diff --git a/functions/src/add_project_file_on_storage_upload.ts b/functions/src/add_project_file_on_storage_upload.ts
index a4b1c836..5188680a 100644
--- a/functions/src/add_project_file_on_storage_upload.ts
+++ b/functions/src/add_project_file_on_storage_upload.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { onObjectFinalized } from "firebase-functions/v2/storage";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp(); // ensure this is done somewhere in your setup
+initializeApp(); // ensure this is done somewhere in your setup
 const log = makeLogger("addProjectFileOnStorageUpload");
 const newTimestamp = admin.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp();
 
diff --git a/functions/src/delete_user.ts b/functions/src/delete_user.ts
index 36b1a6eb..61a509de 100644
--- a/functions/src/delete_user.ts
+++ b/functions/src/delete_user.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import functions from "firebase-functions/v1";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
 const log = makeLogger("deleteUser");
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 
 const deleteUserDocument = async (
     user: admin.auth.UserRecord
diff --git a/functions/src/followers_counter.ts b/functions/src/followers_counter.ts
index a687119d..0fcfcc98 100644
--- a/functions/src/followers_counter.ts
+++ b/functions/src/followers_counter.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { onDocumentWritten } from "firebase-functions/v2/firestore";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 const log = makeLogger("followersCounter");
 
 export const followersCounter = onDocumentWritten(
diff --git a/functions/src/following_counter.ts b/functions/src/following_counter.ts
index 1b1bbd06..2757200c 100644
--- a/functions/src/following_counter.ts
+++ b/functions/src/following_counter.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { onDocumentWritten } from "firebase-functions/v2/firestore";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 const log = makeLogger("followersCounter");
 
 export const followingCounter = onDocumentWritten(
diff --git a/functions/src/host.ts b/functions/src/host.ts
index ab4f5d57..98ede3bc 100644
--- a/functions/src/host.ts
+++ b/functions/src/host.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { onRequest } from "firebase-functions/v2/https";
 import { isbot } from "isbot";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import * as R from "ramda";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 
 function printTree(dirPath: string, indent = "") {
     const files = fs.readdirSync(dirPath);
diff --git a/functions/src/new_user.ts b/functions/src/new_user.ts
index 81bbf34f..9bd4859a 100644
--- a/functions/src/new_user.ts
+++ b/functions/src/new_user.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { WriteResult } from "@google-cloud/firestore";
 import { Timestamp } from "firebase-admin/firestore";
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import functions from "firebase-functions/v1";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 const log = makeLogger("newUser");
 
 async function createProfileDocument(
diff --git a/functions/src/project_file_storage_delete.ts b/functions/src/project_file_storage_delete.ts
index 0f07a892..2e1738fb 100644
--- a/functions/src/project_file_storage_delete.ts
+++ b/functions/src/project_file_storage_delete.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { onDocumentDeleted } from "firebase-functions/v2/firestore";
 import { config } from "firebase-functions/v1";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 const log = makeLogger("projectFileStorageDelete");
 
 async function projectFileStorageDelete(binaryUrl: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/functions/src/projects_counter.ts b/functions/src/projects_counter.ts
index a43fa847..aeefabb0 100644
--- a/functions/src/projects_counter.ts
+++ b/functions/src/projects_counter.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import * as admin from "firebase-admin";
+import admin from "firebase-admin";
+import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
 import { FieldValue } from "firebase-admin/firestore";
 import { onDocumentWritten } from "firebase-functions/v2/firestore";
 import { makeLogger } from "./logger.js";
 
-admin.initializeApp();
+initializeApp();
 const log = makeLogger("projectsCounter");
 
 export const projectsCounter = onDocumentWritten(