': 'OpenHuman',
-  'settings.developerMenu.mcpServer.title': 'MCP-Server',
-  'settings.developerMenu.mcpServer.desc':
-    'Externe MCP-Clients zur Verbindung mit OpenHuman konfigurieren',
-  'settings.mcpServer.title': 'MCP-Server',
-  'settings.mcpServer.toolsSectionTitle': 'Verfügbare Tools',
-  'settings.mcpServer.toolsSectionDesc':
-    'Tools, die über den MCP-Stdio-Server bereitgestellt werden, wenn openhuman-core mcp ausgeführt wird',
-  'settings.mcpServer.configSectionTitle': 'Client-Konfiguration',
-  'settings.mcpServer.configSectionDesc':
-    'Wählen Sie Ihren MCP-Client aus, um den passenden Konfigurations-Schnipsel zu erzeugen',
-  'settings.mcpServer.copySnippet': 'In Zwischenablage kopieren',
-  'settings.mcpServer.copied': 'Kopiert!',
-  'settings.mcpServer.openConfigFile': 'Konfigurationsdatei öffnen',
-  'settings.mcpServer.binaryPathNotFound':
-    'OpenHuman-Binary nicht gefunden. Wenn Sie aus dem Quellcode arbeiten, bauen Sie mit: cargo build --bin openhuman-core',
-  'settings.mcpServer.openConfigError': 'Konfigurationsdatei konnte nicht geöffnet werden',
-  'settings.mcpServer.clientClaudeDesktop': 'Claude Desktop',
-  'settings.mcpServer.clientCursor': 'Cursor',
-  'settings.mcpServer.clientCodex': 'Codex',
-  'settings.mcpServer.clientZed': 'Zed',
-  'settings.mcpServer.configFilePath': 'Konfigurationsdatei',
-  'settings.mcpServer.clientSelectorAriaLabel': 'MCP-Client-Auswahl',
 };
 
 export default de5;
diff --git a/app/src/utils/__tests__/configPersistence.test.ts b/app/src/utils/__tests__/configPersistence.test.ts
index 7354e9a12b..e93ef8480b 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/__tests__/configPersistence.test.ts
+++ b/app/src/utils/__tests__/configPersistence.test.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,21 @@ describe('configPersistence', () => {
       expect(getStoredCoreMode()).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it('logs the mode string directly, not an object wrapper', () => {
+      const spy = vi.spyOn(console, 'debug').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      try {
+        storeCoreMode('cloud');
+        const calls = spy.mock.calls.flat();
+        // Must NOT log an object like { mode } — that renders as [object Object]
+        const hasObjectArg = calls.some(arg => typeof arg === 'object' && arg !== null);
+        expect(hasObjectArg).toBe(false);
+        const modeArg = calls.find(arg => typeof arg === 'string' && arg === 'cloud');
+        expect(modeArg).toBe('cloud');
+      } finally {
+        spy.mockRestore();
+      }
+    });
+
     it('falls back to the E2E default local mode when no marker has been written', async () => {
       vi.resetModules();
       vi.doMock('../config', () => ({
diff --git a/app/src/utils/configPersistence.ts b/app/src/utils/configPersistence.ts
index 3023cf0079..f3737b530c 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/configPersistence.ts
+++ b/app/src/utils/configPersistence.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export function getStoredCoreMode(): 'local' | 'cloud' | null {
 export function storeCoreMode(mode: 'local' | 'cloud'): void {
   try {
     localStorage.setItem(CORE_MODE_STORAGE_KEY, mode);
-    console.debug('[configPersistence] Stored core mode:', { mode });
+    console.debug('[configPersistence] Stored core mode:', mode);
   } catch {
     console.warn('[configPersistence] Unable to store core mode in localStorage');
   }