diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
index 341714539cf..fdb2b222804 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/globus/TaskMonitoringServiceBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.globus;
 
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.JvmSettings;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.SystemConfig;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ public class TaskMonitoringServiceBean {
     
     @PostConstruct
     public void init() {
-        if (systemConfig.isGlobusTaskMonitoringServer()) {
+        if (JvmSettings.GLOBUS_TASK_MONITORING_SERVER.lookupOptional(Boolean.class).orElse(false)) {
             logger.info("Starting Globus task monitoring service");
             int pollingInterval = SystemConfig.getIntLimitFromStringOrDefault(
                 settingsSvc.getValueForKey(SettingsServiceBean.Key.GlobusPollingInterval), 600);
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ingest/IngestServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ingest/IngestServiceBean.java
index 3f76a319902..b42fd950528 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ingest/IngestServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/ingest/IngestServiceBean.java
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ public List<DataFile> saveAndAddFilesToDataset(DatasetVersion version,
                         StorageIO<DvObject> dataAccess = DataAccess.getStorageIO(dataFile);
                         //Populate metadata
                         dataAccess.open(DataAccessOption.READ_ACCESS);
-                        // (this will make a remote call to check if the file exists 
-                        // and obtain its size)
+                        // (the .open() above makes a remote call to check if 
+                        // the file exists and obtains its size)
                         confirmedFileSize = dataAccess.getSize();
                         
                         // For directly-uploaded files, we will perform the file size
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/JvmSettings.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/JvmSettings.java
index 9d13be005c9..262d488acab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/JvmSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/settings/JvmSettings.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public enum JvmSettings {
     DOCROOT_DIRECTORY(SCOPE_FILES, "docroot"),
     GUESTBOOK_AT_REQUEST(SCOPE_FILES, "guestbook-at-request"),
     GLOBUS_CACHE_MAXAGE(SCOPE_FILES, "globus-cache-maxage"),
+    GLOBUS_TASK_MONITORING_SERVER(SCOPE_FILES, "globus-monitoring-server"),
 
     //STORAGE DRIVER SETTINGS
     SCOPE_DRIVER(SCOPE_FILES),
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
index 7417a5db4d4..c664d7d6730 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ public class SystemConfig {
     private String buildNumber = null;
     
     private static final String JVM_TIMER_SERVER_OPTION = "dataverse.timerServer";
-    private static final String JVM_GLOBUS_TASK_MONITORING_OPTION = "dataverse.globus.taskMonitoringServer";
     
     private static final long DEFAULT_GUESTBOOK_RESPONSES_DISPLAY_LIMIT = 5000L; 
     private static final long DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_SIZE_LIMIT_IMAGE = 3000000L; // 3 MB
@@ -547,14 +546,6 @@ public boolean isTimerServer() {
         return false;
     }
     
-    public boolean isGlobusTaskMonitoringServer() {
-        String optionValue = System.getProperty(JVM_GLOBUS_TASK_MONITORING_OPTION);
-        if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(optionValue)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     public String getFooterCopyrightAndYear() {
         return BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("footer.copyright", Arrays.asList(Year.now().getValue() + ""));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
index 25ae8ad00c0..d7e30c5e0e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/Bundle.properties
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ notification.mail.import.filesystem=Dataset {2} ({0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=
 notification.mail.globus.upload.completed=Globus transfer to Dataset  <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> was successful. File(s) have been uploaded and verified. <br><br> {3}<br>
 notification.mail.globus.download.completed=Globus transfer of file(s) from the dataset  <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> was successful. <br><br> {3}<br>
 notification.mail.globus.upload.completedWithErrors=Globus transfer to Dataset  <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> is complete with errors. <br><br> {3}<br>
-notification.mail.globus.upload.failedRemotely=Remote data transfer between Globus collections for Dataset <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> failed, reported via Globus API. <br><br> {3}<br>
+notification.mail.globus.upload.failedRemotely=Remote data transfer between Globus endpoints for Dataset <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> failed, as reported via Globus API. <br><br> {3}<br>
 notification.mail.globus.upload.failedLocally=Dataverse received a confirmation of a successful Globus data transfer for Dataset <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a>, but failed to add the files to the dataset locally. <br><br> {3}<br>
 notification.mail.globus.download.completedWithErrors=Globus transfer from the dataset  <a href="{0}/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={1}" title="{2}">{2}</a> is complete with errors. <br><br> {3}<br>
 notification.import.filesystem=Dataset <a href="/dataset.xhtml?persistentId={0}" title="{1}">{1}</a> has been successfully uploaded and verified.