diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-apps.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-apps.yml
index caa842c40..c8afd3353 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-apps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-apps.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # TODO: see if we can fetch from main instead if no diff at src/wasm-lib
       - name: Run build:wasm
-        run: "yarn build:wasm${{ env.BUILD_RELEASE == 'true' && '-dev' || ''}}"
+        run: "yarn build:wasm"
 
       - name: Set nightly version
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
diff --git a/src/hooks/useToolbarGuards.ts b/src/hooks/useToolbarGuards.ts
index ff31a5141..a8a7cb082 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useToolbarGuards.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useToolbarGuards.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { moveValueIntoNewVariable } from 'lang/modifyAst'
 import { isNodeSafeToReplace } from 'lang/queryAst'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useModelingContext } from './useModelingContext'
-import { PathToNode, SourceRange, parse, recast } from 'lang/wasm'
+import { PathToNode, SourceRange } from 'lang/wasm'
 import { useKclContext } from 'lang/KclProvider'
 
 export const getVarNameModal = createSetVarNameModal(SetVarNameModal)
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ export function useConvertToVariable(range?: SourceRange) {
   }, [enable])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const parsed = parse(recast(ast))
-    if (trap(parsed)) return
+    const parsed = ast
 
     const meta = isNodeSafeToReplace(
       parsed,
diff --git a/src/lib/selections.ts b/src/lib/selections.ts
index 4dfdff02c..c85f36c0b 100644
--- a/src/lib/selections.ts
+++ b/src/lib/selections.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   kclManager,
   sceneEntitiesManager,
 } from 'lib/singletons'
-import { CallExpression, SourceRange, Expr, parse, recast } from 'lang/wasm'
+import { CallExpression, SourceRange, Expr, parse } from 'lang/wasm'
 import { ModelingMachineEvent } from 'machines/modelingMachine'
 import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { EditorSelection, SelectionRange } from '@codemirror/state'
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ export function processCodeMirrorRanges({
 }
 
 function updateSceneObjectColors(codeBasedSelections: Selection[]) {
-  const updated = parse(recast(kclManager.ast))
-  if (err(updated)) return
+  const updated = kclManager.ast
 
   Object.values(sceneEntitiesManager.activeSegments).forEach((segmentGroup) => {
     if (