diff --git a/gpui/src/app.rs b/gpui/src/app.rs
index 72b9bbd2f6..4a143d353b 100644
--- a/gpui/src/app.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/app.rs
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ impl MutableAppContext {
             if let Some(arg) = arg.downcast_ref() {
                 handler(arg, cx);
             } else {
-                log::error!("Could not downcast argument for action {}", name_clone);
+                log::error!("Could not downcast argument for global action {}", name_clone);
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/zed/src/workspace.rs b/zed/src/workspace.rs
index 55a3bfa931..54e5f11f2c 100644
--- a/zed/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/zed/src/workspace.rs
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ impl Workspace {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn open_new_file(&mut self, _: &AppState, cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {
+    pub fn open_new_file(&mut self, _: &Arc<AppState>, cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {
         let buffer = cx.add_model(|cx| Buffer::new(0, "", cx));
         let buffer_view =
             cx.add_view(|cx| Editor::for_buffer(buffer.clone(), self.settings.clone(), cx));