diff --git a/crates/client/src/user.rs b/crates/client/src/user.rs
index 98ca06e1fcfe624d50634d62b7931de6a8bfc437..01fd1773c41d466531870c013b839d57866d8695 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/user.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/user.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use postage::{sink::Sink, watch};
 use rpc::proto::{RequestMessage, UsersResponse};
 use settings::Settings;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
-use util::{paths::StaffMode, TryFutureExt as _};
+use util::{StaffMode, TryFutureExt as _};
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
 pub struct User {
@@ -149,11 +149,16 @@ impl UserStore {
                                 );
 
                                 cx.update(|cx| {
-                                    cx.set_global(
-                                        info.as_ref()
-                                            .map(|info| StaffMode(info.staff))
-                                            .unwrap_or(StaffMode(false)),
-                                    );
+                                    cx.update_default_global(|staff_mode: &mut StaffMode, _| {
+                                        if !staff_mode.0 {
+                                            *staff_mode = StaffMode(
+                                                info.as_ref()
+                                                    .map(|info| info.staff)
+                                                    .unwrap_or_default(),
+                                            )
+                                        }
+                                        ()
+                                    });
                                 });
 
                                 current_user_tx.send(user).await.ok();
diff --git a/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs b/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
index ad22baf8b925d4599537ea1c4906ab57ce2ac9eb..d999730a0d8b7abe21c0d9b39bfc3a9fb4ca49ca 100644
--- a/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
+++ b/crates/theme_selector/src/theme_selector.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use picker::{Picker, PickerDelegate};
 use settings::{settings_file::SettingsFile, Settings};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use theme::{Theme, ThemeMeta, ThemeRegistry};
-use util::paths::StaffMode;
+use util::StaffMode;
 use workspace::{AppState, Workspace};
 
 pub struct ThemeSelector {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl ThemeSelector {
         let original_theme = settings.theme.clone();
 
         let mut theme_names = registry
-            .list(**cx.try_global::<StaffMode>().unwrap_or(&StaffMode(false)))
+            .list(**cx.default_global::<StaffMode>())
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         theme_names.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
             a.is_light
diff --git a/crates/util/src/lib.rs b/crates/util/src/lib.rs
index e79cc269c9068a85fefe920ddecaf0c937a015d7..8cdbfc6438023f38b76b168a10ab95652590b689 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ use std::{
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct StaffMode(pub bool);
+
+impl std::ops::Deref for StaffMode {
+    type Target = bool;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! debug_panic {
     ( $($fmt_arg:tt)* ) => {
diff --git a/crates/util/src/paths.rs b/crates/util/src/paths.rs
index 94af0aa75dba6d9d60fce2fccf27665cdaf76068..8698d6891e18e7e3e960a210ec7b3f23e308da72 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/paths.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/paths.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
-use std::{ops::Deref, path::PathBuf};
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct StaffMode(pub bool);
-
-impl Deref for StaffMode {
-    type Target = bool;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.0
-    }
-}
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 lazy_static::lazy_static! {
     pub static ref HOME: PathBuf = dirs::home_dir().expect("failed to determine home directory");
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 4cef2c07758c1930483ffd72c522decf9f7081d5..98d2aa879f422e5b60f0d0489a08f372dc14e67c 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,7 @@ use terminal_view::{get_working_directory, TerminalView};
 use fs::RealFs;
 use settings::watched_json::{watch_keymap_file, watch_settings_file, WatchedJsonFile};
 use theme::ThemeRegistry;
-use util::{
-    channel::RELEASE_CHANNEL,
-    paths::{self, StaffMode},
-    ResultExt, TryFutureExt,
-};
+use util::{channel::RELEASE_CHANNEL, paths, ResultExt, StaffMode, TryFutureExt};
 use workspace::{
     self, item::ItemHandle, notifications::NotifyResultExt, AppState, NewFile, OpenPaths, Workspace,
 };
@@ -109,8 +105,6 @@ fn main() {
     app.run(move |cx| {
         cx.set_global(*RELEASE_CHANNEL);
 
-        #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-        cx.set_global(StaffMode(false));
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         cx.set_global(StaffMode(true));
 
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
index d1ec3f245150c950afe7606027456150ec31eb36..fc7f96a384b348ebb1844c52d01bbab5ad37a3d5 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::to_string_pretty;
 use settings::{keymap_file_json_schema, settings_file_json_schema, Settings};
 use std::{borrow::Cow, env, path::Path, str, sync::Arc};
-use util::{
-    channel::ReleaseChannel,
-    paths::{self, StaffMode},
-    ResultExt,
-};
+use util::{channel::ReleaseChannel, paths, ResultExt, StaffMode};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 pub use workspace;
 use workspace::{sidebar::SidebarSide, AppState, Workspace};
@@ -303,7 +299,7 @@ pub fn initialize_workspace(
 
     let theme_names = app_state
         .themes
-        .list(**cx.try_global::<StaffMode>().unwrap_or(&StaffMode(false)))
+        .list(**cx.default_global::<StaffMode>())
         .map(|meta| meta.name)
         .collect();
     let language_names = app_state.languages.language_names();