diff --git a/.github/workflows/binder-on-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/binder-on-pr.yaml
index 9a8401c..6ddfdb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binder-on-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binder-on-pr.yaml
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: comment on PR with Binder link
-      uses: actions/github-script@v3
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
         script: |
           var PR_HEAD_USERREPO = process.env.PR_HEAD_USERREPO;
           var PR_HEAD_REF = process.env.PR_HEAD_REF;
-          github.issues.createComment({
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
             issue_number: context.issue.number,
             owner: context.repo.owner,
             repo: context.repo.repo,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f26422c..e56c1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,25 +11,23 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Install node
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
-       node-version: '12.x'
+       node-version: '16'
     - name: Install Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7'
-        architecture: 'x64'
-    
+        python-version: '3.10'
     
     - name: Setup pip cache
       uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pip
-        key: pip-3.7-${{ hashFiles('package.json') }}
+        key: pip-3.10-${{ hashFiles('package.json') }}
         restore-keys: |
-          pip-3.7-
+          pip-3.10-
           pip-
 
     - name: Get yarn cache directory path
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         pip uninstall -y myextension jupyterlab
         rm -rf myextension
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: myextension-sdist
         path: myextension.tar.gz
@@ -77,13 +75,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
-          architecture: 'x64'
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+          python-version: '3.10'
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: myextension-sdist
       - name: Install and Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3bb8640..08864fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          node-version: '16'
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/src/manager.ts b/src/manager.ts
index f3fdf94..2c0abe4 100644
--- a/src/manager.ts
+++ b/src/manager.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class FavoritesManager {
     settings: ISettingRegistry,
     contents: ContentsManager
   ) {
+    this._showWidget = true;
     this._serverRoot = serverRoot;
     this._commandRegistry = commands;
     this._settingsRegistry = settings;