diff --git a/backend/app/api/assistants.py b/backend/app/api/assistants.py
index dda15581..8458b48c 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/assistants.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/assistants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Annotated, List, Optional
+from typing import Annotated, List
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Path, Query
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Path
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 import app.storage as storage
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
-FEATURED_PUBLIC_ASSISTANTS = []
-
 
 class AssistantPayload(BaseModel):
     """Payload for creating an assistant."""
@@ -31,15 +29,9 @@ async def list_assistants(user: AuthedUser) -> List[Assistant]:
 
 
 @router.get("/public/")
-async def list_public_assistants(
-    shared_id: Annotated[
-        Optional[str], Query(description="ID of a publicly shared assistant.")
-    ] = None,
-) -> List[Assistant]:
+async def list_public_assistants() -> List[Assistant]:
     """List all public assistants."""
-    return await storage.list_public_assistants(
-        FEATURED_PUBLIC_ASSISTANTS + ([shared_id] if shared_id else [])
-    )
+    return await storage.list_public_assistants()
 
 
 @router.get("/{aid}")
diff --git a/backend/app/chatbot.py b/backend/app/chatbot.py
index fe19725c..eeb5b787 100644
--- a/backend/app/chatbot.py
+++ b/backend/app/chatbot.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from typing import Annotated, List
 
-from app.message_types import add_messages_liberal
 from langchain_core.language_models.base import LanguageModelLike
 from langchain_core.messages import BaseMessage, SystemMessage
 from langgraph.checkpoint import BaseCheckpointSaver
 from langgraph.graph.state import StateGraph
 
+from app.message_types import add_messages_liberal
+
 
 def get_chatbot_executor(
     llm: LanguageModelLike,
diff --git a/backend/app/message_types.py b/backend/app/message_types.py
index bd1f7695..9ceea94b 100644
--- a/backend/app/message_types.py
+++ b/backend/app/message_types.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     MessageLikeRepresentation,
     ToolMessage,
 )
-from langgraph.graph.message import add_messages, Messages
+from langgraph.graph.message import Messages, add_messages
 
 
 class LiberalFunctionMessage(FunctionMessage):
diff --git a/backend/app/storage.py b/backend/app/storage.py
index 1c6e8c35..edfbc585 100644
--- a/backend/app/storage.py
+++ b/backend/app/storage.py
@@ -19,23 +19,16 @@ async def get_assistant(user_id: str, assistant_id: str) -> Optional[Assistant]:
     """Get an assistant by ID."""
     async with get_pg_pool().acquire() as conn:
         return await conn.fetchrow(
-            "SELECT * FROM assistant WHERE assistant_id = $1 AND (user_id = $2 OR public = true)",
+            "SELECT * FROM assistant WHERE assistant_id = $1 AND (user_id = $2 OR public IS true)",
             assistant_id,
             user_id,
         )
 
 
-async def list_public_assistants(assistant_ids: Sequence[str]) -> List[Assistant]:
+async def list_public_assistants() -> List[Assistant]:
     """List all the public assistants."""
     async with get_pg_pool().acquire() as conn:
-        return await conn.fetch(
-            (
-                "SELECT * FROM assistant "
-                "WHERE assistant_id = ANY($1::uuid[]) "
-                "AND public = true;"
-            ),
-            assistant_ids,
-        )
+        return await conn.fetch(("SELECT * FROM assistant WHERE public IS true;"))
 
 
 async def put_assistant(
diff --git a/backend/app/upload.py b/backend/app/upload.py
index bd09939b..8c12bedb 100644
--- a/backend/app/upload.py
+++ b/backend/app/upload.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 import os
 from typing import BinaryIO, List, Optional
 
-from langchain_core.document_loaders.blob_loaders import Blob
 from langchain_community.vectorstores.pgvector import PGVector
+from langchain_core.document_loaders.blob_loaders import Blob
 from langchain_core.runnables import (
     ConfigurableField,
     RunnableConfig,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Config.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Config.tsx
index aeb03907..30dbc4cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Config.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Config.tsx
@@ -412,11 +412,8 @@ function ToolSelectionField(props: {
   );
 }
 
-function PublicLink(props: { assistantId: string }) {
-  const currentLink = window.location.href;
-  const link = currentLink.includes(props.assistantId)
-    ? currentLink
-    : currentLink + "?shared_id=" + props.assistantId;
+function PublicLink() {
+  const link = window.location.href;
   return (
     <div className="flex rounded-md shadow-sm mb-4">
       <button
@@ -591,11 +588,7 @@ export function Config(props: {
       <PublicToggle enabled={isPublic} setEnabled={setPublic} />
     </div>
   ) : (
-    <>
-      {props.config?.public && (
-        <PublicLink assistantId={props.config?.assistant_id} />
-      )}
-    </>
+    <>{props.config?.public && <PublicLink />}</>
   );
   return (
     <form