diff --git a/esbuild.config.mjs b/esbuild.config.mjs
index 1f05f98..4842e07 100644
--- a/esbuild.config.mjs
+++ b/esbuild.config.mjs
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ const context = await esbuild.context({
     target: "es2022",
     logLevel: "info",
     sourcemap: prod ? false : "inline",
-    // minify: prod,
-    // minifySyntax: prod, // Enable syntax minification in production
-    // minifyWhitespace: prod, // Disable whitespace minification
-    // minifyIdentifiers: prod, // Disable identifier minification
+    minify: prod,
+    minifySyntax: prod, // Enable syntax minification in production
+    minifyWhitespace: prod, // Disable whitespace minification
+    minifyIdentifiers: prod, // Disable identifier minification
     outdir,
     define: {
         "process.env.NODE_ENV": JSON.stringify(prod ? "production" : "development"),
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 57764fb..bca23d5 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "plugins-annotations",
 	"name": "Plugins Annotations",
-	"version": "1.7.4",
+	"version": "1.7.5",
 	"minAppVersion": "1.5.0",
 	"description": "Allows adding personal comments to each installed plugin.",
 	"author": "Andrea Alberti",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 18fa507..156b085 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ export default class PluginsAnnotations extends Plugin {
         
         // Patch openTab to detect when a tab is opened
         const removeMonkeyPatchForSetting = around(this.app.setting, {
+            // Important: keep openTab as regular function and do not make it async because
+            // it would break its contract with the other parts of Obsidian and other plugins 
             openTab: (next: (tab: SettingTab) => void) => {
                 return function(this: Setting, tab: SettingTab) {
                     if (tab && tab.id === 'community-plugins') {
@@ -405,10 +407,10 @@ export default class PluginsAnnotations extends Plugin {
                             }).catch(err => {
                                 console.error("Error observing community plugins tab: ", err);
                             });
+                            return;
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        next.call(this, tab);
                     }
+                    next.call(this, tab);
                 };
             },
             /*