diff --git a/.github/actions/create-tag-and-github-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-tag-and-github-release/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 21b7d34f6b..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/create-tag-and-github-release/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-name: Tag Repository and Create GitHub Release
-description: Tags the repository and creates a GitHub release
-inputs:
-  prerelease:
-    description: "Whether the release is a prerelease"
-    required: false
-    type: boolean
-    default: true
-  github-token:
-    description: "GitHub token"
-    required: true
-    type: string
-outputs:
-  promoted-tag:
-    description: "Pre-release tag (x.y.z-N) that has been promoted to a release tag (x.y.z)"
-    value: ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.promoted-tag }}
-  tag:
-    description: "Tag that has been added (x.y.z-N for internal, x.y.z for public and hotfixes)"
-    value: ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.tag }}
-  tag-created:
-    description: "Whether the tag has been created"
-    value: ${{ steps.tag-repo.conclusion == 'success' }}
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - id: setup-git
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name "Dax the Duck"
-        git config --global user.email "dax@duckduckgo.com"
-
-    - id: compute-tag
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        version="$(cut -d ' ' -f 3 < Configuration/Version.xcconfig)"
-        build_number="$(cut -d ' ' -f 3 < Configuration/BuildNumber.xcconfig)"
-        if [[ "${{ inputs.prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
-          tag="${version}-${build_number}"
-        else
-          tag="${version}"
-          promoted_tag="${version}-${build_number}"
-          echo "promoted-tag=${promoted_tag}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        fi
-        echo "tag=${tag}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - id: tag-repo
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        git tag ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.tag }}
-        git push origin ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.tag }}
-
-    - id: create-github-release
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
-      run: |
-        latest_release="$(gh api /repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest --jq '.tag_name')"
-        if [[ "${{ inputs.prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
-          gh release create ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.tag }} --generate-notes --prerelease --notes-start-tag ${latest_release}
-        else
-          gh release create ${{ steps.compute-tag.outputs.tag }} --generate-notes --latest --notes-start-tag ${latest_release}
-        fi
diff --git a/Configuration/BuildNumber.xcconfig b/Configuration/BuildNumber.xcconfig
index a8461981c3..49d55eef8d 100644
--- a/Configuration/BuildNumber.xcconfig
+++ b/Configuration/BuildNumber.xcconfig
@@ -1 +1 @@
-CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 267
+CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 268
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/HomePage/View/HomePageView.swift b/DuckDuckGo/HomePage/View/HomePageView.swift
index d48bda0b20..9abdc56ca9 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/HomePage/View/HomePageView.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/HomePage/View/HomePageView.swift
@@ -82,9 +82,16 @@ extension HomePage.Views {
                     .animation(.easeInOut, value: settingsVisibilityModel.isSettingsVisible)
 
                     if !settingsVisibilityModel.isSettingsVisible {
-                        SettingsButtonView(isSettingsVisible: $settingsVisibilityModel.isSettingsVisible)
-                            .padding([.bottom, .trailing], 14)
-                            .fixedColorScheme(for: settingsModel.customBackground)
+                        VStack {
+                            Spacer()
+                            HStack {
+                                Spacer(minLength: Self.targetWidth + (geometry.size.width - Self.targetWidth)/2)
+                                SettingsButtonView(isSettingsVisible: $settingsVisibilityModel.isSettingsVisible)
+                                    .padding([.bottom, .trailing], 14)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        .frame(width: geometry.size.width, height: geometry.size.height)
+                        .fixedColorScheme(for: settingsModel.customBackground)
                     }
                 }
                 .background(
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/TabPreview/TabPreviewWindowController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/TabPreview/TabPreviewWindowController.swift
index c292546db8..b6df9be63d 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/TabPreview/TabPreviewWindowController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/TabPreview/TabPreviewWindowController.swift
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ final class TabPreviewWindowController: NSWindowController {
         if delay {
             // Set up a new timer to hide the preview after 0.05 seconds
             // It makes the transition from one preview to another more fluent
+            hideTimer?.invalidate()
             hideTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 0.05, repeats: false) { _ in
                 removePreview(allowQuickRedisplay: allowQuickRedisplay)
             }