diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83cbb0e..5dc880e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ FastDigest is a Chrome extension designed to summarize Hacker News comments usin
 
 2. **Configure LLM Provider**
 
-   - Go to background.js. At the top, you will see a variable to set your OpenAI API Key.
+   - Go to service_worker.js. At the top, you will see a variable to set your OpenAI API Key.
    - FastDigest also supports Ollama(llama3.1) for using local LLMs. To use Ollama, you will need to do the following:
      - shut down Ollama if it is currently running
      - run `launchctl setenv OLLAMA_ORIGINS "*"`
diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 04c913e..8c09d4f 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async function summarizeComment(commentElement) {
     commentsArray.push([parentComment, ...currentChunk]);
   }
 
-  // Send the array of chunks to the background script in one message
+  // Send the array of chunks to the service_worker script in one message
   try {
     await chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
       action: "summarize_comments",
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ async function summarizeAllComments() {
     commentsArray.push([...currentChunk]);
   }
 
-  // Send the array of chunks to the background script
+  // Send the array of chunks to the service_worker script
   try {
     await chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
       action: "summarize_comments",
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ async function sendSummarizationRequest(commentsText, accumulatedSummary) {
 window.addEventListener("load", () => {
   addSummarizeButtons();
 
-  // listen for alert messages from the background script
+  // listen for alert messages from the service_worker script
   chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message) => {
     if (message.action === "alert") {
       alert(message.message);
diff --git a/llm.js b/llm.js
index 49d7e9b..5885692 100644
--- a/llm.js
+++ b/llm.js
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ class LLMProvider {
   async summarizeStream(prompt, onChunk) {
     throw new Error("summarizeStream method must be implemented.");
   }
+
+  async post(url, body) {
+    const headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'};
+    if (this.apiKey) headers.authorization = `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`;
+    return fetch(url, {method: 'POST', headers, body: JSON.stringify(body)});
+  }
+
+  async postJson(url, body) {
+    const r = await this.post(url, body);
+    return r.json();
+  }
 }
 
 // OpenAIProvider.js
@@ -19,41 +30,25 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends LLMProvider {
   }
 
   async summarize(prompt) {
-    const response = await fetch(this.apiUrl, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: {
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
-        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        model: this.model,
-        messages: [
-          { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." },
-          { role: "user", content: prompt },
-        ],
-        stream: false,
-      }),
+    const data = await this.postJson(this.apiUrl, {
+      model: this.model,
+      messages: [
+        { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." },
+        { role: "user", content: prompt },
+      ],
+      stream: false,
     });
-
-    const data = await response.json();
     return data.choices[0].message.content;
   }
 
   async summarizeStream(prompt, onChunk) {
-    const response = await fetch(this.apiUrl, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: {
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
-        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        model: this.model,
-        messages: [
-          { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." },
-          { role: "user", content: prompt },
-        ],
-        stream: true,
-      }),
+    const response = await this.post(this.apiUrl, {
+      model: this.model,
+      messages: [
+        { role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." },
+        { role: "user", content: prompt },
+      ],
+      stream: true,
     });
 
     const reader = response.body.getReader();
@@ -91,29 +86,19 @@ export class OllamaProvider extends LLMProvider {
   }
 
   async summarize(prompt) {
-    const response = await fetch(this.apiUrl, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        model: this.model,
-        prompt: prompt,
-        stream: false,
-      }),
+    const data = await this.postJson(this.apiUrl, {
+      model: this.model,
+      prompt,
+      stream: false,
     });
-
-    const data = await response.json();
     return data.response;
   }
 
   async summarizeStream(prompt, onChunk) {
-    const response = await fetch(this.apiUrl, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        model: this.model,
-        prompt: prompt,
-        stream: true,
-      }),
+    const response = await this.post(this.apiUrl, {
+      model: this.model,
+      prompt,
+      stream: true,
     });
 
     const reader = response.body.getReader();
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 0857f33..8dd8843 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "activeTab","tabs","sidePanel"
     ],
     "background": {
-      "service_worker": "background.js",
+      "service_worker": "service_worker.js",
       "type": "module"
     },
     "host_permissions": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*", "*://*/*"],
diff --git a/background.js b/service_worker.js
similarity index 99%
rename from background.js
rename to service_worker.js
index 0e5ee0a..8e806b6 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/service_worker.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(async (tabId, info, tab) => {
   }
 });
 
-// background.js
+// service_worker.js
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (message, sender, sendResponse) => {
   if (message.action === "summarize_comments") {
     if (isSummarizing) {
diff --git a/sidepanel.js b/sidepanel.js
index 7202e43..71c2a4c 100644
--- a/sidepanel.js
+++ b/sidepanel.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message) => {
   }
 });
 
-// Ensure the listener is set up before sending messages from the background
+// Ensure the listener is set up before sending messages from the service_worker
 console.log("Side panel script loaded and listener set up.");
 
 chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ action: "sidepanel_ready" });