diff --git a/.github/workflows/assigned-issues-inprogress.yml b/.github/workflows/assigned-issues-inprogress.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 67de8d7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/assigned-issues-inprogress.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-name: Run project automation tasks
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [assigned]
-
-jobs:
-  issues-inprogress:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: alex-page/github-project-automation-plus@v0.2.4
-      with:
-        project: v1.0
-        column: In progress
-        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/app/includes/app_functions.php b/app/includes/app_functions.php
index e6f306f..6b24d39 100644
--- a/app/includes/app_functions.php
+++ b/app/includes/app_functions.php
@@ -68,26 +68,23 @@
   }
 
   function get_open_subscribed_requests($db) {
-    $subbed_reqs_arr = array();
     $requests = array();
-    $sub_tickets_stmt = "SELECT ticket_uuid FROM ticket_subscribers WHERE user_uuid=:uuid";
-    $sub_tickets_sql = $db->prepare($sub_tickets_stmt);
-    $sub_tickets_sql->bindParam(':uuid', $_SESSION['uuid']);
-    $sub_tickets_sql->execute();
-    $sub_tickets_sql->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-    $sub_tickets_result = $sub_tickets_sql->fetchAll();
-    foreach ($sub_tickets_result as $tkt) {
-      array_push($subbed_reqs_arr, $tkt['ticket_uuid']);
+    $all_subs = get_subscribed_requests($db);
+    foreach ($all_subs as $sub) {
+      if ($sub['status'] != 'Closed') {
+        array_push($requests, $sub);
+      }
     }
-    $subbed_reqs = implode(",", $subbed_reqs_arr);
-    $stmt = "SELECT * FROM tickets WHERE uuid IN :uuid";
-    $sql = $db->prepare($stmt);
-    $sql->bindParam(':uuid', $subbed_reqs);
-    $sql->execute();
-    $sql->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-    $result = $sql->fetchAll();
-    foreach ($result as $sub) {
-      array_push($requests, $sub)
+    return $requests;
+  }
+
+  function get_closed_subscribed_requests($db) {
+    $requests = array();
+    $all_subs = get_subscribed_requests($db);
+    foreach ($all_subs as $sub) {
+      if ($sub['status'] == 'Closed') {
+        array_push($requests, $sub);
+      }
     }
     return $requests;
   }