diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
index b95e5429371ee5b3b1ddad7458997e5ac1a0ce3c..6f93f982072752c3e4ac72704a7ced3ebc78b4d4 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/algorithms.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import base64
 from datetime import datetime
 from django.db.models import Q, Sum
 import logging
-from .common import timeit, get_summary_flavour, SummaryFlavour
+from .common import get_summary_flavour, SummaryFlavour
 from django.urls import reverse
 from ..models import Task, LogEntry, Workflow, Configuration
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ DJANGO_TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@timeit
 def get_size(status_list, type):
     """
     aggregate the sizes of all task with a status in the list
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ def get_size(status_list, type):
     return sum_value
 
 
-@timeit
 def get_min_start_and_max_end_time(sas_id):
     """
     Retrieve the minimum start time en maximum end time of a set of taskids (sas_id)
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/common.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/common.py
index 0de7f32332a7afac48ab2b3e281daddb363b48ee..efba7f128473dda0c75831ee50819fa195e7c7ad 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/services/common.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/services/common.py
@@ -54,21 +54,6 @@ class AggregationStrategy(Enum):
     COLLECT_H5 = "collect_h5"
 
 
-# this is a decorator that can be put in front (around) a function all to measure its execution time
-def timeit(method):
-    def timed(*args, **kw):
-        ts = time.time()
-        result = method(*args, **kw)
-        te = time.time()
-        if 'log_time' in kw:
-            name = kw.get('log_name', method.__name__.upper())
-            kw['log_time'][name] = int((te - ts) * 1000)
-        else:
-            print('execution time: %r  %2.2f ms' % \
-                  (method.__name__, (te - ts) * 1000))
-        return result
-    return timed
-
 def get_summary_flavour(task):
     """
     not every workflow has the same summary structure
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
index 146d5ea8ce27e3cff83433d57d26dc76fc26df7a..1aa3b26ba6397429ba8b606b0607c82fb5107bc0 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/templates/taskdatabase/index.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             {% include 'taskdatabase/pagination.html' %}
         </div>
     </div>
-    <p class="footer"> Version 22 Jul 2024
+    <p class="footer"> Version 23 Jul 2024
 </div>
 
 {% include 'taskdatabase/refresh.html' %}