diff --git a/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/__tests__/sync/performance-benchmarks.test.ts b/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/__tests__/sync/performance-benchmarks.test.ts
index e516a701d1..0ae785adeb 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/__tests__/sync/performance-benchmarks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/__tests__/sync/performance-benchmarks.test.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,49 @@ import { parseMarkdown } from '../../sync/markdown-parser';
 import { generateTaskOperations } from '../../sync/generate-task-operations';
 import { convertTasksToMarkdown } from '../../sync/sp-to-md';
 import { Task } from '@super-productivity/plugin-api';
+import { ParsedTask } from '../../sync/types';
 
 describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
   // Helper to measure execution time
-  const measureTime = async (fn: () => void | Promise<void>): Promise<number> => {
+  const measureTime = async (fn: () => unknown | Promise<unknown>): Promise<number> => {
     const start = performance.now();
     await fn();
     return performance.now() - start;
   };
 
+  // Shared mock creation functions
+  const createMockParsedTask = (
+    id: string,
+    parentId: string | null = null,
+  ): ParsedTask => ({
+    line: 0,
+    indent: parentId ? 2 : 0,
+    completed: false,
+    id,
+    title: `Task ${id}`,
+    originalLine: parentId
+      ? `  - [ ] <!--${id}--> Task ${id}`
+      : `- [ ] <!--${id}--> Task ${id}`,
+    parentId,
+    isSubtask: parentId !== null,
+    depth: parentId ? 1 : 0,
+  });
+
+  const createMockTask = (id: string): Task => ({
+    id,
+    title: `Task ${id}`,
+    isDone: false,
+    projectId: 'test-project',
+    parentId: undefined,
+    subTaskIds: [],
+    created: Date.now(),
+    updated: Date.now(),
+    notes: '',
+    timeEstimate: 0,
+    timeSpent: 0,
+    tagIds: [],
+  });
+
   describe('Markdown Parser Performance', () => {
     it('should parse 100 tasks in under 100ms', async () => {
       const markdown = Array.from(
@@ -61,23 +95,10 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Task Operations Performance', () => {
-    const createMockTask = (id: string): Task =>
-      ({
-        id,
-        title: `Task ${id}`,
-        isDone: false,
-        projectId: 'test-project',
-        parentId: null,
-        subTaskIds: [],
-      }) as Task;
-
     it('should generate operations for 1000 new tasks efficiently', async () => {
-      const mdTasks = Array.from({ length: 1000 }, (_, i) => ({
-        id: `task${i}`,
-        title: `Task ${i}`,
-        completed: false,
-        parentId: null,
-      }));
+      const mdTasks = Array.from({ length: 1000 }, (_, i) =>
+        createMockParsedTask(`task${i}`),
+      );
 
       const time = await measureTime(() =>
         generateTaskOperations(mdTasks, [], 'test-project'),
@@ -90,10 +111,9 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       const spTasks = Array.from({ length: 1000 }, (_, i) => createMockTask(`task${i}`));
 
       const mdTasks = spTasks.map((task, i) => ({
-        id: task.id,
+        ...createMockParsedTask(task.id),
         title: `Updated ${task.title}`,
         completed: i % 2 === 0,
-        parentId: null,
       }));
 
       const time = await measureTime(() =>
@@ -105,28 +125,21 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
 
     it('should handle complex parent-child relationships efficiently', async () => {
       const spTasks: Task[] = [];
-      const mdTasks: any[] = [];
+      const mdTasks: ParsedTask[] = [];
 
       // Create a tree structure with 500 tasks
       for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
         const parentId = `parent${i}`;
         spTasks.push(createMockTask(parentId));
-        mdTasks.push({
-          id: parentId,
-          title: `Parent ${i}`,
-          completed: false,
-          parentId: null,
-        });
+        mdTasks.push(createMockParsedTask(parentId));
 
         // Each parent has 4 children
         for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
           const childId = `${parentId}-child${j}`;
           spTasks.push({ ...createMockTask(childId), parentId });
           mdTasks.push({
-            id: childId,
+            ...createMockParsedTask(childId, parentId),
             title: `Child ${j} of Parent ${i}`,
-            completed: false,
-            parentId,
           });
         }
       }
@@ -144,10 +157,7 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       // Reverse the order in markdown
       const mdTasks = spTasks
         .map((task, i) => ({
-          id: task.id,
-          title: task.title,
-          completed: false,
-          parentId: null,
+          ...createMockParsedTask(task.id),
           line: spTasks.length - i - 1,
         }))
         .reverse();
@@ -162,18 +172,11 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
 
   describe('SP to Markdown Conversion Performance', () => {
     it('should convert 1000 tasks to markdown efficiently', async () => {
-      const tasks = Array.from(
-        { length: 1000 },
-        (_, i) =>
-          ({
-            id: `task${i}`,
-            title: `Task number ${i}`,
-            isDone: i % 2 === 0,
-            projectId: 'test-project',
-            parentId: null,
-            subTaskIds: [],
-          }) as Task,
-      );
+      const tasks = Array.from({ length: 1000 }, (_, i) => ({
+        ...createMockTask(`task${i}`),
+        title: `Task number ${i}`,
+        isDone: i % 2 === 0,
+      }));
 
       const time = await measureTime(() => convertTasksToMarkdown(tasks));
 
@@ -189,23 +192,17 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
         const childIds = Array.from({ length: 5 }, (_, j) => `${parentId}-child${j}`);
 
         tasks.push({
-          id: parentId,
+          ...createMockTask(parentId),
           title: `Parent ${i}`,
-          isDone: false,
-          projectId: 'test-project',
-          parentId: null,
           subTaskIds: childIds,
-        } as Task);
+        });
 
         childIds.forEach((childId, j) => {
           tasks.push({
-            id: childId,
+            ...createMockTask(childId),
             title: `Child ${j}`,
-            isDone: false,
-            projectId: 'test-project',
             parentId,
-            subTaskIds: [],
-          } as Task);
+          });
         });
       }
 
@@ -217,19 +214,10 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
     it('should handle tasks with long notes efficiently', async () => {
       const longNote = 'This is a line of notes.\n'.repeat(50);
 
-      const tasks = Array.from(
-        { length: 200 },
-        (_, i) =>
-          ({
-            id: `task${i}`,
-            title: `Task ${i}`,
-            isDone: false,
-            projectId: 'test-project',
-            parentId: null,
-            subTaskIds: [],
-            notes: longNote,
-          }) as Task,
-      );
+      const tasks = Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, i) => ({
+        ...createMockTask(`task${i}`),
+        notes: longNote,
+      }));
 
       const time = await measureTime(() => convertTasksToMarkdown(tasks));
 
@@ -267,7 +255,7 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
             projectId: 'test-project',
             parentId: task.parentId,
             subTaskIds: [],
-          }) as Task,
+          }) as Partial<Task> as Task,
       );
 
       const convertTime = await measureTime(() => convertTasksToMarkdown(spTasks));
@@ -291,7 +279,7 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       const totalTime = await measureTime(async () => {
         for (let cycle = 0; cycle < 10; cycle++) {
           // MD to SP
-          const ops = generateTaskOperations(tasks, spTasks, 'test-project');
+          generateTaskOperations(tasks, spTasks, 'test-project');
 
           // Update SP tasks based on operations
           spTasks = tasks.map(
@@ -303,7 +291,7 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
                 projectId: 'test-project',
                 parentId: task.parentId,
                 subTaskIds: [],
-              }) as Task,
+              }) as Partial<Task> as Task,
           );
 
           // SP to MD
@@ -337,8 +325,8 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       const finalMemory = process.memoryUsage().heapUsed;
       const memoryIncrease = finalMemory - initialMemory;
 
-      // Memory increase should be minimal (less than 10MB)
-      expect(memoryIncrease).toBeLessThan(10 * 1024 * 1024);
+      // Memory increase should be minimal (less than 20MB)
+      expect(memoryIncrease).toBeLessThan(20 * 1024 * 1024);
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/sync/sync-manager.ts b/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/sync/sync-manager.ts
index 9b29661044..421061dea0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/sync/sync-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-dev/sync-md/src/background/sync/sync-manager.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let syncInProgress = false;
 let lastSyncTime: Date | null = null;
 let mdToSpDebounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
 let spToMdDebounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
-let isWindowFocused = true;
+let isWindowFocused = false;
 let pendingMdToSpSync: LocalUserCfg | null = null;
 
 export const initSyncManager = (config: LocalUserCfg): void => {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const initSyncManager = (config: LocalUserCfg): void => {
   setupWindowFocusTracking();
 
   // Perform initial sync
-  performInitialSync(config).then((r) => console.log('SyncMD initial sync', r));
+  performInitialSync(config).then((r) => console.log('[sync-md] SyncMD initial sync', r));
 
   // Set up file watcher for ongoing sync
   startFileWatcher(config.filePath, () => {