diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 3c78bf58ca..d83c9c77da 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const config = {
           singleline: { delimiter: 'semi', requireLast: false }
         }],
         '@stylistic/array-bracket-spacing': ['error', 'always', { singleValue: false }],
-        '@stylistic/object-curly-spacing': ['error', 'always', { arraysInObjects: false, objectsInObjects: false }],
+        '@stylistic/object-curly-spacing': 'off',
         '@stylistic/new-parens': ['error', 'never'],
         '@stylistic/quote-props': [ 'error', 'as-needed' ],
         '@stylistic/arrow-parens': [ 'error', 'as-needed' ],
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6306103653..36535d4e82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        cache: pip
+    - name: install python packages
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: install node
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
@@ -43,15 +49,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.npm
-          ~/.nocache/pip
-          ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{
-          hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
-    - name: install python packages
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json')
+          }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
     - name: install node packages
       run: npm install
 
@@ -130,6 +129,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        cache: pip
+    - name: install python packages
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: Cache python/node dependencies
       id: cache
       uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -138,15 +143,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.npm
-          ~/.nocache/pip
-          ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{
-          hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
-    - name: install python packages
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json')
+          }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
 
     - name: install ${{ matrix.client }}
       run: |
@@ -221,6 +219,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        cache: pip
+    - name: install python packages
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: install node
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
@@ -233,15 +237,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: |
           ~/.npm
-          ~/.nocache/pip
-          ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{
-          hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
-    - name: install python packages
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json')
+          }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
     - name: install node packages
       run: npm install
 
@@ -274,6 +271,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+        cache: pip
+    - name: install python packages
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install packaging xvfbwrapper
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: fetch test artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/src/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/src/ci.yaml
index a3daf976d3..f0bd045ccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/src/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/src/ci.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ _anchors:
     uses: actions/setup-python@v5
     with:
       python-version: '3.10'
+      cache: 'pip'
   install_node: &install_node
     name: install node
     uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -29,9 +30,7 @@ _anchors:
     with:
       path: |
         ~/.npm
-        ~/.nocache/pip
-        ${{ env.pythonLocation }}
-      key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.pythonLocation }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}-${{ hashFiles('requirements.txt') }}
   install_python_packages: &install_python_packages
     name: install python packages
     run: |
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       if: github.event.head_commit.message == env.version && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
 
     - *install_python
+    - *install_python_packages
     - *install_node
     - *cache
-    - *install_python_packages
     - *install_node_packages
     - name: set slow/legacy/beta flags
       run: ./util/action-flags
@@ -133,8 +132,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: build-artifacts
     - *install_python
-    - *cache
     - *install_python_packages
+    - *cache
 
     - name: install ${{ matrix.client }}
       run: |
@@ -200,9 +199,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: build-artifacts
     - *install_python
+    - *install_python_packages
     - *install_node
     - *cache
-    - *install_python_packages
     - *install_node_packages
 
     - run: npm run release
@@ -230,6 +229,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - *install_python
+    - *install_python_packages
     - name: fetch test artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/content/ZoteroPane.ts b/content/ZoteroPane.ts
index 026fc99590..059063bd35 100644
--- a/content/ZoteroPane.ts
+++ b/content/ZoteroPane.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ZoteroPane {
         const items = zp.getSelectedItems()
         toClipboard(await Translators.queueJob({
           translatorID,
-          displayOptions: {},
+          displayOptions: { worker: true },
           scope: { type: 'items', items },
         }))
       }
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class ZoteroPane {
       try {
         return await Translators.queueJob({
           translatorID: Translators.bySlug.BetterBibTeXJSON.translatorID,
-          displayOptions: { exportNotes: true, dropAttachments: true, Normalize: true },
+          displayOptions: { worker: true, exportNotes: true, dropAttachments: true, Normalize: true },
           scope,
           timeout: 40,
         })
diff --git a/content/auto-export.ts b/content/auto-export.ts
index 9de50598c0..25827941c4 100644
--- a/content/auto-export.ts
+++ b/content/auto-export.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ const queue = new class TaskQueue {
         useJournalAbbreviation: ae.useJournalAbbreviation,
         biblatexAPA: ae.biblatexAPA || false,
         biblatexChicago: ae.biblatexChicago || false,
+        worker: true,
       }
 
       const jobs: ExportJob[] = [{
diff --git a/content/better-bibtex.ts b/content/better-bibtex.ts
index f3abc579bb..30bb66a311 100644
--- a/content/better-bibtex.ts
+++ b/content/better-bibtex.ts
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ $Patcher$.schedule(Zotero.Translate.Export.prototype, 'translate', original => f
   if (useWorker) {
     return Translators.queueJob({
       translatorID,
-      displayOptions,
+      displayOptions: {...displayOptions, worker: true},
       translate: this,
       scope: { ...this._export, getter: this._itemGetter },
       path: this.location?.path,
diff --git a/content/cayw/formatter.ts b/content/cayw/formatter.ts
index 94efe3b3b8..a52bfe271a 100644
--- a/content/cayw/formatter.ts
+++ b/content/cayw/formatter.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ export const Formatter = new class { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/n
     const displayOptions = {
       exportNotes: [ 'yes', 'y', 'true' ].includes((options.exportNotes || '').toLowerCase()),
       useJournalAbbreviation: [ 'yes', 'y', 'true' ].includes((options.useJournalAbbreviation || '').toLowerCase()),
+      worker: !options.worker || [ 'yes', 'y', 'true' ].includes((options.worker || '').toLowerCase()),
     }
 
     return await Translators.queueJob({ translatorID, displayOptions, scope: { type: 'items', items }})
diff --git a/content/json-rpc.ts b/content/json-rpc.ts
index 7193337698..f6375a5e7b 100644
--- a/content/json-rpc.ts
+++ b/content/json-rpc.ts
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class NSItem {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
     return await Translators.queueJob({
       translatorID: Translators.getTranslatorId(translator),
-      displayOptions: {},
+      displayOptions: { worker: true },
       scope: { type: 'items', items: await getItemsAsync(found.map(key => key.itemID)) }, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
     })
   }
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class NSItem {
       // I need the cleanup BCJ does
       const csl = JSON.parse(await Translators.queueJob({
         translatorID: Translators.getTranslatorId('Better CSL JSON'),
-        displayOptions: { custom: true },
+        displayOptions: { worker: true, custom: true },
         scope: { type: 'items', items },
       }))
 
diff --git a/content/logger.ts b/content/logger.ts
index 76f97bacd6..57a7fd235a 100644
--- a/content/logger.ts
+++ b/content/logger.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ function to_s(obj: any): string {
   return JSON.stringify(obj, replacer(), 2)
 }
 
-export function format(...msg): void {
-  msg.map(to_s).join(' ')
+export function format(...msg): string {
+  return msg.map(to_s).join(' ')
 }
 
 export const log = new class {
diff --git a/content/translators.ts b/content/translators.ts
index e7bd2c6cc6..cbb44a6acf 100644
--- a/content/translators.ts
+++ b/content/translators.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Shim } from './os'
 import * as client from './client'
 const $OS = client.is7 ? Shim : OS
 import merge from 'lodash.merge'
+import { pick } from './object'
 import { Cache } from './db/cache'
 import { Serializer } from './item-export-format'
 
@@ -224,25 +225,14 @@ export const Translators = new class { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint
   }
 
   public async queueJob(job: ExportJob): Promise<string> {
-    return await this.queue.add(async () => {
-      const translator = this.byId[job.translatorID]
-      const displayOptions = this.displayOptions(job.translatorID, job.displayOptions)
-      if (typeof translator?.displayOptions.worker === 'boolean' && displayOptions.worker) {
-        return await this.exportItemsByWorker(job)
-      }
-      else {
-        return await this.exportItems(job)
-      }
-    })
+    return await this.queue.add(() => this.exportItems(job))
   }
 
   private async exportItemsByWorker(job: ExportJob): Promise<string> {
-    // trace('exportItemsByWorker: requested')
     if (job.path && job.canceled) return ''
     await Zotero.BetterBibTeX.ready
     if (job.path && job.canceled) return ''
 
-    // trace('exportItemsByWorker: preparing')
     const displayOptions = {
       ...this.displayOptions(job.translatorID, job.displayOptions),
       exportPath: job.path || undefined,
@@ -372,9 +362,7 @@ export const Translators = new class { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint
         },
       })
 
-      // trace('exportItemsByWorker: starting cache completion')
       await Cache.ZoteroSerialized.fill(items, this.serializer)
-      // trace('exportItemsByWorker: cache completion completed')
 
       config.data.items = items.map(item => item.id)
       prepare.update()
@@ -391,7 +379,6 @@ export const Translators = new class { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint
 
       prepare.done()
 
-      // trace('exportItemsByWorker: prepare finished')
       this.worker.postMessage({ kind: 'start', config })
 
       if (typeof job.timeout === 'number') {
@@ -413,13 +400,15 @@ export const Translators = new class { // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint
   }
 
   public displayOptions(translatorID: string, displayOptions: any): any {
-    return merge({}, this.byId[translatorID]?.displayOptions || {}, displayOptions)
+    const defaults = this.byId[translatorID]?.displayOptions || {}
+    return pick(merge({}, defaults, displayOptions), Object.keys(defaults))
   }
 
-  private async exportItems(job: ExportJob): Promise<string> {
+  public async exportItems(job: ExportJob): Promise<string> {
     await Zotero.BetterBibTeX.ready
 
     const displayOptions = this.displayOptions(job.translatorID, job.displayOptions)
+    if (displayOptions.worker) return await this.exportItemsByWorker(job)
 
     const translation = new Zotero.Translate.Export
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 379b996c4d..e7e3118732 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "zotero-better-bibtex",
-  "version": "6.7.257",
+  "version": "6.7.258",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "zotero-better-bibtex",
-      "version": "6.7.257",
+      "version": "6.7.258",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@artsy/to-title-case": "^1.1.0",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         "@retorquere/zotero-sync": "^1.0.27",
         "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^2.11.0",
         "@types/bluebird": "^3.5.42",
-        "@types/node": "^22.10.0",
+        "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
         "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.9.5",
         "ajv-keywords": "^5.1.0",
         "archiver": "^7.0.1",
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         "string-template": "^1.0.0",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
         "tslib": "^2.8.1",
-        "typedoc": "^0.27.0",
+        "typedoc": "^0.27.1",
         "typescript": "^5.7.2",
         "unicode-11.0.0": "^0.7.8",
         "unicode2latex": "^6.0.6",
@@ -5468,9 +5468,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "22.10.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.10.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XC70cRZVElFHfIUB40FgZOBbgJYFKKMa5nb9lxcwYstFG/Mi+/Y0bGS+rs6Dmhmkpq4pnNiLiuZAbc02YCOnmA==",
+      "version": "22.10.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.10.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qKgsUwfHZV2WCWLAnVP1JqnpE6Im6h3Y0+fYgMTasNQ7V++CBX5OT1as0g0f+OyubbFqhf6XVNIsmN4IIhEgGQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "undici-types": "~6.20.0"
@@ -19979,9 +19979,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/typedoc": {
-      "version": "0.27.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc/-/typedoc-0.27.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7AkTJhFdhsihthaBFHNpj5iFdLyR7FpQqXM+IABJmE1/qTjWypirCLrheToUP3fjpWHN1Drn3K7PWH1t37KvNQ==",
+      "version": "0.27.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedoc/-/typedoc-0.27.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cbFtNFpkCtHAHRvMnCDdtM2+xhO2uiJAcw4ooLmVMuaY9yLJswKvi6wOwPZgTnKKnm/HKpO/Ub6DVk4KRf/vRg==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a21a0c686d..a949d10b1f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zotero-better-bibtex",
-  "version": "6.7.257",
+  "version": "6.7.258",
   "description": "Make Zotero useful for us LaTeX holdouts.",
   "homepage": "https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex",
   "license": "ISC",
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     "@retorquere/zotero-sync": "^1.0.27",
     "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^2.11.0",
     "@types/bluebird": "^3.5.42",
-    "@types/node": "^22.10.0",
+    "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
     "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.9.5",
     "ajv-keywords": "^5.1.0",
     "archiver": "^7.0.1",
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     "string-template": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "tslib": "^2.8.1",
-    "typedoc": "^0.27.0",
+    "typedoc": "^0.27.1",
     "typescript": "^5.7.2",
     "unicode-11.0.0": "^0.7.8",
     "unicode2latex": "^6.0.6",
diff --git a/setup/setup.py b/setup/setup.py
index 436fa30718..bccf653cf8 100755
--- a/setup/setup.py
+++ b/setup/setup.py
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 import unicode
 
 import shutil
-shutil.copyfile('submodules/zotero/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs', 'gen/osfile.js')
+with open('submodules/zotero/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs') as i, open('gen/osfile.js', 'w') as o:
+  o.write(''.join([line for line in i.readlines() if 'Cu.reportError' not in line]))
diff --git a/submodules/zotero b/submodules/zotero
index bacb60a103..c9c373854c 160000
--- a/submodules/zotero
+++ b/submodules/zotero
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bacb60a10392f7c313b5338f44644cf15ba5bc6d
+Subproject commit c9c373854c3122ed1f264314c9223600ae5c777a