diff --git a/scripts/app/app_generate.sh b/scripts/app/app_generate.sh
index 2a008b2..1dc1b52 100755
--- a/scripts/app/app_generate.sh
+++ b/scripts/app/app_generate.sh
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ appGenerate()
 		echo ""
 	done
 
-    while true; do
-        isQuestion "Please enter the hostname (e.g., a hostname 'test' would set up the domain: test.yourdomain.com): "
-        read -p "" host_name
-    done
-
     while true; do
         isQuestion "Please enter a short description (e.g a Finance Mananger): "
         read -p "" app_description
@@ -106,8 +101,6 @@ appGenerate()
         checkSuccess "Update $app_name.config - all cases of template to $app_name"
         local result=$(runInstallOp sed -i '' -e 's/TEMPLATE/'"$full_caps_app_name"'/g' "$app_config_file" > /dev/null 2>&1)
         checkSuccess "Update $app_name.config - all cases of TEMPLATE to $full_caps_app_name"
-        local result=$(runInstallOp sed -i '' -e 's/HOST_NAME=test/HOST_NAME='"$host_name"'/g' "$app_config_file" > /dev/null 2>&1)
-        checkSuccess "Updating Config - HOST_NAME to $app_name"
 
         while true; do
             echo ""
diff --git a/scripts/source/loading/initilize_files.sh b/scripts/source/loading/initilize_files.sh
index a5db116..0f53b38 100755
--- a/scripts/source/loading/initilize_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/source/loading/initilize_files.sh
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ sourceInitilize()
     #
     # Under LP_LAZY=1 with a present manifest, the container scan is replaced
     # by autoload stubs in function_manifest.sh — sourcing every container
-    # installer eagerly would defeat the lazy optimisation. The two config
-    # scans still run because bash can't lazy-load variables (Phase 6 will
-    # tackle this with a precompiled cache file).
+    # installer eagerly would defeat the lazy optimisation. Both config scans
+    # still run because bash can't lazy-load variables; precompiling them was
+    # considered (Phase 7) and rejected — the ~30 ms saving doesn't justify
+    # the invalidation complexity (updateConfigOption writes happen across
+    # many code paths).
     sourceScanFiles "libreportal_configs";
     sourceScanFiles "app_configs";
     if [[ "$LP_LAZY" == "1" ]] && declare -p LP_FN_MAP >/dev/null 2>&1; then