diff --git a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/models/logging_settings.py b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/models/logging_settings.py
index 13ef49ccbb3..5f09c556bed 100644
--- a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/models/logging_settings.py
+++ b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/models/logging_settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
+from openbb_core.app.logs.utils.system_utils import get_branch
 
 from openbb_core.app.logs.utils.utils import get_app_id, get_log_dir, get_session_id
 from openbb_core.app.model.system_settings import SystemSettings
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class LoggingSettings:
 
         # System
         self.commit_hash: Optional[str] = system_settings.logging_commit_hash
-        self.branch: Optional[str] = system_settings.logging_branch
+        self.branch: Optional[str] = get_branch(self.commit_hash) if self.commit_hash else None
         self.app_name: str = system_settings.logging_app_name
         self.app_id: str = get_app_id(user_data_directory)
         self.session_id: str = get_session_id()
diff --git a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/utils/system_utils.py b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/utils/system_utils.py
index 061986bdade..d2baabfaf56 100644
--- a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/utils/system_utils.py
+++ b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/logs/utils/system_utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GITHUB_PROJECT_URL = (
 
 UNKNOWN_COMMIT_PLACEHOLDER = "unknown-commit"
 UNKNOWN_BRANCH_PLACEHOLDER = "unknown-branch"
-REPOSITORY_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
+REPOSITORY_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
 
 
 def get_commit_hash() -> str:
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ def get_commit_hash() -> str:
 def get_branch(commit_hash: str, request_timeout: int = 5) -> str:
     """Get Branch Name"""
 
+    if commit_hash == UNKNOWN_COMMIT_PLACEHOLDER:
+        return UNKNOWN_BRANCH_PLACEHOLDER
+
     def get_branch_commit_hash(branch: str) -> str:
         response = requests.get(
             f"{GITHUB_PROJECT_URL}/{branch}", timeout=request_timeout
diff --git a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/model/system_settings.py b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/model/system_settings.py
index b883a7d191b..f18adc2de5f 100644
--- a/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/model/system_settings.py
+++ b/openbb_sdk/sdk/core/openbb_core/app/model/system_settings.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class SystemSettings(Tagged):
     # Logging section
     logging_app_name: str = FrozenField(default="gst")
     logging_commit_hash: Optional[str] = FrozenField(default=None)
-    logging_branch: Optional[str] = FrozenField(default=None)
     logging_frequency: Literal["D", "H", "M", "S"] = FrozenField(default="H")
     logging_handlers: List[str] = FrozenField(default_factory=lambda: ["file"])
     logging_rolling_clock: bool = FrozenField(default=False)
@@ -73,14 +72,6 @@ class SystemSettings(Tagged):
         with open(path, mode="w") as file:
             json.dump({}, file)
 
-    # TODO: Allow setting debug mode from environment variable
-    # @root_validator(allow_reuse=True)
-    # @classmethod
-    # def validate_debug_mode(cls, values):
-    #     dm = os.getenv("DEBUG_MODE", "").lower() in ["true", "1"]
-    #     values["debug_mode"] = bool(values["debug_mode"] or dm)
-    #     return values
-
     @root_validator(allow_reuse=True)
     @classmethod
     def create_openbb_directory(cls, values):
@@ -122,14 +113,3 @@ class SystemSettings(Tagged):
     @classmethod
     def validate_commit_hash(cls, v):
         return v or get_commit_hash()
-
-    @root_validator(allow_reuse=True)
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_branch(cls, values):
-        branch = values["logging_branch"]
-        commit_hash = values["logging_commit_hash"]
-
-        if not branch and commit_hash:
-            values["logging_branch"] = get_branch(commit_hash)
-
-        return values