diff --git a/helpers/app_settings.py b/helpers/app_settings.py
index b019f92..8d3fd57 100644
--- a/helpers/app_settings.py
+++ b/helpers/app_settings.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ from typing import Dict
 import yaml
 
 
-@dataclass
-class GeneralConfig:
-    run_mode: str
-
-
 @dataclass
 class DataSetConfig:
     num_slices: int
@@ -54,7 +49,6 @@ class AppSettings:
             config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
         # Parse the loaded YAML into dataclass objects
-        self.general = GeneralConfig(**config_data["general"])
         self.dataset = DataSetConfig(**config_data["dataset"])
         self.training = TrainingConfig(**config_data["training"])
         self.app = AppConfig(**config_data["app"])