diff --git a/extension/js/common/core/common.ts b/extension/js/common/core/common.ts
index 5bd479a712d..6601cdd90ee 100644
--- a/extension/js/common/core/common.ts
+++ b/extension/js/common/core/common.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,9 @@ export class Url {
    * todo - the camelCase or snake_case functionality can now be removed
    */
   public static parse = (expectedKeys: string[], parseThisUrl?: string) => {
-    const url = parseThisUrl || window.location.search.replace('?', '');
+    const replacedLocation = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location.search.replace('?', '') : 'https://service-worker.context'; // Placeholder URL when running in a service‐worker context
+
+    const url = parseThisUrl ?? replacedLocation;
 
     const valuePairs = url.split('?').pop()?.split('&') ?? []; // str.split('?') string[].length will always be >= 1
     const rawParams = new Map<string, string>();
diff --git a/extension/js/service_worker/background.ts b/extension/js/service_worker/background.ts
index 0ecf489c014..fd8e9800d12 100644
--- a/extension/js/service_worker/background.ts
+++ b/extension/js/service_worker/background.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ console.info('background.js service worker starting');
   let db: IDBDatabase;
   let storage: GlobalStoreDict;
   const inMemoryStore = new ExpirationCache<string>('in_memory_store', 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // 4 hours
+  await chrome.alarms.clearAll();
   await BrowserMsg.createIntervalAlarm('delete_expired', 1); // each minute
 
   try {