diff --git a/app/admin/events.py b/app/admin/events.py
index e5ed7b0b..01cefa55 100644
--- a/app/admin/events.py
+++ b/app/admin/events.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from flask_login import current_user
 from flask_socketio import disconnect, Namespace
 from app import db, hashids
-from app.extensions.flask_socketio_extras import admin_required
+from app.decorators import socketio_admin_required
 from app.models import User
 
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class AdminNamespace(Namespace):
             disconnect()
 
 
-    @admin_required
+    @socketio_admin_required
     def on_set_user_confirmed(self, user_hashid: str, confirmed_value: bool):
         # Decode the user hashid
         user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
diff --git a/app/corpora/cqi_over_sio/__init__.py b/app/corpora/cqi_over_sio/__init__.py
index 90d9719e..25102c94 100644
--- a/app/corpora/cqi_over_sio/__init__.py
+++ b/app/corpora/cqi_over_sio/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from inspect import signature
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional
 from app import db, docker_client, hashids, socketio
-from app.extensions.flask_socketio_extras import login_required
+from app.decorators import socketio_login_required
 from app.models import Corpus, CorpusStatus
 from . import extensions
 
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ CQI_API_FUNCTION_NAMES: List[str] = [
 
 
 class CQiNamespace(Namespace):
-    @login_required
+    @socketio_login_required
     def on_connect(self):
         pass
 
-    @login_required
+    @socketio_login_required
     def on_init(self, db_corpus_hashid: str):
         db_corpus_id: int = hashids.decode(db_corpus_hashid)
         db_corpus: Optional[Corpus] = Corpus.query.get(db_corpus_id)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class CQiNamespace(Namespace):
         }
         return {'code': 200, 'msg': 'OK'}
 
-    @login_required
+    @socketio_login_required
     def on_exec(self, fn_name: str, fn_args: Dict = {}):
         try:
             cqi_client: CQiClient = session['cqi_over_sio']['cqi_client']
diff --git a/app/corpora/events.py b/app/corpora/events.py
index cc0baad1..9a0e3a36 100644
--- a/app/corpora/events.py
+++ b/app/corpora/events.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from flask_login import current_user
 from flask_socketio import join_room
 from app import hashids, socketio
-from app.extensions.flask_socketio_extras import login_required
+from app.decorators import socketio_login_required
 from app.models import Corpus
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /corpora/<corpus_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def get_corpus(corpus_hashid):
     corpus_id = hashids.decode(corpus_hashid)
     corpus = Corpus.query.get(corpus_id)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_corpus(corpus_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /corpora/<corpus_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def subscribe_corpus(corpus_hashid):
     corpus_id = hashids.decode(corpus_hashid)
     corpus = Corpus.query.get(corpus_id)
diff --git a/app/decorators.py b/app/decorators.py
index 5fbd7671..051807ab 100644
--- a/app/decorators.py
+++ b/app/decorators.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-from flask import abort, current_app, request
+from flask import abort, request
 from flask_login import current_user
 from functools import wraps
-from threading import Thread
 from typing import List, Union
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotAcceptable
 from app.models import Permission
@@ -22,22 +21,28 @@ def admin_required(f):
     return permission_required(Permission.ADMINISTRATE)(f)
 
 
-def background(f):
-    '''
-    ' This decorator executes a function in a Thread.
-    ' Decorated functions need to be executed within a code block where an
-    ' app context exists.
-    '
-    ' NOTE: An app object is passed as a keyword argument to the decorated
-    '       function.
-    '''
+def socketio_login_required(f):
     @wraps(f)
-    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-        kwargs['app'] = current_app._get_current_object()
-        thread = Thread(target=f, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
-        thread.start()
-        return thread
-    return wrapped
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if current_user.is_authenticated:
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {'code': 401, 'body': 'Unauthorized'}
+    return wrapper
+
+
+def socketio_permission_required(permission):
+    def decorator(f):
+        @wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            if not current_user.can(permission):
+                return {'code': 403, 'body': 'Forbidden'}
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+
+def socketio_admin_required(f):
+    return socketio_permission_required(Permission.ADMINISTRATE)(f)
 
 
 def content_negotiation(
diff --git a/app/extensions/__init__.py b/app/extensions/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891..00000000
--- a/app/extensions/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/__init__.py b/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 866c0cc9..00000000
--- a/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from .decorators import login_required
-from .decorators import permission_required
-from .decorators import admin_required
diff --git a/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/decorators.py b/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/decorators.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e8d0a05..00000000
--- a/app/extensions/flask_socketio_extras/decorators.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-from flask_login import current_user
-from functools import wraps
-from app.models import Permission as UserPermission
-
-
-def login_required(f):
-    @wraps(f)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        if current_user.is_authenticated:
-            return f(*args, **kwargs)
-        return {'code': 401, 'body': 'Unauthorized'}
-    return wrapper
-
-
-def permission_required(permission):
-    def decorator(f):
-        @wraps(f)
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            if not current_user.can(permission):
-                return {'code': 403, 'body': 'Forbidden'}
-            return f(*args, **kwargs)
-        return wrapper
-    return decorator
-
-
-def admin_required(f):
-    return permission_required(UserPermission.ADMINISTRATE)(f)
diff --git a/app/users/events.py b/app/users/events.py
index e010ce10..8132f818 100644
--- a/app/users/events.py
+++ b/app/users/events.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from flask_login import current_user
 from flask_socketio import join_room, leave_room
 from app import hashids, socketio
-from app.extensions.flask_socketio_extras import login_required
+from app.decorators import socketio_login_required
 from app.models import User
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def get_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.get(user_id)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def get_user(user_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def subscribe_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.get(user_id)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def subscribe_user(user_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('UNSUBSCRIBE /users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def unsubscribe_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.get(user_id)
diff --git a/app/users/nevents.py b/app/users/nevents.py
index de79161c..c67817b8 100644
--- a/app/users/nevents.py
+++ b/app/users/nevents.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from flask_login import current_user
 from flask_socketio import join_room
 from app import hashids, socketio
-from app.extensions.flask_socketio_extras import admin_required, login_required
+from app.decorators import socketio_admin_required, socketio_login_required
 from app.models import User
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /users')
-@admin_required
+@socketio_admin_required
 def get_users():
     users = User.query.filter_by().all()
     return {
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ def get_users():
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /users')
-@admin_required
+@socketio_admin_required
 def subscribe_users():
     join_room('/users')
     return {'options': {'status': 200, 'statusText': 'OK'}}
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def get_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.get(user_id)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def get_user(user_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def subscribe_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.get(user_id)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def subscribe_user(user_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /public_users')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def get_public_users():
     users = User.query.filter_by(is_public=True).all()
     return {
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ def get_public_users():
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /users')
-@admin_required
+@socketio_admin_required
 def subscribe_users():
     join_room('/public_users')
     return {'options': {'status': 200, 'statusText': 'OK'}}
 
 
 @socketio.on('GET /public_users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def get_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.filter_by(id=user_id, is_public=True).first()
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def get_user(user_hashid):
 
 
 @socketio.on('SUBSCRIBE /public_users/<user_id>')
-@login_required
+@socketio_login_required
 def subscribe_user(user_hashid):
     user_id = hashids.decode(user_hashid)
     user = User.query.filter_by(id=user_id, is_public=True).first()