diff --git a/src/content.ts b/src/content.ts
index a2988c1c..2147a4a7 100644
--- a/src/content.ts
+++ b/src/content.ts
@@ -41,40 +41,46 @@ config.getAsync("superignore").then(async TRI_DISABLE => {
 
 if (TRI_DISABLE === "true") return
 
-// Add cheap location change event
-// Adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6390341/how-to-detect-if-url-has-changed-after-hash-in-javascript
-//
-// Broken atm - on https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/3938 clicking onto issues doesn't do anything and we get "permission denied to access object"
+try {
 
-const realwindow = (window as any).wrappedJSObject ?? window // wrappedJSObject not defined on extension pages
+    // Add cheap location change event
+    // Adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6390341/how-to-detect-if-url-has-changed-after-hash-in-javascript
+    //
+    // Broken atm - on https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/pull/3938 clicking onto issues doesn't do anything and we get "permission denied to access object"
 
-const triPushState = (hist => (
-    (...args) => {
-        const ret = hist(...args)
-        realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryPushState"))
+    const realwindow = (window as any).wrappedJSObject ?? window // wrappedJSObject not defined on extension pages
+
+    const triPushState = (hist => (
+        (...args) => {
+            const ret = hist(...args)
+            realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryPushState"))
+            realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryState"))
+            return ret
+        })
+    )(realwindow.history.pushState.bind(realwindow.history))
+
+    const triReplaceState = (hist => (
+        (...args) => {
+            const ret = hist(...args)
+            realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryReplaceState"))
+            realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryState"))
+            return ret
+        })
+    )(realwindow.history.replaceState.bind(realwindow.history))
+
+    realwindow.addEventListener("popstate", () => {
         realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryState"))
-        return ret
     })
-)(realwindow.history.pushState.bind(realwindow.history))
 
-const triReplaceState = (hist => (
-    (...args) => {
-        const ret = hist(...args)
-        realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryReplaceState"))
-        realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryState"))
-        return ret
-    })
-)(realwindow.history.replaceState.bind(realwindow.history))
+    history.replaceState = triReplaceState
+    history.pushState = triPushState
 
-realwindow.addEventListener("popstate", () => {
-    realwindow.dispatchEvent(new Event("HistoryState"))
-})
+    typeof(exportFunction) == "function" && exportFunction(triReplaceState, history, {defineAs: "replaceState"})
+    typeof(exportFunction) == "function" && exportFunction(triPushState, history, {defineAs: "pushState"})
 
-history.replaceState = triReplaceState
-history.pushState = triPushState
-
-typeof(exportFunction) == "function" && exportFunction(triReplaceState, history, {defineAs: "replaceState"})
-typeof(exportFunction) == "function" && exportFunction(triPushState, history, {defineAs: "pushState"})
+} catch (e) {
+    console.error(e)
+}
 
 const controller = await import("@src/lib/controller")
 const excmds_content = await import("@src/.excmds_content.generated")