diff --git a/browser_ext/background.js b/browser_ext/background.js
index 0de07011..f4523055 100644
--- a/browser_ext/background.js
+++ b/browser_ext/background.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const ignoredPages = {
 
 const appName = "com.chatterino.chatterino";
 
+let port;
+
 function matchUrl(url) {
   if (!url)
     return;
@@ -25,24 +27,21 @@ function matchUrl(url) {
   }
 }
 
-var port = chrome.runtime.connectNative("com.chatterino.chatterino");
+function connectPort() {
+  let port = chrome.runtime.connectNative("com.chatterino.chatterino");
 
-port.onMessage.addListener(function(msg) {
-  console.log(msg);
-});
-port.onDisconnect.addListener(function() {
-  console.log("Disconnected");
-});
-port.postMessage({ text: "Hello, my_application" });
+  port.onMessage.addListener(function(msg) {
+    console.log(msg);
+  });
+  port.onDisconnect.addListener(function() {
+    console.log("Disconnected");
+  });
+}
 
 function selectChannel(channelName) {
   console.log(channelName);
 
   port.postMessage({channelName: channelName});
-
-  // chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage(appName, { "xd": true }, (resp) => {
-  //   console.log(resp);
-  // })
 }
 
 /// add listeners
diff --git a/src/singletons/nativemessagingmanager.cpp b/src/singletons/nativemessagingmanager.cpp
index 742e306c..b674326b 100644
--- a/src/singletons/nativemessagingmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/nativemessagingmanager.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #ifdef BOOSTLIBS
 #include <boost/interprocess/ipc/message_queue.hpp>
+
+namespace ipc = boost::interprocess;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
@@ -21,8 +23,6 @@
 #define EXTENSION_ID "aeicjepmjkgmbeohnchmpfjbpchogmjn"
 #define MESSAGE_SIZE 1024
 
-namespace ipc = boost::interprocess;
-
 namespace chatterino {
 namespace singletons {