diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 2e140e8..1f8a63d 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -402,11 +402,7 @@ ext_api.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(function(details) {
   var blockedDomains = Object.keys(blockedRegexes);
   var domain = matchUrlDomain(blockedDomains, header_referer);
   if (domain && details.url.match(blockedRegexes[domain]) && isSiteEnabled({url: header_referer})) {
-      // allow BG paywall-script to set cookies in homepage/sections (else no article-text)
-      if (domain == 'bostonglobe.com' &&
-          (header_referer === 'https://www.bostonglobe.com/' || header_referer.includes('/?p1=BGHeader_') || header_referer.includes('/?p1=BGMenu_'))) {
-          ext_api.webRequest.handlerBehaviorChanged();
-      } else if (domain == 'theglobeandmail.com' && !(header_referer.includes('/article-'))) {
+      if (domain == 'theglobeandmail.com' && !(header_referer.includes('/article-'))) {
           ext_api.webRequest.handlerBehaviorChanged();
       }
       return { cancel: true };
diff --git a/contentScript.js b/contentScript.js
index bf33c23..56bd3e8 100644
--- a/contentScript.js
+++ b/contentScript.js
@@ -665,6 +665,13 @@ else if (matchDomain('spectator.co.uk')) {
     }, 500); // Delay (in milliseconds)
 }
 
+else if (matchDomain('bostonglobe.com')) {
+    if (!document.cookie.split(';').some(function(item) { return item.trim().indexOf('s_fid=') === 0 })) {
+		let s_fid = genHexString(16) + '-' + genHexString(16);
+        document.cookie = "s_fid=" + s_fid + "; domain=bostonglobe.com; path=/; max-age=1209600";
+    }
+}
+
 // General Functions
 function removeDOMElement(...elements) {
     for (let element of elements) {
@@ -691,6 +698,14 @@ function removeClassesByPrefix(el, prefix) {
     }
 }
 
+function genHexString(len) {
+    let output = '';
+    for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        output += (Math.floor(Math.random() * 16)).toString(16);
+    }
+    return output;
+}
+
 function pageContains(selector, text) {
     let elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);
     return Array.prototype.filter.call(elements, function(element){