diff --git a/apps/rooms/basic_motion.py b/apps/rooms/basic_motion.py
index 17dace8..4fed4be 100755
--- a/apps/rooms/basic_motion.py
+++ b/apps/rooms/basic_motion.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
         self.sync_state()
         self.run_daily(callback=self.refresh_state_times, start='00:00:00')
 
+        self.app_entities = self.gather_app_entities()
+
         if (button := self.args.get('button')):
             if not isinstance(button, list):
                 button = [button]
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
         return states
 
     def current_state(self, time: time = None):
-        if self.sleeping_active:
+        if self.sleep_bool:
             if (state := self.args.get('sleep_state')):
                 return state
         else:
@@ -155,8 +157,9 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
     def current_scene(self, time: time = None):
         return self.current_state(time=time)['scene']
 
-    @property
-    def app_entities(self):
+    def gather_app_entities(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Returns a list of all the entities involved in any of the states
+        """
         def gen():
             for settings in deepcopy(self.args['scene']):
                 # dt = self.parse_time(settings.pop('time'))
@@ -196,17 +199,13 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
         except Exception:
             return timedelta()
 
-    @property
-    def sleeping_active(self) -> bool:
-        if 'sleep' in self.args:
-            return self.get_state(self.args['sleep']) == 'on'
-        else:
-            return False
-
     @property
     def sleep_bool(self) -> bool:
         if (sleep_var := self.args.get('sleep')):
             return self.get_state(sleep_var) == 'on'
+        else:
+            # self.log('WARNING')
+            return False
 
     @sleep_bool.setter
     def sleep_bool(self, val) -> bool:
@@ -284,23 +283,11 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
             self.log(f'Turned on scene: {scene}')
 
         elif isinstance(scene, dict):
+            # makes setting the state to 'on' optional in the yaml definition
             for entity, settings in scene.items():
                 if 'state' not in settings:
                     scene[entity]['state'] = 'on'
 
-            daylights = [
-                (entity, settings['state'])
-                for entity, settings in scene.items()
-                if isinstance(settings['state'], str) and settings['state'].startswith('daylight')
-            ]
-
-            for entity, app_name in daylights:
-                # risky:
-                scene.pop(entity)
-                app: Continuous = self.get_app(app_name)
-                self.log(f'Adjusting with app...')
-                app.adjust()
-
             self.call_service('scene/apply', entities=scene, transition=0)
             self.log(f'Applied scene: {scene}')
 
@@ -330,6 +317,10 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
             self.log(f'Turned off {entity}')
 
     def refresh_state_times(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Resets the `self.states` attribute to a newly parsed version of the states.
+
+        Parsed states have an absolute time for a certain day. 
+        """
         # re-parse the state strings into times for the current day
         self.states = self.parse_states()
 
@@ -352,9 +343,6 @@ class MotionLight(Hass):
             if self.entity_state:
                 self.deactivate()
             else:
-                # use this instead of self.activate() to avoid it being called again by the state change event
-                # ^ no longer relevant with self.activate() commented out in self.callback_light_on()
-                # self.entity_state = True
                 self.activate()
 
         # event 1001 is a long press start