diff --git a/.cz.toml b/.cz.toml
index 0394a9a61..5de657e85 100644
--- a/.cz.toml
+++ b/.cz.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.commitizen]
-bump_message = "build(version): update version from $current_version to $new_version [skip ci]"
+bump_message = "build(version): :bookmark: update version from $current_version to $new_version [skip ci]"
 update_changelog_on_bump = true
 version_provider = "poetry"
 version_files = [
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 17d7aa401..10535a93f 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   // Extension identifier format: ${publisher}.${name}. Example: vscode.csharp
   // List of extensions which should be recommended for users of this workspace.
   "recommendations": [
-    "jebbs.plantuml",
     "donjayamanne.githistory",
     "felipecaputo.git-project-manager",
     "GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github",
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0d0668544..37af1fdee 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -4,17 +4,6 @@
   // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
   "version": "0.2.0",
   "configurations": [
-    {
-      "name": "seedcase-debugger",
-      "python": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/python3",
-      "type": "debugpy",
-      "request": "launch",
-      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/manage.py",
-      "console": "internalConsole",
-      "args": [
-        "runserver"
-      ]
-    },
     {
       "name": "test-debugger",
       "type": "debugpy",
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f0060057f..491bd60fc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
   "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv",
   "python.languageServer": "Pylance",
   "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
-  "cSpell.enableFiletypes": [
-    "quarto"
-  ],
+  "cSpell.enabledFileTypes": {
+    "quarto": true
+  },
   "cSpell.language": "en,en-GB",
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
   "python.testing.pytestPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.venv/bin/pytest",
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index 740f93f0a..aeed82536 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Aarhus University
+Copyright (c) 2023-2025 Aarhus University
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 98391bb16..e297400a4 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ run-all: install-deps format-python check-python test-python check-commits build
 install-deps:
   poetry install
 
-# Generate SVG images from all PlantUML files
-generate-puml-all:
-  docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/puml -w /puml ghcr.io/plantuml/plantuml:latest -tsvg "**/*.puml"
-
-# Generate SVG image from specific PlantUML file
-generate-puml name:
-  docker run --rm -v  $(pwd):/puml -w /puml ghcr.io/plantuml/plantuml:latest -tsvg "**/{{name}}.puml"
-
 # Run the Python tests
 test-python:
   poetry run pytest
@@ -39,7 +31,11 @@ build-website:
 # Run checks on commits with non-main branches
 check-commits:
   #!/bin/zsh
-  if [[ $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) != "main" ]]
+  branch_name=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+  number_of_commits=$(git rev-list --count HEAD ^$branch_name)
+  if [[ ${branch_name} != "main" && ${number_of_commits} -gt 0 ]]
   then
     poetry run cz check --rev-range main..HEAD
+  else
+    echo "Not on main or haven't committed yet."
   fi