diff --git a/app/Helpers/Helper.php b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
index 095add6af4..276aa4db33 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
@@ -1148,12 +1148,37 @@ class Helper
 
     }
 
+
+     /*
+     * This is a shorter way to see if the app is in demo mode.
+     *
+     * This makes it cleanly available in blades and in controllers, e.g.
+     *
+     * Blade:
+     * {{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}} for form blades where we need to disable a form
+     *
+     * Controller:
+     * if (app('demo_mode')) {
+     *      // don't allow the thing
+     * }
+     * @todo - use this everywhere else in the app where we have very long if/else config('app.lock_passwords') stuff
+     */
+    public function isDemoMode() {
+        if (config('app.lock_passwords') === true) {
+            return true;
+            \Log::debug('app locked!');
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
     /*
      * I know it's gauche  to return a shitty HTML string, but this is just a helper and since it will be the same every single time,
      * it seemed pretty safe to do here. Don't you judge me.
      */
     public function showDemoModeFieldWarning() {
-        if (app('demo_mode')) {
+        if (Helper::isDemoMode()) {
             return "<p class=\"text-warning\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\"></i>" . trans('general.feature_disabled') . "</p>";
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
index f525cd1b09..dc52ae1e3f 100644
--- a/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
@@ -152,30 +152,6 @@ class SettingsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, config('app.locale'));
 
 
-        /*
-         * This is a shorter way to see if the app is in demo mode.
-         *
-         * This makes it cleanly available in blades and in controllers, e.g.
-         *
-         * Blade:
-         * {{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}} for form blades where we need to disable a form
-         *
-         * Controller:
-         * if (app('demo_mode')) {
-         *      // don't allow the thing
-         * }
-         * @todo - use this everywhere else in the app where we have very long if/else config('app.lock_passwords') stuff
-         */
-        \App::singleton('demo_mode', function () {
-            if (config('app.lock_passwords') === true) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            return false;
-        });
-
-
-
-
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/slack-settings-form.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/slack-settings-form.blade.php
index 8fc6ac2c87..5634dfa1dd 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/slack-settings-form.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/slack-settings-form.blade.php
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
                                 </label>
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-md-9 required">
-                                <select wire:model="webhook_selected" aria-label="webhook_selected" class="form-control"{{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
+                                <select wire:model="webhook_selected" aria-label="webhook_selected" class="form-control"{{ Helper::isDemoMode() ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
                                     <option value="slack">{{ trans('admin/settings/general.slack') }}</option>
                                     <option value="general">{{ trans('admin/settings/general.general_webhook') }}</option>
                                 </select>
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
-                        @if (app('demo_mode'))
+                        @if (Helper::isDemoMode())
                             @include('partials.forms.demo-mode')
                         @endif
 
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@
                                 {{ Form::label('webhook_endpoint', trans('admin/settings/general.webhook_endpoint',['app' => $webhook_name ])) }}
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-md-9 required">
-                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_endpoint" class="form-control" placeholder="{{$webhook_placeholder}}" value="{{old('webhook_endpoint', $webhook_endpoint)}}"{{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
+                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_endpoint" class="form-control" placeholder="{{$webhook_placeholder}}" value="{{old('webhook_endpoint', $webhook_endpoint)}}"{{ Helper::isDemoMode() ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
                                 {!! $errors->first('webhook_endpoint', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true">:message</span>') !!}
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
-                        @if (app('demo_mode'))
+                        @if (Helper::isDemoMode())
                             @include('partials.forms.demo-mode')
                         @endif
 
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@
                                 {{ Form::label('webhook_channel', trans('admin/settings/general.webhook_channel',['app' => $webhook_name ])) }}
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-md-9 required">
-                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_channel" class="form-control" placeholder="#IT-Ops" value="{{ old('webhook_channel', $webhook_channel) }}"{{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
+                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_channel" class="form-control" placeholder="#IT-Ops" value="{{ old('webhook_channel', $webhook_channel) }}"{{ Helper::isDemoMode() ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
 
                                 {!! $errors->first('webhook_channel', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true">:message</span>') !!}
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
-                        @if (!app('demo_mode'))
+                        @if (Helper::isDemoMode())
                             @include('partials.forms.demo-mode')
                         @endif
 
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@
                                 {{ Form::label('webhook_botname', trans('admin/settings/general.webhook_botname',['app' => $webhook_name ])) }}
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-md-9">
-                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_botname" class='form-control' placeholder="Snipe-Bot" {{ old('webhook_botname', $webhook_botname)}}{{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
+                                    <input type="text" wire:model="webhook_botname" class='form-control' placeholder="Snipe-Bot" {{ old('webhook_botname', $webhook_botname)}}{{ Helper::isDemoMode() ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
                                 {!! $errors->first('webhook_botname', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true">:message</span>') !!}
                             </div><!--col-md-10-->
                         </div>
 
-                        @if (app('demo_mode'))
+                        @if (!Helper::isDemoMode())
                             @include('partials.forms.demo-mode')
                         @endif
 
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@
 
                 <div class="box-footer">
                     <div class="text-right col-md-12">
-                        
+
                         <button type="reset" wire:click.prevent="clearSettings" class="col-md-2 text-left btn btn-danger pull-left">{{ trans('general.clear_and_save') }}</button>
 
                         <a class="btn btn-link pull-left" href="{{ route('settings.index') }}">{{ trans('button.cancel') }}</a>
 
 
-                        <button type="submit" {{$isDisabled}} class="btn btn-primary"{{ app('demo_mode') ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
+                        <button type="submit" {{$isDisabled}} class="btn btn-primary"{{ Helper::isDemoMode() ? ' disabled' : ''}}>
                         <i class="fas fa-check icon-white" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ $save_button }}</button>
 
                     </div> <!-- /.col-md-12 -->