2 files changed, 2 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4459c46f7..a7cd0df55 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ DEBUG=Ferdi:* npm run start
 - Optionally, you can run both commands in one terminal with [concurrently](https://www.npmjs.com/package/concurrently):
 
 ```bash
-DEBUG=Ferdi:* npm run start:all-dev
+DEBUG_COLORS=1 DEBUG=Ferdi:* npm run start:all-dev
 ```
 
 Note: please prefer [`debug()`](https://github.com/visionmedia/debug) over `console.log()`.
diff --git a/src/webview/badge.ts b/src/webview/badge.ts
index fb696723d..02bd3fb15 100644
--- a/src/webview/badge.ts
+++ b/src/webview/badge.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
 const debug = require('debug')('Ferdi:Plugin:BadgeHandler');
 
 export class BadgeHandler {
-  countCache: { direct: number; indirect: number };
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.countCache = {
-      direct: 0,
-      indirect: 0,
-    };
-  }
-
   // TODO: Need to extract this into a utility class and reuse outside of the recipes
   safeParseInt(text: string | number | undefined | null) {
     if (text === undefined || text === null) {
@@ -35,16 +26,7 @@ export class BadgeHandler {
       indirect: this.safeParseInt(indirect),
     };
 
-    if (
-      this.countCache.direct.toString() === count.direct.toString() &&
-      this.countCache.indirect.toString() === count.indirect.toString()
-    ) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    debug('Sending badge count to host', count);
+    debug('Sending badge count to host: %j', count);
     ipcRenderer.sendToHost('message-counts', count);
-
-    Object.assign(this.countCache, count);
   }
 }